Liam McNeeley
Age 20 · 6'7" · 210 lb
Pick #29, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 31 games
DPM · #374 of 530
-1.6Game 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
- +0.66
- -2.23 before the first game, -1.57 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.84
- Dec 7 vs DEN · 20 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.89
- Dec 5 vs TOR · 18 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.25
- Last 15 games, vs 0.19 in the first 15. 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.
-1.6 at age 20 in 2025-26 ranks 191st of 354 age-20 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Martell Webster, 2006-07.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martell Webster 2006-07 | 20 | -1.3 | -0.5, under 10 games, -0.1, -1.2, -0.6 | 92 |
| Rodions Kurucs 2018-19 | 21 | -1.5 | -0.7, -0.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Ersan Ilyasova 2006-07 | 19 | -1.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, +0.2, +0.5, +1.3 | 90 |
| Derrick Williams 2011-12 | 20 | -1.8 | -2.7, -2.4, -2.3, -2.4, -2.1 | 89 |
| Nassir Little 2019-20 | 20 | -2.1 | -1.9, -0.4, -2.2, -2.6, under 10 games | 89 |
| Jaylen Brown 2016-17 | 20 | -2.0 | +0.6, +0.1, +1.3, +2.3, +3.8 | 89 |
| Dorell Wright 2005-06 | 20 | -1.9 | -1.4, -0.4, under 10 games, +0.4, +0.2 | 89 |
| DerMarr Johnson 2000-01 | 20 | -1.7 | 0.0, under 10 games, -0.6, +0.7, +1.0 | 89 |
| Zeke Nnaji 2020-21 | 20 | -1.8 | -1.8, -1.3, -3.2, -1.7, -2.0 | 89 |
| CJ Elleby 2020-21 | 20 | -2.1 | -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Liam'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 Liam McNeeley's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $2.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.8M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$0.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 5.7
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.2
- 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 | 31 | 11.9 | -1.57 | -0.80 | -0.77 | 191st 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.
Projections
Projected box score
DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 6.5 projected minutes and a pace of 98.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 18.5 | 2.5 |
| Rebounds | 10.4 | 1.4 |
| Offensive | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Defensive | 8.1 | 1.1 |
| Assists | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| 3-pt attempts | 7.0 | 0.9 |
| FG attempts | 14.6 | 2.0 |
| FT attempts | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.8% · 32.4% · 74.2% | |