Kam Jones
Age 24 · 6'5" · 200 lb
Pick #38, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 37 games
DPM · #431 of 530
-2.0Game 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
- +0.40
- -2.39 before the first game, -1.99 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.54
- Mar 10 vs SAC · 27 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.70
- Jan 17 vs DET · 29 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.23
- Last 18 games, vs 0.17 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.
-2.0 at age 24 in 2025-26 ranks 936th of 1,185 age-24 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Jerome Allen, 1996-97.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Allen 1996-97 | 24 | -1.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 94 |
| Alexey Shved 2012-13 | 24 | -2.0 | -1.9, -0.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 93 |
| Khalid Reeves 1996-97 | 24 | -2.1 | -0.9, -0.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Reggie Geary 1996-97 | 23 | -2.2 | -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Frank Williams 2003-04 | 24 | -1.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Charles R. Jones 1999-00 | 24 | -1.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Lorenzo Brown 2013-14 | 23 | -2.4 | -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.2, -2.7 | 89 |
| Joe Young 2015-16 | 23 | -2.0 | -2.0, -2.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Jerian Grant 2015-16 | 23 | -1.9 | +0.2, -0.4, -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Terance Mann 2019-20 | 23 | -1.9 | -0.5, 0.0, +0.3, -0.4, -1.5 | 88 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Kam'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 Kam Jones's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $2.2M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$0.9M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.9
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.0
- 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 | IND | 24 | 37 | 16.7 | -1.99 | -1.39 | -0.60 | 936th 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 27.2 projected minutes and a pace of 98.2.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 14.2 | 7.9 |
| Rebounds | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| Offensive | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Defensive | 3.6 | 2.0 |
| Assists | 9.4 | 5.2 |
| Steals | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 3.6 | 2.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 5.4 | 3.0 |
| FG attempts | 12.8 | 7.1 |
| FT attempts | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.3% · 31.9% · 71.8% | |