Moussa Cisse
Age 23 · 6'10" · 220 lb
Rookie 2026 · 38 games
DPM · #282 of 530
-0.9Game 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
- +2.61
- -3.46 before the first game, -0.85 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +1.10
- Jan 19 vs NYK · 20 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.65
- Jan 22 vs GSW · 6 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.34
- Last 18 games, vs 0.23 in the first 18. 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.
-0.9 at age 23 in 2025-26 ranks 477th of 1,100 age-23 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Etan Thomas, 2001-02.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etan Thomas 2001-02 | 24 | -0.9 | -1.5, -1.3, -2.7, -1.7, -1.3 | 89 |
| Samuel Dalembert 2003-04 | 23 | -0.6 | -0.3, -0.1, -0.1, +0.4, +0.7 | 88 |
| David Harrison 2005-06 | 23 | -0.9 | -1.7, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Soumaila Samake 2000-01 | 23 | -1.6 | under 10 games, -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Hasheem Thabeet 2009-10 | 23 | -0.9 | -2.2, -2.2, -0.5, -1.9, under 10 games | 86 |
| Gorgui Dieng 2013-14 | 24 | -1.0 | -0.4, +0.4, +1.4, -1.3, -0.3 | 86 |
| Greg Ostertag 1996-97 | 24 | -0.3 | +1.1, +1.5, +1.9, +0.9, +1.0 | 86 |
| Festus Ezeli 2012-13 | 23 | -1.1 | under 10 games, -1.0, -0.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Michael Stewart 1998-99 | 24 | -1.1 | -1.8, -2.2, -1.8, -1.7, -2.0 | 85 |
| Cristiano Felicio 2015-16 | 23 | -0.8 | -1.0, -3.0, -2.8, -2.3, -1.4 | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Moussa'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 Moussa Cisse's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $7.8M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$6.4M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 4.8
- Projected
- Retires at
- 28.4
- 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 | DAL | 23 | 38 | 13.9 | -0.85 | -1.82 | +0.97 | 477th 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 23.6 projected minutes and a pace of 103.6.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.4 | 8.8 |
| Rebounds | 17.0 | 8.7 |
| Offensive | 6.3 | 3.2 |
| Defensive | 10.8 | 5.5 |
| Assists | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Steals | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| Blocks | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| Turnovers | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| 3-pt attempts | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| FG attempts | 11.6 | 5.9 |
| FT attempts | 6.7 | 3.4 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 57.7% · 21.5% · 51.4% | |