Game 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
- -0.06
- -2.99 before the first game, -3.05 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.31
- Mar 30 vs MEM · 2 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.88
- Mar 22 vs TOR · 5 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.41
- Average size of a game's change this season. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Scalabrine 2001-02 | 24 | -2.9 | -2.5, -2.5, -1.5, -1.7, -1.8 | 91 |
| Britton Johnsen 2003-04 | 24 | -3.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Tim James 2000-01 | 24 | -3.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Travis Wear 2014-15 | 24 | -3.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -2.5, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Abdel Nader 2017-18 | 24 | -2.8 | -2.5, -1.7, -2.2, -2.7, under 10 games | 88 |
| Stephen Graham 2005-06 | 23 | -3.1 | -2.4, -0.6, -2.4, -1.8, -4.1 | 87 |
| Scott Padgett 1999-00 | 24 | -2.4 | -1.4, -0.4, -0.8, +0.6, +1.3 | 87 |
| Tony Dumas 1996-97 | 24 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Jeremy Richardson 2007-08 | 24 | -3.2 | -3.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Cedric Bozeman 2006-07 | 23 | -2.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to CJ'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 CJ Huntley's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$2.4M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$3.8M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.3
- 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 | PHX | 24 | 4 | 10.1 | -3.05 | -2.42 | -0.64 | — |
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 11.1 projected minutes and a pace of 97.7.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 14.9 | 3.4 |
| Rebounds | 10.3 | 2.3 |
| Offensive | 3.8 | 0.9 |
| Defensive | 6.5 | 1.5 |
| Assists | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Blocks | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Turnovers | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| 3-pt attempts | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| FG attempts | 14.0 | 3.2 |
| FT attempts | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.7% · 28.9% · 67.0% | |
