Ranking The Best Brother Duos In The NBA For 2026-27
· Yahoo Sports
Thanasis Antetokounmpo recently signed a new deal with ARIS BC in Greece, officially leaving the NBA and ending the Antetokounmpo brothers’ run as probably the most decorated active brother duo in the league. Of course, Giannis Antetokounmpo did all of the heavy lifting for the family name with two MVPs, a Finals MVP, a DPOY, and an NBA championship, but hey, Thanasis got a ring too.
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And the Antetokounmpos aren’t the only brother duo that disappeared this offseason. Seth Curry still doesn’t have a team for 2026-27, leaving Stephen Curry alone for now, while Lonzo Ball also remains unsigned after being waived by the Jazz back in February, meaning LaMelo Ball is currently the only Ball brother on an NBA roster.
Still, there are plenty of brothers who will both be in the league next season. Some are stars, some are rotation players, and in a few cases one brother is doing a lot more work than the other, but both still count. With that in mind, the leaderboard has changed quite a bit, so here are the 10 best brother duos in the NBA entering the 2026-27 season.
10. Cam Spencer And Pat Spencer
The Spencer brothers are pretty underrated around the league. It is true that neither of them is exactly a household name, but both are better than what you might think just by looking at their names on an NBA roster.
Pat Spencer finally left the Warriors this summer and signed a two-way deal with the Suns after easily having his biggest NBA season yet. The 30-year-old played 66 games for Golden State, including 14 starts, and averaged 7.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 18.6 minutes. For a guy who barely had an NBA role two years ago, becoming an actual rotation guard and getting another contract is already a pretty good story.
His younger brother Cam Spencer, now 26, might be the much more interesting player going forward. The Grizzlies guard averaged 11.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 5.6 assists across 72 games last season, but the crazy number was his shooting: 44.9% from three on 4.5 attempts per game. That wasn’t some tiny sample either. He made 146 threes during the season and shot 94.0% from the free-throw line, so yeah, he may be one of the best shooters in the league.
Cam probably doesn’t get much attention because of his style and because the Grizzlies went 25-57, but that could change quickly. Memphis traded Ja Morant to the Blazers this summer and drafted Cameron Boozer with the No. 3 pick, officially starting a new era with Boozer expected to become the new face of the rebuild.
The Spencer brothers probably aren’t going to become stars, and Pat may always live around the end of a rotation. But he has already shown he can be useful, while Cam has the shooting and enough all-around game to stay in the league for a very long time as a valuable 3-and-D guard.
9. Max Christie And Cam Christie
The more interesting name here is definitely Max Christie, especially after what has happened since he was included in the Luka Doncic trade in 2025. He went from having a pretty limited role with the Lakers to getting a much bigger opportunity with the Mavericks, and the jump was almost immediate. In 32 games after the trade, Christie averaged 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists, then followed that up with 12.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.0 assists across 77 games in 2025-26 while shooting 40.4% from three. He also started 68 games, so Dallas clearly already trusted him with real minutes.
His younger brother Cam Christie is still much earlier in the process. Cam is only 21, while Max is already 23, and he spent most of last season near the end of a very crowded Clippers rotation. He still appeared in 55 games, averaging 2.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 0.6 assists in only 8.7 minutes per game. Those numbers aren’t much, and his 24.5% from three obviously needs to improve, but at least he is slowly getting NBA minutes instead of spending the entire year outside the rotation.
The problem for Cam is pretty simple: the Clippers have a lot of wings and guards ahead of him, so it is hard to see a huge jump in playing time right away. For Max, though, the situation looks much better. Klay Thompson left Dallas for the Heat this summer after agreeing to a buyout, opening even more perimeter minutes on a Mavericks team that already used Christie as a starter for most of last season.
So yeah, the Christie brothers aren’t close to the top of this ranking yet, but Max has a real chance to take another step in 2026-27. If he becomes a full-time starter and Cam can slowly earn a bigger role with the Clippers, this duo could look a lot more interesting a year from now.
8. Julian Champagnie And Justin Champagnie
This brother pairing got a lot more interesting in a very short time, mostly because Julian Champagnie went from looking like another Spurs rotation wing to becoming a pretty important part of a Finals team.
