Trendon Watford
Age 25 · 6'8" · 237 lb
Rookie 2022 · 269 games · 7 playoff games
DPM · #445 of 530
-2.1Game 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
- -0.46
- -1.65 before the first game, -2.11 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.37
- Feb 7 vs PHX · 27 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.60
- Feb 9 vs POR · 25 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.09
- 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.
-2.1 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 910th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Chris Crawford, 2000-01.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Crawford 2000-01 | 25 | -2.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Jahlil Okafor 2020-21 | 25 | -2.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Stanley Johnson 2020-21 | 24 | -1.9 | -0.8, -0.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Cedric Henderson 1999-00 | 25 | -2.0 | -2.4, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Viktor Khryapa 2006-07 | 24 | -2.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Justise Winslow 2020-21 | 25 | -2.4 | 0.0, -0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Terrence Williams 2012-13 | 25 | -1.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Evan Turner 2013-14 | 25 | -2.9 | -1.5, -1.4, -2.5, -2.8, -2.0 | 84 |
| Mardy Collins 2009-10 | 25 | -2.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Milt Palacio 2002-03 | 25 | -2.4 | -2.9, -1.1, -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Trendon'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 Trendon Watford's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$0.2M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.5M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$2.7M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.7
- 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 | PHI | 25 | 53 +7 | 16.3 | -2.11 | -2.23 | +0.11 | 910th of 1078 |
| 2024-25 | BKN | 24 | 43 | 21.2 | -1.61 | -1.49 | -0.13 | 821st of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | BKN | 23 | 63 | 13.6 | -1.29 | -0.85 | -0.43 | 613th of 1100 |
| 2022-23 | POR | 22 | 62 | 19.1 | -1.85 | -0.99 | -0.86 | 588th of 813 |
| 2021-22 | POR | 21 | 48 | 18.1 | -1.13 | -1.21 | +0.08 | 263rd 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 3.7 projected minutes and a pace of 95.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 18.5 | 1.4 |
| Rebounds | 9.9 | 0.7 |
| Offensive | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| Defensive | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| Assists | 5.7 | 0.4 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| 3-pt attempts | 3.2 | 0.2 |
| FG attempts | 15.0 | 1.1 |
| FT attempts | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 49.9% · 29.8% · 73.8% | |