Nicolas Claxton Profile

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: -1.20; -1.03 before the first game, -2.23 at the end
Biggest boost: +0.36; Feb 9 vs CHI · 32 min
Biggest drop: -0.30; Feb 3 vs LAL · 22 min
Typical change per game: 0.12; Last 20 games, vs 0.12 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.

-2.2 at age 26 in 2025-26 ranks 903rd of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Chris Wilcox, 2008-09.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Chris Wilcox 2008-09	26	-2.4	-2.6, -0.5, -0.6, -1.1, under 10 games	88
Bryant Reeves 1999-00	26	-2.1	-1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	87
Stromile Swift 2006-07	27	-2.1	-1.8, -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Drew Gooden 2007-08	26	-1.7	-2.5, -2.2, -1.3, -2.0, -2.9	86
Tyrus Thomas 2012-13	26	-2.2	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Tyler Zeller 2015-16	26	-1.8	-1.5, -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Donatas Motiejunas 2016-17	26	-1.9	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	84
Melvin Ely 2004-05	26	-2.2	-1.4, -2.3, -2.1, -3.2, under 10 games	84
Jerome Moiso 2004-05	26	-2.0	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	83
Donyell Marshall 1999-00	26	-1.6	+1.6, -1.3, -1.3, -0.6, -0.1	83

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Nicolas'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.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Nicolas Claxton's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: -$1.7M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $25.4M; Actual
Surplus: -$27.0M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 0.0; Projected
Retires at: 27.3; Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Nicolas Claxton, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	BKN	26	69	27.8	-2.23	-2.03	-0.20	903rd of 1010
2024-25	BKN	25	70	26.9	-1.38	-1.84	+0.46	730th of 1078
2023-24	BKN	24	71	29.8	+0.58	-0.52	+1.11	236th of 1185
2022-23	BKN	24	76 +4	29.9	+2.02	+0.46	+1.57	87th of 1185
2021-22	BKN	23	47 +4	20.7	+0.97	+0.06	+0.90	155th of 1100
2020-21	BKN	22	32 +12	18.6	+0.14	-1.08	+1.22	193rd of 813
2019-20	BKN	20	15	12.5	-0.86	-1.17	+0.31	—

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.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 24.4 projected minutes and a pace of 94.0.

Nicolas Claxton, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	20.7	9.9
Rebounds	13.1	6.3
Offensive	4.5	2.2
Defensive	8.6	4.1
Assists	5.4	2.6
Steals	1.3	0.6
Blocks	2.0	1.0
Turnovers	2.8	1.3
3-pt attempts	1.7	0.8
FG attempts	17.5	8.4
FT attempts	6.4	3.0
FG% · 3P% · FT%	54.8% · 27.2% · 53.1%