Sion James
Age 23 · 6'6" · 220 lb
Pick #33, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 82 games
DPM · #359 of 530
-1.5Game 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
- +0.63
- -2.15 before the first game, -1.51 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +1.05
- Oct 26 vs WAS · 20 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.59
- Oct 30 vs ORL · 28 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.14
- Last 20 games, vs 0.31 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.
-1.5 at age 23 in 2025-26 ranks 675th of 1,100 age-23 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Denzel Valentine, 2016-17.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denzel Valentine 2016-17 | 23 | -1.6 | -1.1, under 10 games, -1.4, -1.7, -2.1 | 91 |
| Nicolas Brussino 2016-17 | 24 | -1.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith 2016-17 | 23 | -1.3 | -1.0, -0.4, +0.3, +0.7, +1.3 | 90 |
| Treveon Graham 2016-17 | 23 | -1.4 | -2.2, -1.5, -2.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| DaQuan Jeffries 2020-21 | 23 | -1.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.8, -2.6, under 10 games | 89 |
| Juwan Morgan 2019-20 | 23 | -1.7 | -2.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Sterling Brown 2017-18 | 23 | -1.4 | -2.3, -2.3, -1.0, -1.0, under 10 games | 88 |
| Hollis Thompson 2013-14 | 23 | -1.1 | -1.5, -2.4, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Kyle Korver 2003-04 | 23 | -1.5 | +0.6, 0.0, 0.0, +0.7, +1.1 | 88 |
| Solomon Hill 2013-14 | 23 | -1.3 | -1.6, -0.2, +0.1, -0.7, -1.5 | 88 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Sion'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 Sion James's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $2.3M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$0.0M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 6.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 29.4
- 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 | 23 | 82 | 22.5 | -1.51 | -1.54 | +0.03 | 675th of 1100 |
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 15.6 projected minutes and a pace of 97.3.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 13.0 | 4.1 |
| Rebounds | 8.1 | 2.6 |
| Offensive | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Defensive | 6.8 | 2.1 |
| Assists | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| Steals | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 3-pt attempts | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| FG attempts | 10.9 | 3.4 |
| FT attempts | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.2% · 34.4% · 78.8% | |