Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- -1.09
- +0.18 before the first game, -0.91 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.30
- Jan 21 vs OKC · 37 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.28
- Dec 27 vs CHI · 24 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.08
- Last 20 games, vs 0.08 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Comps & futures
The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.
-0.9 at age 31 in 2025-26 ranks 366th of 616 age-31 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Al Harrington, 2010-11.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Harrington 2010-11 | 31 | -0.4 | +0.3, -0.8, -1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Donyell Marshall 2004-05 | 31 | -0.1 | -0.8, -1.1, -1.8, -1.8, under 10 games | 83 |
| Antoine Walker 2007-08 | 31 | -1.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Carlos Boozer 2011-12 | 30 | -1.1 | -2.6, -3.1, -3.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Keith Van Horn 2005-06 | 30 | -0.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Mirza Teletovic 2015-16 | 30 | -0.4 | -0.7, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Gerald Green 2016-17 | 31 | -1.3 | -1.3, -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire 2013-14 | 31 | -1.0 | -0.1, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Kevin Love 2019-20 | 31 | -0.2 | -0.2, -0.4, -0.7, +0.2, -1.3 | 81 |
| Tim Thomas 2007-08 | 31 | -0.4 | +0.3, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Bobby's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Bobby Portis's seasons, at the same age.
- Kyle Filipowski UTA like his 2017-18 87
- Tristan Vukcevic WAS like his 2017-18 84
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Bobby Portis's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $7.1M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $13.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$6.4M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.4
- Projected
- Retires at
- 31.8
- Projected age
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MIL | 31 | 67 | 24.2 | -0.91 | -0.04 | -0.87 | 366th of 616 |
| 2024-25 | MIL | 30 | 50 +5 | 25.2 | +0.17 | +0.14 | +0.02 | 282nd of 697 |
| 2023-24 | MIL | 29 | 82 +6 | 24.5 | -0.71 | -0.01 | -0.70 | 456th of 774 |
| 2022-23 | MIL | 28 | 70 +5 | 26.0 | +0.21 | +0.44 | -0.23 | 336th of 858 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 27 | 72 +12 | 28.2 | +1.10 | +0.32 | +0.78 | 202nd of 924 |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 26 | 66 +20 | 20.8 | +0.04 | +0.43 | -0.38 | 382nd of 1010 |
| 2019-20 | NYK | 25 | 66 | 21.1 | -1.84 | -1.02 | -0.83 | 856th of 1078 |
| 2018-19 | WAS | 24 | 50 | 26.0 | -1.01 | -0.37 | -0.63 | 634th of 1185 |
| 2017-18 | CHI | 23 | 73 | 22.5 | +0.20 | +0.45 | -0.25 | 260th of 1100 |
| 2016-17 | CHI | 22 | 64 +6 | 15.6 | -1.49 | -0.72 | -0.77 | 510th of 813 |
| 2015-16 | CHI | 21 | 62 | 17.8 | -3.65 | -1.91 | -1.73 | 562nd of 571 |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.
Projections
Projected box score
DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 26.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.0.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 28.2 | 14.9 |
| Rebounds | 13.0 | 6.8 |
| Offensive | 2.8 | 1.5 |
| Defensive | 10.2 | 5.4 |
| Assists | 3.2 | 1.7 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Blocks | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Turnovers | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 10.6 | 5.6 |
| FG attempts | 23.7 | 12.5 |
| FT attempts | 3.0 | 1.6 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 43.9% · 37.8% · 73.9% | |
