Julian Phillips

Minnesota Timberwolves · F

Age 22 · 6'8" · 198 lb

Pick #35, 2023 Draft · Rookie 2024 · 167 games · 5 playoff games

DPM · #262 of 530

-0.7
Offense -0.5 Defense -0.2 Last played May 15, 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
+0.22
-0.91 before the first game, -0.69 before the last game
Biggest boost
+0.59
Jan 3 vs CHA · 15 min
Biggest drop
-0.62
Nov 21 vs MIA · 18 min
Typical change per game
0.14
Last 20 games, vs 0.15 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.

-0.7 at age 22 in 2025-26 ranks 336th of 813 age-22 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Donte Greene, 2010-11.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Donte Greene 2010-1123-0.8 +0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 92
Sasha Vujacic 2006-0723-0.4 +0.2, -0.3, -0.4, -1.9, under 10 games 91
Cam Reddish 2020-2121-1.2 -1.2, -2.1, -1.5, -1.7, under 10 games 89
Omri Casspi 2010-1122-0.4 -1.9, -1.1, -0.3, -1.1, +0.1 89
Troy Brown Jr. 2020-2121-0.5 -0.6, -0.9, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games 89
Ben McLemore 2015-1623-0.3 -0.9, -2.4, -1.2, +0.2, -0.9 89
CJ Miles 2008-0922-0.6 +0.2, +0.4, +0.4, +0.5, +1.7 88
Kevin Huerter 2020-2122-0.6 -0.3, +0.2, +0.5, +0.2, +0.1 88
Linas Kleiza 2006-0722-0.8 +0.1, -0.4, under 10 games, -1.2, -1.0 88
Cedi Osman 2017-1823-1.0 -2.0, -2.5, -2.3, -2.1, -0.6 88

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

Fair value
$1.8M
DARKO's market estimate
Salary
$2.2M
Actual
Surplus
-$0.4M
Value minus salary
Seasons left
0.0
Projected
Retires at
22.7
Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

Julian Phillips, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2025-26MIN2248 +58.9-0.69-0.45-0.24336th of 813
2024-25CHI217914.2-0.95-1.13+0.19238th of 571
2023-24CHI20408.1-2.11-2.22+0.11250th of 354

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. It projects no minutes for Julian Phillips right now, so there is no per-game line.

Julian Phillips, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points15.9—
Rebounds6.2—
Offensive2.1—
Defensive4.1—
Assists2.2—
Steals1.7—
Blocks0.7—
Turnovers2.1—
3-pt attempts8.1—
FG attempts13.6—
FT attempts3.4—
FG% · 3P% · FT%40.3% · 33.6% · 75.5%