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
- +0.07
- -0.59 before the first game, -0.52 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.29
- Dec 29 vs DEN · 28 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.34
- Apr 7 vs TOR · 26 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.13
- Last 20 games, vs 0.14 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.
-0.5 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 487th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Alec Burks, 2015-16.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burks 2015-16 | 24 | -0.9 | -1.6, -1.8, -2.0, -0.9, +0.7 | 90 |
| Andrew Wiggins 2019-20 | 25 | -0.5 | 0.0, +1.5, +2.0, -0.1, -0.7 | 89 |
| Caris LeVert 2018-19 | 24 | +0.2 | +1.0, -0.5, -1.5, -0.9, -0.3 | 88 |
| Goran Dragic 2010-11 | 24 | -0.9 | +1.4, +1.3, +2.8, +0.5, +1.1 | 88 |
| Michael Finley 1997-98 | 25 | -0.4 | -0.4, +0.4, +1.3, +1.0, +1.9 | 87 |
| Michael Dickerson 1999-00 | 24 | -0.6 | -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Tyler Johnson 2016-17 | 24 | -0.2 | +0.5, -1.0, -2.4, -1.9, under 10 games | 87 |
| Jerry Stackhouse 1998-99 | 24 | -0.4 | -0.8, -0.8, 0.0, -0.7, -1.7 | 87 |
| Dennis Schroder 2018-19 | 25 | -0.8 | +0.5, -1.0, -2.2, +0.3, -1.5 | 87 |
| Jamal Mashburn 1997-98 | 25 | -0.6 | -0.4, +0.7, +0.9, +0.8, +0.9 | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Jaime'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 Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $10.3M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $3.9M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$6.4M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 3.4
- Projected
- Retires at
- 28.8
- 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 | MIA | 25 | 75 | 28.3 | -0.52 | +0.16 | -0.68 | 487th of 1078 |
| 2024-25 | MIA | 24 | 66 +3 | 20.7 | -0.79 | -0.47 | -0.32 | 555th of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | MIA | 23 | 75 +4 | 28.2 | -1.45 | -1.23 | -0.21 | 656th 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 20.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 23.7 | 9.8 |
| Rebounds | 7.9 | 3.2 |
| Offensive | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Defensive | 5.9 | 2.4 |
| Assists | 7.0 | 2.9 |
| Steals | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 3.1 | 1.3 |
| 3-pt attempts | 6.9 | 2.8 |
| FG attempts | 20.2 | 8.4 |
| FT attempts | 4.2 | 1.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 45.9% · 31.7% · 75.5% | |
