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
- -0.24
- +0.06 before the first game, -0.18 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.44
- Feb 12 vs POR · 25 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.26
- Oct 22 vs NOP · 8 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.13
- 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.
-0.2 at age 30 in 2025-26 ranks 331st of 697 age-30 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Boris Diaw, 2011-12.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Diaw 2011-12 | 30 | +0.2 | -0.2, 0.0, -0.1, -0.4, -2.0 | 85 |
| Marko Jaric 2008-09 | 30 | -0.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Fred Hoiberg 2002-03 | 30 | +0.3 | +0.6, +1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Wesley Johnson 2017-18 | 30 | -0.8 | -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu 2020-21 | 30 | +0.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Garrett Temple 2015-16 | 29 | -0.3 | -1.6, -2.4, -1.6, -1.6, -1.1 | 84 |
| Bruce Bowen 2000-01 | 29 | -0.1 | +0.6, +1.1, +0.6, -0.9, -0.4 | 83 |
| Corey Brewer 2015-16 | 30 | -0.2 | -0.5, -0.8, -0.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Justin Holiday 2018-19 | 30 | -0.6 | +0.5, 0.0, -0.9, -2.5, -1.7 | 81 |
| James Posey 2006-07 | 30 | +0.5 | -0.2, -1.1, -1.6, -2.0, under 10 games | 81 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to John'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 John Konchar's seasons, at the same age.
- Keshad Johnson MIA like his 2020-21 89
- Baylor Scheierman BOS like his 2020-21 87
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 John Konchar's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $15.4M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $6.2M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$9.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.9
- Projected
- Retires at
- 31.3
- 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 | UTA | 30 | 56 | 19.9 | -0.18 | -1.64 | +1.47 | 331st of 697 |
| 2024-25 | MEM | 29 | 46 +4 | 12.1 | +0.12 | -1.36 | +1.48 | 316th of 774 |
| 2023-24 | MEM | 28 | 55 | 21.3 | +0.37 | -1.69 | +2.06 | 307th of 858 |
| 2022-23 | MEM | 27 | 72 +5 | 20.7 | -0.20 | -1.60 | +1.40 | 408th of 924 |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 26 | 72 +8 | 17.9 | +0.24 | -0.42 | +0.66 | 341st of 1010 |
| 2020-21 | MEM | 25 | 43 +1 | 13.4 | +0.53 | +0.09 | +0.44 | 261st of 1078 |
| 2019-20 | MEM | 24 | 19 | 9.5 | -0.61 | -0.89 | +0.29 | — |
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 14.4 projected minutes and a pace of 95.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 10.4 | 3.0 |
| Rebounds | 10.3 | 3.0 |
| Offensive | 3.2 | 0.9 |
| Defensive | 7.1 | 2.0 |
| Assists | 4.2 | 1.2 |
| Steals | 2.8 | 0.8 |
| Blocks | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Turnovers | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 3-pt attempts | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| FG attempts | 9.0 | 2.6 |
| FT attempts | 2.5 | 0.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 42.4% · 30.1% · 73.1% | |
