Max Shulga
Age 23 · 6'5" · 210 lb
Pick #57, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 11 games · 2 playoff games
DPM · #477 of 530
-2.4Game 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
- -0.24
- -2.18 before the first game, -2.42 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.57
- Mar 22 vs MIN · 2 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.46
- Feb 4 vs HOU · 2 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.12
- Last 6 games, vs 0.35 in the first 6. 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.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Connaughton 2015-16 | 23 | -2.4 | -1.7, -1.3, -0.5, -0.8, -0.1 | 94 |
| C.J. Wilcox 2014-15 | 24 | -2.5 | -1.2, -3.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 93 |
| Joe Harris 2014-15 | 23 | -2.1 | under 10 games, -2.6, -0.6, -1.2, -0.6 | 92 |
| Admiral Schofield 2019-20 | 23 | -2.5 | under 10 games, -3.0, -1.5, -2.1, under 10 games | 91 |
| Orlando Johnson 2012-13 | 24 | -2.0 | -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| PJ Hairston 2015-16 | 23 | -2.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Georges Niang 2016-17 | 23 | -2.2 | under 10 games, -2.2, -1.2, -0.3, -1.1 | 91 |
| Jake Layman 2016-17 | 23 | -2.5 | -2.2, -1.4, -1.0, -0.4, -0.3 | 90 |
| Sterling Brown 2018-19 | 24 | -2.3 | -2.3, -1.0, -1.0, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Jarell Eddie 2015-16 | 24 | -2.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Max'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 Max Shulga'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
- -$2.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.2
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.0
- 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 | BOS | 23 | 11 +2 | 3.3 | -2.42 | -1.79 | -0.63 | — |
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 5.8 projected minutes and a pace of 96.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 16.7 | 1.9 |
| Rebounds | 7.3 | 0.9 |
| Offensive | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| Defensive | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| Assists | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.5 | 1.0 |
| FG attempts | 14.6 | 1.7 |
| FT attempts | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 38.3% · 29.6% · 72.5% | |