Tidjane Salaün
Age 20 · 6'8" · 207 lb
Pick #6, 2024 Draft · Rookie 2025 · 97 games
DPM · #416 of 530
-1.8Game 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
- +0.97
- -2.81 before the first game, -1.83 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.44
- Feb 22 vs WAS · 21 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.67
- Feb 20 vs CLE · 17 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.20
- Last 18 games, vs 0.19 in the first 18. 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.
-1.8 at age 20 in 2025-26 ranks 218th of 354 age-20 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Kelly Oubre Jr., 2016-17.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Oubre Jr. 2016-17 | 21 | -1.6 | -1.3, -0.7, +0.5, -2.0, -0.8 | 89 |
| CJ Elleby 2020-21 | 20 | -2.1 | -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Reggie Perry 2020-21 | 21 | -2.2 | -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Quincy Miller 2013-14 | 21 | -1.9 | -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Darius Bazley 2019-20 | 20 | -1.5 | -3.8, -2.4, -2.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Luka Samanic 2020-21 | 21 | -1.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -2.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Dragan Bender 2018-19 | 21 | -1.7 | -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Zach Collins 2017-18 | 20 | -2.3 | -1.2, -1.5, under 10 games, -0.6, -0.9 | 87 |
| Dorell Wright 2005-06 | 20 | -1.9 | -1.4, -0.4, under 10 games, +0.4, +0.2 | 87 |
| Nassir Little 2020-21 | 21 | -1.9 | -0.4, -2.2, -2.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Tidjane'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 Tidjane Salaün's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.8M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $7.9M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$7.1M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 21.0
- 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 | CHA | 20 | 37 | 15.5 | -1.83 | -1.41 | -0.43 | 218th of 354 |
| 2024-25 | CHA | 19 | 60 | 20.7 | -2.76 | -1.92 | -0.84 | 93rd of 109 |
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 94.7.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.8 | 1.0 |
| Rebounds | 11.8 | 0.7 |
| Offensive | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Defensive | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Assists | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| FG attempts | 14.7 | 0.8 |
| FT attempts | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.2% · 32.9% · 66.2% | |