Malevy Leons
Age 26 · 6'9" · 210 lb
Rookie 2025 · 31 games
DPM · #440 of 530
-2.1Game 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
- +0.88
- -2.95 before the first game, -2.07 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.69
- Feb 25 vs MEM · 18 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.61
- Mar 2 vs LAC · 6 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.28
- Last 12 games, vs 0.26 in the first 12. 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.
-2.1 at age 26 in 2025-26 ranks 875th of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Bill Curley, 1998-99.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Curley 1998-99 | 26 | -2.4 | -2.4, -2.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Scott Burrell 1996-97 | 26 | -2.2 | +1.3, +0.1, +1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Ira Newble 2000-01 | 26 | -2.5 | -1.1, -1.3, -2.9, -1.6, -1.6 | 86 |
| Mark Madsen 2001-02 | 26 | -2.0 | -2.7, -0.7, -1.0, -0.9, -1.0 | 86 |
| Jorge Gutierrez 2014-15 | 26 | -2.1 | -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Brian Scalabrine 2003-04 | 26 | -2.5 | -1.5, -1.7, -1.8, -2.3, -1.3 | 85 |
| Kurt Thomas 1998-99 | 26 | -2.0 | -0.1, +1.3, +0.5, +1.3, +1.2 | 85 |
| Melvin Ely 2003-04 | 25 | -2.2 | -2.2, -1.4, -2.3, -2.1, -3.2 | 85 |
| Jarvis Varnado 2013-14 | 26 | -1.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Popeye Jones 1996-97 | 26 | -2.1 | -2.1, -1.7, -1.9, -0.9, -0.6 | 84 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Malevy'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 Malevy Leons's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$0.9M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$2.3M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.8
- 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 | GSW | 26 | 25 | 11.1 | -2.07 | -1.98 | -0.09 | 875th of 1010 |
| 2024-25 | OKC | 25 | 6 | 3.5 | -3.53 | -2.72 | -0.81 | — |
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 1.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.2.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 15.5 | 0.6 |
| Rebounds | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| Offensive | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| Defensive | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Assists | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| Steals | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| 3-pt attempts | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| FG attempts | 12.6 | 0.5 |
| FT attempts | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 45.6% · 29.9% · 72.0% | |