A year ago, it was easy to see Julian as just another option behind Devin Vassell and the rest of San Antonio’s wings. Instead, he played all 82 games, started 68 of them, and averaged 11.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists while shooting 38.1% from three on 6.2 attempts per game. That shooting became a huge part of what the Spurs wanted around Victor Wembanyama, because Julian doesn’t need the ball much to punish teams outside.
And then he actually carried that role into the playoffs. Champagnie started all 23 postseason games and shot 39.6% from three for the entire run. In the Western Conference Finals Game 7 against the Thunder, he had 20 points and hit six threes in the win that sent San Antonio to the Finals, and then averaged 11.0 points while shooting 40.5% from three against the Knicks. That is a pretty serious jump from “extra wing” to “we really need this guy on the floor.”
Justin Champagnie is in a very different spot with the Wizards. He averaged 8.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 69 games last season, including 19 starts, while shooting 50.2% from the field. His 31.9% from three still needs work, and Washington has plenty of wings fighting for minutes, so he probably won’t have the same role his brother already has in San Antonio.
Still, there is something there. Justin has the size, rebounding, and enough defense to become a useful 3-and-D wing if the shot comes around. Julian is already much more established, though, and the Spurs clearly agree after giving him a new three-year, $45.0 million deal this summer.
With Wembanyama and the rest of that young core staying together, Julian should remain one of the main shooters giving San Antonio space. And after what he did during that Finals run, the Champagnie brothers suddenly look much more interesting than they did some years ago when they went undrafted in 2021 and 2022.
7. Tre Jones And Tyus Jones
The funny thing with the Jones brothers is that their roles have basically flipped. For years, Tyus Jones was clearly the more established NBA player, while Tre Jones was still trying to find a permanent place as a starter. Going into 2026-27, it is the younger brother who suddenly has the much bigger role.
Tre had easily the best season of his career with the Bulls, averaging 14.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 5.4 assists in 65 games, including 41 starts. The craziest number was probably his 55.3% from the field, because Tre still isn’t much of a three-point shooter at 31.5%, but he became ridiculously efficient once he got inside the arc. For a guard who entered the league mostly known as a passer and backup point guard, putting up 14 points per game on that efficiency was a pretty big jump.
Tyus, meanwhile, had the opposite kind of year. After spending most of his career as one of the steadiest backup point guards in the league, and even getting chances to start with the Wizards and Suns, his role shrunk with the Magic and later the Nuggets. He averaged only 3.0 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 14.6 minutes across 67 games, shooting 34.9% from the field and 29.2% from three. He is 30 now, but Denver mostly needs a veteran guard behind Jamal Murray, so it made sense for them to keep him.
Still, having both of them in the league is pretty cool because they basically play basketball the same way. Neither is huge, neither takes a million shots, and both have built their careers around taking care of the ball, running an offense, and making the simple play.
For 2026-27, though, Tre is clearly carrying the Jones name. He is only 26, just had his breakout season, and should have another big role with the Bulls, while Tyus is entering the later stage of his career. A couple of years ago, that sentence would’ve sounded completely backwards.
6. Keegan Murray And Kris Murray
The Murray twins are probably the easiest duo on this list to tell apart once the game actually starts, because Keegan Murray has been way ahead of Kris Murray basically since they entered the NBA.
Keegan was the No. 4 pick in 2022 and has already spent four seasons as a full-time Kings starter. His 2025-26 season was a down year because he only played 23 games, but he still averaged 14.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists in 34.5 minutes. The three-point shot completely disappeared at 27.7%, which is especially strange for someone who entered the league shooting 41.1% from three as a rookie, but he also gave Sacramento 1.0 steals and a career-high 1.6 blocks.
Kris has had a much quieter NBA career so far. He played 57 games for the Blazers last season, starting 15, and averaged 5.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists while shooting 46.7% from the field. His three-point shot is still the thing holding him back, as he made only 27.9% from deep, but Portland was at least giving him 23.4 minutes per game before trading him to the Grizzlies this offseason.
