Myron Gardner
Age 24 · 6'5" · 220 lb
Rookie 2026 · 45 games
DPM · #267 of 530
-0.7Game 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
- +1.44
- -2.17 before the first game, -0.73 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.67
- Mar 23 vs SAS · 18 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.68
- Mar 10 vs WAS · 26 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.19
- Last 20 games, vs 0.17 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 24 in 2025-26 ranks 535th of 1,185 age-24 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Jarrell Brantley, 2020-21.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrell Brantley 2020-21 | 25 | -0.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Caleb Martin 2020-21 | 25 | -0.9 | +0.7, +1.2, +0.3, -1.8, -2.1 | 90 |
| Royce O'Neale 2017-18 | 24 | -1.2 | -1.2, -0.7, -0.3, -0.1, -0.5 | 90 |
| Kenrich Williams 2018-19 | 24 | -0.8 | -0.8, -1.4, +0.6, +0.8, +0.7 | 90 |
| Dylan Windler 2020-21 | 24 | -0.9 | -0.9, under 10 games, -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith 2017-18 | 24 | -1.0 | -0.4, +0.3, +0.7, +1.3, +0.4 | 89 |
| Cody Martin 2019-20 | 24 | -0.8 | 0.0, +1.0, under 10 games, -0.6, -0.6 | 89 |
| Jamal Mashburn 1996-97 | 24 | -1.0 | -0.6, -0.4, +0.7, +0.9, +0.8 | 88 |
| Julyan Stone 2013-14 | 25 | -0.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, -2.1, under 10 games | 87 |
| Luke Walton 2003-04 | 24 | -0.7 | -0.4, -0.9, -0.4, -0.3, -0.6 | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Myron'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 Myron Gardner's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $7.2M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $0.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$6.8M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 3.9
- Projected
- Retires at
- 28.8
- 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 | MIA | 24 | 45 | 9.1 | -0.73 | -0.91 | +0.18 | 535th 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 2.9 projected minutes and a pace of 99.1.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 16.9 | 1.0 |
| Rebounds | 11.5 | 0.7 |
| Offensive | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| Defensive | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Assists | 4.4 | 0.3 |
| Steals | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| 3-pt attempts | 6.9 | 0.4 |
| FG attempts | 13.8 | 0.8 |
| FT attempts | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 43.8% · 34.3% · 72.3% | |