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
- +0.29
- -0.37 before the first game, -0.08 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.74
- Nov 7 vs UTA · 9 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.83
- Nov 3 vs BKN · 5 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.16
- Last 20 games, vs 0.24 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.
-0.1 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 375th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Daniel Gibson, 2010-11.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Gibson 2010-11 | 25 | +0.2 | -0.1, -1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Rodrigue Beaubois 2012-13 | 25 | -0.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Luther Head 2007-08 | 25 | +0.2 | -1.4, -0.7, -1.0, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Chris Quinn 2008-09 | 25 | +0.3 | -0.9, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Shabazz Napier 2016-17 | 25 | 0.0 | +0.3, +0.4, +0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Shelvin Mack 2014-15 | 25 | -0.4 | +0.1, -1.4, -0.6, -3.3, under 10 games | 87 |
| Tyler Johnson 2016-17 | 24 | -0.2 | +0.5, -1.0, -2.4, -1.9, under 10 games | 87 |
| Monte Morris 2020-21 | 25 | -0.2 | +0.6, -0.2, -0.2, +0.3, under 10 games | 87 |
| Rudy Fernandez 2010-11 | 26 | -0.1 | 0.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Buddy Hield 2017-18 | 25 | +0.3 | +0.4, +0.2, 0.0, -0.5, +0.3 | 86 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Nah'Shon'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 Nah'Shon Hyland's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $4.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$2.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.2
- Projected
- Retires at
- 27.0
- 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 | MIN | 25 | 71 +10 | 16.6 | -0.08 | +0.02 | -0.09 | 375th of 1078 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 24 | 24 | 9.9 | -0.51 | -0.44 | -0.07 | 472nd of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | LAC | 23 | 37 +3 | 14.6 | -0.94 | -0.20 | -0.74 | 499th of 1100 |
| 2022-23 | LAC | 22 | 56 +5 | 19.4 | -0.55 | +0.45 | -0.99 | 304th of 813 |
| 2021-22 | DEN | 21 | 69 +5 | 19.0 | +0.11 | +1.09 | -0.98 | 110th 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 5.7 projected minutes and a pace of 95.1.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 23.0 | 2.6 |
| Rebounds | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Offensive | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Defensive | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Assists | 6.2 | 0.7 |
| Steals | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| 3-pt attempts | 13.7 | 1.6 |
| FG attempts | 19.1 | 2.2 |
| FT attempts | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.2% · 33.5% · 78.3% | |
