Lindy Waters III
Age 28 · 6'6" · 215 lb
Rookie 2022 · 196 games · 12 playoff games
DPM · #432 of 530
-2.0Game 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
- -1.08
- -0.91 before the first game, -1.99 now
- Biggest boost
- +0.41
- Mar 3 vs PHI · 12 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.31
- Mar 25 vs MEM · 9 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.12
- Last 20 games, vs 0.11 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.
-2.0 at age 28 in 2025-26 ranks 738th of 858 age-28 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Iman Shumpert, 2018-19.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iman Shumpert 2018-19 | 28 | -1.7 | -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Luke Babbitt 2017-18 | 28 | -1.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Martell Webster 2014-15 | 28 | -1.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Tony Snell 2020-21 | 29 | -2.0 | -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Reggie Bullock 2019-20 | 28 | -1.5 | -0.1, +0.7, -1.1, -2.0, under 10 games | 87 |
| Royal Ivey 2010-11 | 29 | -2.2 | -2.2, -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Tyler Johnson 2020-21 | 29 | -1.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Darius Miller 2018-19 | 29 | -1.4 | under 10 games, +0.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Jarvis Hayes 2009-10 | 28 | -1.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Wayne Ellington 2015-16 | 28 | -2.2 | -0.7, +0.2, +0.1, -0.5, -0.8 | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Lindy'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 Lindy Waters III's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.0M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$2.3M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.2
- Projected
- Retires at
- 30.1
- 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 | SAS | 28 | 40 +9 | 7.1 | -1.99 | -1.49 | -0.50 | 738th of 858 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 27 | 52 | 14.9 | -0.77 | -0.72 | -0.04 | 537th of 924 |
| 2023-24 | OKC | 26 | 38 +3 | 7.4 | -0.05 | +0.41 | -0.46 | 404th of 1010 |
| 2022-23 | OKC | 25 | 41 | 12.9 | +0.23 | +0.23 | 0.00 | 319th of 1078 |
| 2021-22 | OKC | 24 | 25 | 18.6 | -0.46 | -0.18 | -0.28 | 456th of 1185 |
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 0.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.2.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 16.4 | 0.3 |
| Rebounds | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Offensive | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Defensive | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Assists | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 13.4 | 0.2 |
| FG attempts | 16.5 | 0.3 |
| FT attempts | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 35.6% · 33.5% · 69.5% | |