Kobe Brown
Age 26 · 6'8" · 250 lb
Pick #30, 2023 Draft · Rookie 2024 · 145 games · 6 playoff games
DPM · #326 of 530
-1.2Game 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
- -0.05
- -1.17 before the first game, -1.22 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.64
- Feb 4 vs CLE · 9 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.59
- Nov 6 vs PHX · 16 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.20
- Last 20 games, vs 0.23 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.
-1.2 at age 26 in 2025-26 ranks 689th of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Mike Scott, 2014-15.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Scott 2014-15 | 26 | -1.4 | -0.3, -1.2, -1.5, -1.8, -0.4 | 92 |
| Cartier Martin 2010-11 | 26 | -0.9 | -0.9, -1.0, -0.6, -1.8, under 10 games | 90 |
| Kyle Singler 2013-14 | 25 | -1.0 | -1.5, -2.3, -1.8, -2.0, under 10 games | 90 |
| Justin Jackson 2020-21 | 26 | -1.6 | under 10 games, -2.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Paul Watson 2020-21 | 26 | -1.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Jake Layman 2019-20 | 26 | -1.0 | -0.4, -0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Rasual Butler 2004-05 | 26 | -0.9 | +0.1, -0.4, -0.7, -0.8, -1.6 | 89 |
| Travis Outlaw 2009-10 | 25 | -1.5 | -2.3, -2.0, -1.0, -1.8, under 10 games | 89 |
| Quincy Acy 2016-17 | 26 | -1.0 | -0.7, -0.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Antoine Wright 2009-10 | 26 | -1.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Kobe'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 Kobe Brown's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $6.4M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.7M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$3.7M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.6
- 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 | IND | 26 | 61 | 15.8 | -1.22 | -0.31 | -0.91 | 689th of 1010 |
| 2024-25 | LAC | 25 | 40 +3 | 6.8 | -1.30 | -1.58 | +0.28 | 713th of 1078 |
| 2023-24 | LAC | 24 | 44 +3 | 9.0 | -2.17 | -1.86 | -0.30 | 988th 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.
Projections
Projected box score
DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 12.5 projected minutes and a pace of 94.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.6 | 4.3 |
| Rebounds | 9.5 | 2.4 |
| Offensive | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| Defensive | 6.4 | 1.6 |
| Assists | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| Steals | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.0 | 2.0 |
| FG attempts | 13.7 | 3.4 |
| FT attempts | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 45.6% · 34.0% · 77.6% | |