Blake Wesley
Age 23 · 6'5" · 185 lb
Pick #25, 2022 Draft · Rookie 2023 · 187 games · 4 playoff games
DPM · #472 of 530
-2.4Game 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
- -0.59
- -1.80 before the first game, -2.40 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.35
- Oct 22 vs MIN · 15 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.51
- Feb 9 vs PHI · 13 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.12
- Last 17 games, vs 0.16 in the first 17. 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.
-2.4 at age 23 in 2025-26 ranks 928th of 1,100 age-23 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Zoran Planinic, 2005-06.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoran Planinic 2005-06 | 23 | -2.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 92 |
| Dominique Jones 2011-12 | 23 | -2.2 | -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Mardy Collins 2007-08 | 23 | -2.8 | -2.2, -2.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Elie Okobo 2019-20 | 22 | -2.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Corey Benjamin 2000-01 | 23 | -2.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Gabe Pruitt 2008-09 | 23 | -1.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Nate Wolters 2014-15 | 23 | -2.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Trent Forrest 2020-21 | 23 | -2.1 | -1.3, -3.0, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Dante Exum 2018-19 | 23 | -1.7 | -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, -0.1 | 85 |
| Tyshawn Taylor 2012-13 | 23 | -2.2 | -3.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Blake'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 Blake Wesley's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$0.3M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $5.6M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$5.9M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 23.4
- 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 | POR | 23 | 31 +4 | 11.6 | -2.39 | -2.28 | -0.12 | 928th of 1100 |
| 2024-25 | SAS | 22 | 58 | 11.8 | -1.65 | -2.26 | +0.61 | 538th of 813 |
| 2023-24 | SAS | 21 | 61 | 14.4 | -1.99 | -1.95 | -0.04 | 422nd of 571 |
| 2022-23 | SAS | 20 | 37 | 18.1 | -2.90 | -2.60 | -0.30 | 316th of 354 |
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 0.1 projected minutes and a pace of 95.0.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| Rebounds | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Offensive | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Defensive | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Assists | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Steals | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| FG attempts | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| FT attempts | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 43.4% · 30.0% · 57.8% | |