Memphis is actually a pretty interesting next stop for Kris because the Grizzlies are starting a new era and should have minutes available to test younger pieces. He isn’t going to suddenly become Keegan, but at 6-foot-8 he can defend multiple positions, rebound, and cut without messing with the offense. If that three ever becomes respectable, his NBA life gets much easier.
Keegan is still carrying this duo by a lot, though. He is already an established starter and probably has another level if the shooting comes back, while Kris is still trying to prove he can become a permanent rotation wing. They are literally twins, but their NBA careers haven’t really looked like twins yet.
5. Dylan Harper And Ron Harper Jr.
Dylan Harper entered the NBA as the No. 2 pick in 2025 and didn’t need much time to show why. He averaged 11.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.9 assists as a 19-year-old rookie for the Spurs, shooting 50.5% from the field while mostly coming off the bench behind De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle. Those numbers were already good, but his season got way more interesting once the playoffs started.
By the NBA Finals, Harper didn’t look much like a rookie anymore. He averaged 18.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in the five-game series against the Knicks while shooting 49.3% from the field, and he was playing 31.0 minutes per game on the biggest stage possible. San Antonio already has Wembanyama, Castle, and Fox, but Harper forcing his way into that group this quickly is a pretty huge sign for what comes next.
Ron Harper Jr. is in a much smaller role, but he finally has some stability of his own. The older brother averaged 4.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.8 assists in 29 games for the Celtics last season, shooting 35.0% from three. He had spent most of his NBA career bouncing around on two-way deals, but Boston converted him to a standard contract in April and then gave him a three-year, $9.0 million deal this summer.
And yeah, there is obviously another Harper involved here. Both are sons of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper, so basketball has worked out pretty well for this family.
Ron Jr. isn’t becoming a star at 26, but he has finally earned his NBA spot. Dylan is the reason this duo has a chance to fly up this ranking, because after one season, he already looks like he could become one of the Spurs’ main players for a very long time.
4. Andrew Nembhard And Ryan Nembhard
Now that Ryan Nembhard has finally joined the NBA, the Nembhard brothers went from “Andrew and his little brother in college” to a very interesting NBA pairing.
Andrew is still clearly the better player right now, and honestly, he had a pretty big 2025-26 season. The Pacers guard averaged career highs of 16.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 7.7 assists in 57 games, starting every one of them, while shooting 44.2% from the field and 36.1% from three. He has gone from a second-round pick who looked like a nice role player to basically one of Indiana’s main ball-handlers with Haliburton out for the year.
Ryan’s rookie year wasn’t anywhere near that level, but it was still so much better than expected. He went undrafted in 2025, ended up getting minutes with the Mavericks, and averaged 6.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 5.3 assists across 60 games, including 27 starts. For a 5-foot-11 rookie, 5.3 assists in under 20 minutes per game is honestly impressive in his first season, and he also shot 35.6% from three.
Now Ryan is in a completely different situation after being traded to the Hawks this summer as part of the Lu Dort deal that sent Zaccharie Risacher to Dallas. Atlanta already has a crowded guard rotation, so his minutes definitely aren’t guaranteed, but he showed enough as a rookie to at least make that battle interesting.
Both brothers play exactly like guards who grew up learning the same stuff. They don’t waste many chances, both like running pick-and-roll, both pass first, and neither really plays wild basketball. Andrew just does everything at a much higher level right now and has already become a legit starter with a developed isolation scoring bag.
Still, Ryan is only 23 and already proved he can run an NBA offense for stretches. Andrew is 26 and coming off his best season, so the Nembhards are probably only going to get better from here.
3. Jalen Williams And Cody Williams
Jalen Williams is obviously doing the heavy lifting here with many accolades already and, more importantly, a championship in his third season. Cody, recently traded to the Timberwolves, has been a bit underwhelming, but that might change next year.
Jalen only played 33 games last season, but when he was out there, he still looked like the same high-level two-way wing we already know, averaging 17.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 5.5 assists while shooting 48.4% from the field. The three-point shot fell to 29.9%, and injuries obviously made the season messy, but this is still a guy who was an All-Star, All-NBA, All-Defensive, and NBA champion before turning 25. That alone has to put the Williams very high.
