Mohamed Diawara
Age 21 · 6'9" · 225 lb
Pick #51, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 69 games · 6 playoff games
DPM · #497 of 530
-2.8Game 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
- -0.31
- -2.50 before the first game, -2.81 now
- Biggest boost
- +0.61
- Nov 26 vs CHA · 2 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.74
- Dec 18 vs IND · 19 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.18
- Last 20 games, vs 0.27 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.
-2.8 at age 21 in 2025-26 ranks 520th of 571 age-21 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Deividas Sirvydis, 2020-21.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deividas Sirvydis 2020-21 | 20 | -2.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 93 |
| Glenn Robinson III 2014-15 | 21 | -2.6 | -1.7, -0.6, -0.6, -1.5, -0.7 | 91 |
| Donte Greene 2008-09 | 21 | -2.8 | -1.6, -0.8, +0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Sekou Doumbouya 2020-21 | 20 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Daequan Cook 2007-08 | 20 | -3.0 | -1.6, -2.3, -0.1, -0.6, -1.8 | 89 |
| Josh Hall 2020-21 | 20 | -3.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| TJ Leaf 2017-18 | 20 | -2.7 | -2.0, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Cassius Stanley 2020-21 | 21 | -2.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Trey Lyles 2016-17 | 21 | -2.7 | -0.6, -1.4, -1.3, -2.3, -1.0 | 88 |
| Shawne Williams 2006-07 | 21 | -2.8 | -0.7, -1.6, under 10 games, -0.7, -1.0 | 88 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Mohamed'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 Mohamed Diawara's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$0.6M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$1.9M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 4.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.1
- 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 | NYK | 21 | 69 +6 | 9.2 | -2.80 | -1.97 | -0.83 | 520th of 571 |
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 2.7 projected minutes and a pace of 94.7.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 16.4 | 0.9 |
| Rebounds | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Offensive | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Defensive | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Assists | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Steals | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| 3-pt attempts | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| FG attempts | 17.2 | 0.9 |
| FT attempts | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 35.7% · 31.2% · 69.3% | |