Jericho Sims
Age 27 · 6'9" · 250 lb
Pick #58, 2021 Draft · Rookie 2022 · 258 games · 10 playoff games
DPM · #455 of 530
-2.2Game 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
- -0.69
- -1.50 before the first game, -2.19 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.38
- Mar 25 vs POR · 29 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.57
- Dec 18 vs TOR · 26 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.11
- 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.
-2.2 at age 27 in 2025-26 ranks 821st of 924 age-27 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Jeff Ayres, 2013-14.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Ayres 2013-14 | 27 | -2.0 | -1.7, -3.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Shelden Williams 2010-11 | 27 | -1.9 | -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Vitaly Potapenko 2002-03 | 28 | -2.2 | -1.6, -1.9, -2.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Bryant Reeves 1999-00 | 26 | -2.1 | -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Dominic McGuire 2012-13 | 27 | -2.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Chris Wilcox 2009-10 | 27 | -2.6 | -0.5, -0.6, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Michael Bradley 2005-06 | 27 | -2.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Aaron Gray 2011-12 | 27 | -2.2 | -2.3, -2.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Melvin Ely 2004-05 | 26 | -2.2 | -1.4, -2.3, -2.1, -3.2, under 10 games | 85 |
| Tyler Zeller 2016-17 | 27 | -1.5 | -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Jericho'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 Jericho Sims's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$1.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.5M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$4.0M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 27.8
- 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 | MIL | 27 | 67 | 19.7 | -2.19 | -2.18 | -0.01 | 821st of 924 |
| 2024-25 | MIL | 26 | 53 +5 | 11.9 | -1.68 | -2.28 | +0.60 | 798th of 1010 |
| 2023-24 | NYK | 25 | 45 +5 | 13.0 | -1.07 | -1.59 | +0.53 | 648th of 1078 |
| 2022-23 | NYK | 24 | 52 | 15.6 | -1.36 | -1.95 | +0.59 | 734th of 1185 |
| 2021-22 | NYK | 23 | 41 | 13.5 | -1.45 | -2.16 | +0.71 | 657th of 1100 |
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 11.3 projected minutes and a pace of 94.3.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 13.4 | 3.0 |
| Rebounds | 14.1 | 3.2 |
| Offensive | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| Defensive | 8.4 | 1.9 |
| Assists | 3.9 | 0.9 |
| Steals | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 3.1 | 0.7 |
| 3-pt attempts | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| FG attempts | 8.6 | 1.9 |
| FT attempts | 3.5 | 0.8 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 64.0% · 17.6% · 63.6% | |