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
- +1.25
- -1.92 before the first game, -0.66 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.73
- Feb 24 vs PHI · 23 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.41
- Jan 14 vs TOR · 8 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.15
- Last 20 games, vs 0.17 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.
-0.7 at age 28 in 2025-26 ranks 497th of 858 age-28 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Troy Murphy, 2007-08.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Murphy 2007-08 | 27 | -0.3 | 0.0, -1.3, -2.9, -1.9, -1.8 | 90 |
| Mirza Teletovic 2013-14 | 28 | -0.9 | -1.5, -0.4, -0.7, -1.3, under 10 games | 88 |
| Linas Kleiza 2011-12 | 27 | -1.0 | -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Andres Nocioni 2007-08 | 28 | -1.1 | -0.8, -1.8, -2.0, -3.2, under 10 games | 87 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic 2016-17 | 28 | -1.1 | -0.2, -0.2, +0.4, -0.1, -0.2 | 86 |
| Jarvis Hayes 2008-09 | 27 | -0.5 | -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Mike Scott 2015-16 | 27 | -0.3 | -1.2, -1.5, -1.8, -0.4, -0.7 | 86 |
| Gigi Datome 2014-15 | 27 | -1.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Dario Saric 2020-21 | 27 | -0.1 | under 10 games, 0.0, -0.9, -2.5, under 10 games | 85 |
| Travis Outlaw 2012-13 | 28 | -1.0 | -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Micah'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 Micah Potter's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $9.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.5M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$8.1M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 28.3
- 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 | IND | 28 | 47 | 19.3 | -0.66 | +0.03 | -0.69 | 497th of 858 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 27 | 38 | 18.6 | -2.29 | -1.76 | -0.52 | 835th of 924 |
| 2023-24 | UTA | 26 | 16 | 11.6 | -2.57 | -2.11 | -0.46 | — |
| 2022-23 | UTA | 25 | 7 | 7.5 | -2.13 | -1.54 | -0.59 | — |
| 2021-22 | DET | 23 | 3 | 10.3 | -3.68 | -3.18 | -0.50 | — |
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 15.1 projected minutes and a pace of 95.1.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 20.7 | 6.2 |
| Rebounds | 12.1 | 3.6 |
| Offensive | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| Defensive | 9.2 | 2.7 |
| Assists | 2.9 | 0.9 |
| Steals | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Blocks | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Turnovers | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| 3-pt attempts | 9.4 | 2.8 |
| FG attempts | 16.2 | 4.8 |
| FT attempts | 4.5 | 1.3 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 45.4% · 37.1% · 80.0% | |