Cody is still nowhere near that level, but at least 2025-26 finally looked like some progress. After averaging only 4.6 points as a rookie, he jumped to 8.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 67 games with the Jazz while shooting 46.8% from the field. The giant issue is still the jumper, because 21.4% from three is brutal for a wing, but he looked much more comfortable and actually played 41 games as a starter.
Utah traded Cody to the Timberwolves just days ago in the Josh Green deal, so he is heading into 2026-27 with a completely new team and a new chance to figure out what kind of player he is going to be in a rotation that doesn’t have much depth behind Jonathan Kuminga and Jaden McDaniels as the starters in the forward spots.
The gap between these brothers is still massive. Jalen is already one of the best secondary stars in the league when healthy, while Cody is still fighting to prove he can become a good NBA starter someday. But Cody is only 21, and if that shot ever comes around, the Williams brothers could climb the duo ladder pretty quickly.
2. Franz Wagner And Moritz Wagner
For the first time since Franz Wagner entered the league, the Wagner brothers won’t be sharing the same locker room. Moritz Wagner left the Magic this summer and signed a two-year, $19.0 million deal with the Nets, ending a pretty fun five-year run where the brothers basically became part of Orlando together.
Franz is obviously the reason this duo sits this high. His 2025-26 season was destroyed by injuries, including a left high ankle sprain that kept bothering him for months, but he still averaged 20.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.3 assists in 34 games while shooting 48.1% from the field. He later hurt his calf in the playoffs too, so Orlando basically never got a full healthy year from one of its best players.
Moe had his own weird season after coming back from the ACL injury that ended his 2024-25 campaign. He played only 36 games, averaged 6.9 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11.9 minutes, and never really got back to the role he had before the injury. Still, Brooklyn clearly saw enough to give the 29-year-old another long-term contract, and as a backup big man who brings energy, scoring around the rim, and a little shooting, he can still help.
Franz is the younger brother by four years and already the much bigger NBA name. He is only 25 and has been a 20-point scorer for three straight seasons, while Moe has built a nice eight-year career mostly coming off the bench and as a FIBA maestro for Germany.
They won’t get all those brother moments together in Orlando anymore, which honestly takes away part of the fun, but in pure basketball level, they still easily belong this high. Franz is already close to All-Star territory, and Moe is still a legit NBA rotation big man.
1. Amen Thompson And Ausar Thompson
If we are ranking brother duos by how good both players actually are right now, Amen Thompson and Ausar Thompson are No. 1, and no one will argue differently, since there’s no one massively carrying the last name like some other cases.
Amen has already gone way beyond the “crazy athlete who needs to figure out the offense” label. He averaged 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 5.3 assists in 79 games for the Rockets last season while shooting 53.4% from the field, and at 6-foot-7, he is basically doing a little bit of everything for Houston. The jumper is still ugly at 21.6% from three, but when you are that fast, that strong, and that good around the rim, you can still be a huge offensive player without one.
Ausar is obviously behind his twin offensively, but he had a really good year of his own for a Pistons team that went 60-22 and finished first in the East. He averaged 9.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists in 73 games while shooting 52.5% from the field, and his defense is still the main reason he is so valuable. Detroit can throw him at guards, wings, or bigger forwards and basically tell him to make their night annoying.
I think both are pretty strong in what they do best. Ausar is obviously not remotely close at being the playmaker, ball-handler that Amen is right now, and his scoring is still quite beyond his Rockets’ brother, but Ausar’s defense is just unforgivable for opposing players.
Both came into the league as freak athletes who were capable of becoming a terrific defensive duo. Amen has still been a crazy good defender next to Tari Eason, and their “Terror Twins” nickname, but Ausar’s just been a monster on that side of the court.
A lot of the other duos on this list have one brother doing almost all of the work, but that isn’t really the case here. Amen is already a borderline All-Star with his two-way game, Ausar is the biggest defensive weapon on one of the best teams in the East, and both are only 23, with Amen about to get paid a massive deal next season.
If either of them ever becomes even an average three-point shooter, this ranking will be sealed and done for a long time, although Jalen Williams might think otherwise.