Sharife Cooper
Age 24 · 6'1" · 180 lb
Pick #48, 2021 Draft · Rookie 2022 · 54 games
DPM · #393 of 530
-1.7Game 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
- +0.64
- -2.32 before the first game, -1.68 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.65
- Mar 2 vs HOU · 17 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.75
- Jan 30 vs LAL · 13 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.22
- Last 20 games, vs 0.35 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.
-1.7 at age 24 in 2025-26 ranks 845th of 1,185 age-24 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Howard Eisley, 1996-97.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Eisley 1996-97 | 24 | -1.6 | -1.8, -2.0, -3.1, -1.3, -1.2 | 92 |
| Randy Foye 2007-08 | 24 | -2.1 | -1.0, -2.1, -2.5, -1.6, -1.7 | 92 |
| DeJuan Wheat 1998-99 | 25 | -1.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Jarrett Jack 2007-08 | 24 | -1.6 | -0.8, -0.6, -2.2, -2.7, -1.6 | 90 |
| Chauncey Billups 2000-01 | 24 | -1.3 | -0.2, +1.5, +0.8, +1.2, +2.0 | 90 |
| Mo Williams 2006-07 | 24 | -1.2 | -1.0, +1.3, +0.6, -0.8, -1.1 | 90 |
| Shammond Williams 1999-00 | 25 | -1.9 | -0.7, +0.4, -1.7, -1.5, under 10 games | 90 |
| Damon Jones 2000-01 | 24 | -1.6 | -0.4, -1.7, -1.1, +0.7, -0.8 | 89 |
| Quincy Douby 2008-09 | 24 | -1.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Luke Ridnour 2004-05 | 24 | -1.7 | -1.7, -2.1, -1.5, -0.8, -0.6 | 89 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Sharife'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 Sharife Cooper's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$1.8M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$3.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.2
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.0
- 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 | WAS | 24 | 41 | 17.1 | -1.68 | -0.26 | -1.42 | 845th of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | CLE | 22 | 0 | — | -2.32 | -1.94 | -0.38 | — |
| 2021-22 | ATL | 20 | 13 | 3.0 | -1.94 | -1.55 | -0.38 | — |
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 21.0 projected minutes and a pace of 98.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 21.8 | 9.4 |
| Rebounds | 5.6 | 2.4 |
| Offensive | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Defensive | 4.4 | 1.9 |
| Assists | 8.7 | 3.8 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Blocks | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| 3-pt attempts | 6.1 | 2.6 |
| FG attempts | 17.3 | 7.5 |
| FT attempts | 4.3 | 1.9 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 47.5% · 36.2% · 81.9% | |