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
- +1.96
- -2.44 before the first game, -0.48 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.64
- Jan 15 vs SAS · 6 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.50
- Mar 10 vs PHX · 12 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.27
- Last 20 games, vs 0.21 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 26 in 2025-26 ranks 510th of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Yuta Watanabe, 2020-21.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuta Watanabe 2020-21 | 26 | -1.0 | -1.6, -1.2, -1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Sterling Brown 2020-21 | 26 | -1.0 | -1.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Andrew Nicholson 2015-16 | 26 | -0.7 | -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Kostas Papanikolaou 2015-16 | 25 | -0.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Victor Claver 2013-14 | 25 | -1.1 | -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith 2018-19 | 25 | -0.4 | +0.3, +0.7, +1.3, +0.4, +0.1 | 83 |
| Keith Bogans 2005-06 | 25 | -0.8 | -0.7, +0.7, +0.2, -1.1, +0.2 | 82 |
| Robbie Hummel 2014-15 | 26 | -1.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Luke Babbitt 2014-15 | 25 | -0.9 | -1.4, -0.8, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Kent Bazemore 2014-15 | 25 | -1.0 | -0.5, -0.9, +0.1, -1.3, -0.9 | 82 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Pete'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 Pete Nance's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $11.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$10.1M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.4
- 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 | MIL | 26 | 47 | 15.7 | -0.48 | -1.02 | +0.54 | 510th of 1010 |
| 2024-25 | MIL | 25 | 13 | 10.6 | -3.14 | -2.42 | -0.72 | — |
| 2023-24 | CLE | 24 | 8 | 3.4 | -4.02 | -3.32 | -0.70 | — |
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 24.4 projected minutes and a pace of 94.2.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.5 | 8.4 |
| Rebounds | 8.9 | 4.3 |
| Offensive | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| Defensive | 6.8 | 3.3 |
| Assists | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| Steals | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Turnovers | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.7 | 4.2 |
| FG attempts | 14.4 | 6.9 |
| FT attempts | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 45.4% · 33.6% · 59.9% | |
