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
- +0.08
- -2.00 before the first game, -1.92 now
- Biggest boost
- +0.76
- Dec 1 vs ORL · 7 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.06
- Dec 3 vs BKN · 8 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.20
- Average size of a game's change this season. 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.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Burrell 1996-97 | 26 | -2.2 | +1.3, +0.1, +1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 92 |
| Gigi Datome 2013-14 | 26 | -1.8 | -1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| J.R. Giddens 2009-10 | 25 | -1.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Alex Acker 2008-09 | 26 | -2.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Sam Merrill 2020-21 | 25 | -2.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.4, +0.1, +0.3 | 90 |
| Eric Washington 1998-99 | 25 | -1.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Mitchell Butler 1996-97 | 26 | -2.1 | -2.3, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, -2.3 | 90 |
| Devin Brown 2003-04 | 25 | -1.8 | -0.9, -1.2, -0.8, -1.3, -1.8 | 89 |
| David Nwaba 2017-18 | 25 | -1.6 | -0.4, +0.4, +0.9, +1.3, under 10 games | 89 |
| Gary Forbes 2010-11 | 26 | -1.7 | -1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Emanuel'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 Emanuel Miller's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.0M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$1.3M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 27.0
- 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 | SAS | 25 | 5 | 6.6 | -1.99 | -1.49 | -0.50 | — |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 24 | 6 | 4.1 | -2.02 | -1.64 | -0.39 | — |
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 0.3 projected minutes and a pace of 92.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.0 | 0.1 |
| Rebounds | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Offensive | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Defensive | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Assists | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| FG attempts | 15.1 | 0.1 |
| FT attempts | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.5% · 27.1% · 70.8% | |
