Karlo Matkovic

New Orleans Pelicans · F-C

Age 25 · 6'10" · 231 lb

Pick #52, 2022 Draft · Rookie 2025 · 104 games

DPM · #300 of 530

-1.0
Offense -1.4 Defense +0.4 Last played Mar 29, 2026

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
+0.55
-1.55 before the first game, -1.00 at the end
Biggest boost
+0.43
Mar 13 vs HOU · 22 min
Biggest drop
-0.51
Dec 23 vs CLE · 10 min
Typical change per game
0.16
Last 20 games, vs 0.10 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.

-1.0 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 625th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Jordan Bell, 2019-20.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Jordan Bell 2019-2025-1.1 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 89
Josh Harrellson 2013-1425-1.5 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 89
Omri Casspi 2012-1324-1.1 -0.3, -1.1, +0.1, -0.9, -1.7 88
James Michael McAdoo 2016-1724-0.6 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 87
Quincy Acy 2014-1524-0.8 -0.7, -1.0, -0.7, -0.4, under 10 games 87
Justin Hamilton 2014-1525-0.3 under 10 games, -1.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Travis Knight 1998-9924-1.0 -1.8, -3.2, -3.7, -2.6, under 10 games 86
Spencer Hawes 2012-1324-1.1 -1.8, -3.1, -1.0, -2.6, under 10 games 86
Donyell Marshall 1997-9824-1.6 -0.8, -1.6, +1.6, -1.3, -1.3 86
James Singleton 2006-0725-0.8 under 10 games, +0.3, -2.3, under 10 games, -1.8 85

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Karlo'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 Karlo Matkovic's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value
$6.3M
DARKO's market estimate
Salary
$2.0M
Actual
Surplus
+$4.3M
Value minus salary
Seasons left
0.0
Projected
Retires at
25.3
Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Karlo Matkovic, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2025-26NOP256214.7-1.00-1.37+0.38625th of 1078
2024-25NOP244218.8-1.74-1.63-0.12868th of 1185

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.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 21.9 projected minutes and a pace of 95.1.

Karlo Matkovic, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points19.48.4
Rebounds12.45.4
Offensive3.91.7
Defensive8.53.7
Assists2.31.0
Steals1.30.5
Blocks3.21.4
Turnovers2.10.9
3-pt attempts6.22.7
FG attempts14.56.3
FT attempts3.21.4
FG% · 3P% · FT%51.4% · 33.5% · 74.0%