Daeqwon Plowden
Age 27 · 6'6" · 216 lb
Rookie 2025 · 38 games
DPM · #369 of 530
-1.6Game 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
- -0.09
- -1.47 before the first game, -1.55 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.57
- Mar 24 vs CHA · 36 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.81
- Nov 12 vs ATL · 14 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.24
- Last 15 games, vs 0.27 in the first 15. 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.
-1.6 at age 27 in 2025-26 ranks 719th of 924 age-27 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Matt Thomas, 2020-21.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Thomas 2020-21 | 26 | -1.8 | -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Sam Mack 1997-98 | 27 | -1.7 | +0.1, -0.9, under 10 games, -1.8, under 10 games | 90 |
| Mychal Mulder 2020-21 | 26 | -1.4 | -2.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Gigi Datome 2014-15 | 27 | -1.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Georges Niang 2019-20 | 27 | -1.2 | -0.3, -1.1, -0.7, -1.1, -1.0 | 88 |
| Bryn Forbes 2019-20 | 27 | -1.6 | -1.1, -1.6, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Dionte Christmas 2013-14 | 27 | -1.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Kyle Singler 2014-15 | 26 | -1.5 | -2.3, -1.8, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Kareem Rush 2007-08 | 27 | -1.8 | -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Joe Harris 2018-19 | 27 | -1.2 | -0.6, 0.0, -0.3, -0.5, -1.8 | 86 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Daeqwon'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 Daeqwon Plowden's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $4.0M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$2.6M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 27.9
- 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 | SAC | 27 | 32 | 26.4 | -1.55 | -0.27 | -1.29 | 719th of 924 |
| 2024-25 | ATL | 26 | 6 | 11.9 | -1.23 | -0.32 | -0.91 | — |
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 12.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.5.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 18.6 | 4.7 |
| Rebounds | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| Offensive | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Defensive | 4.3 | 1.1 |
| Assists | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Blocks | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| 3-pt attempts | 11.2 | 2.8 |
| FG attempts | 15.8 | 4.0 |
| FT attempts | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.6% · 33.4% · 80.8% | |