Ousmane Dieng
Age 23 · 6'10" · 185 lb
Pick #11, 2022 Draft · Rookie 2023 · 166 games · 13 playoff games
DPM · #524 of 530
-3.4Game 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
- -2.58
- -0.85 before the first game, -3.43 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +1.26
- Feb 12 vs OKC · 36 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.78
- Oct 23 vs IND · 15 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.20
- Last 20 games, vs 0.19 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.
-3.4 at age 22 in 2025-26 ranks 796th of 813 age-22 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: J.R. Bremer, 2003-04.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.R. Bremer 2003-04 | 23 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Cameron Payne 2016-17 | 22 | -3.2 | -1.8, -2.0, under 10 games, +0.7, -0.5 | 81 |
| Frank Jackson 2019-20 | 22 | -3.0 | -0.9, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Shannon Brown 2007-08 | 22 | -3.0 | -1.1, -0.6, -1.2, -1.4, -2.3 | 80 |
| Wayne Selden 2017-18 | 23 | -2.7 | -3.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Marcus Williams 2007-08 | 22 | -2.5 | under 10 games, -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 79 |
| Maurice Taylor 1999-00 | 23 | -3.6 | -2.5, under 10 games, -2.4, -2.6, -3.3 | 79 |
| Corey Benjamin 2000-01 | 23 | -2.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 78 |
| Antonio Blakeney 2018-19 | 22 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 78 |
| Von Wafer 2007-08 | 22 | -3.7 | -0.3, under 10 games, -1.5, -1.6, under 10 games | 78 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Ousmane'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 Ousmane Dieng's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$14.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $6.7M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$21.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 23.2
- 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 | 22 | 57 | 19.3 | -3.43 | -1.84 | -1.59 | 796th of 813 |
| 2024-25 | OKC | 22 | 37 +9 | 10.9 | -0.84 | -0.40 | -0.44 | 367th of 813 |
| 2023-24 | OKC | 20 | 33 +4 | 11.1 | -1.13 | -0.24 | -0.89 | 142nd of 354 |
| 2022-23 | OKC | 19 | 39 | 14.6 | -1.62 | -1.00 | -0.62 | 55th of 109 |
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 13.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.5.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 19.7 | 5.4 |
| Rebounds | 8.5 | 2.3 |
| Offensive | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Defensive | 7.1 | 1.9 |
| Assists | 6.0 | 1.6 |
| Steals | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Blocks | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 4.0 | 1.1 |
| 3-pt attempts | 7.8 | 2.1 |
| FG attempts | 18.0 | 4.9 |
| FT attempts | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.3% · 31.0% · 72.7% | |