Marcus Sasser
Age 25 · 6'2" · 195 lb
Pick #25, 2023 Draft · Rookie 2024 · 166 games · 6 playoff games
DPM · #249 of 530
-0.6Game 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
- +0.01
- -0.60 before the first game, -0.60 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.65
- Dec 12 vs ATL · 4 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.58
- Mar 5 vs SAS · 7 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.16
- Last 20 games, vs 0.29 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.
-0.6 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 510th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Ronnie Price, 2007-08.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Price 2007-08 | 24 | -0.2 | -1.2, -1.5, -1.5, -1.1, -1.3 | 89 |
| Yogi Ferrell 2018-19 | 25 | -1.0 | -1.2, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Chris Chiozza 2020-21 | 25 | -0.2 | -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Shelvin Mack 2014-15 | 25 | -0.4 | +0.1, -1.4, -0.6, -3.3, under 10 games | 89 |
| Rodrigue Beaubois 2012-13 | 25 | -0.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Goran Dragic 2010-11 | 24 | -0.9 | +1.4, +1.3, +2.8, +0.5, +1.1 | 88 |
| Steve Nash 1998-99 | 25 | -0.8 | -0.3, +2.2, +2.2, +2.1, +1.2 | 88 |
| Travis Diener 2006-07 | 25 | -0.6 | -1.3, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Jerian Grant 2017-18 | 25 | -0.4 | -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Raul Neto 2017-18 | 25 | -0.6 | -0.5, -0.4, -0.7, -0.8, -1.7 | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Marcus'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 Marcus Sasser's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $2.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.9M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$0.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.8
- 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 | DET | 25 | 38 +6 | 12.0 | -0.60 | -0.35 | -0.25 | 510th of 1078 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 24 | 57 | 14.2 | -0.61 | +0.26 | -0.87 | 503rd of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 23 | 71 | 19.0 | -2.58 | -1.22 | -1.36 | 969th 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. It projects no minutes for Marcus Sasser right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 19.4 | — |
| Rebounds | 4.6 | — |
| Offensive | 1.1 | — |
| Defensive | 3.6 | — |
| Assists | 5.8 | — |
| Steals | 1.8 | — |
| Blocks | 0.4 | — |
| Turnovers | 2.8 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 11.4 | — |
| FG attempts | 17.7 | — |
| FT attempts | 2.6 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 38.6% · 34.6% · 80.2% | |