Eastern Conference
Brooklyn Nets
Record 1-6Projected 30.8-51.2Playoffs 9.4%Win conference 0.2%Win Finals 0.1%Lottery 90.6%Expected pick 7.4SRS -3.43
DARKO rating · #26 of 30
-3.4Worth about 26 wins over 82 games
Ratings through Nov 2, 2026
Where the rating comes from
Each player's DPM times their share of DARKO's projected team minutes, times five for the five players on the floor, split into offense and defense (points per 100 possessions; 0 is an average player). The columns add up to the team's numbers at the bottom, and offense plus defense is net. Players above average add +1.98; the ones below take away 5.39.
- Michael Porter Jr. Offense+1.68 Defense-0.44 Net+1.23
- Day'Ron Sharpe Offense-0.16 Defense+0.73 Net+0.57
- Julius Randle Offense+0.48 Defense-0.30 Net+0.18
- Keon Ellis Offense-0.33 Defense+0.23 Net-0.10
- Danny Wolf Offense-0.16 Defense+0.06 Net-0.10
- Terance Mann Offense-0.25 Defense-0.09 Net-0.34
- Ben Saraf Offense-0.29 Defense-0.06 Net-0.36
- Moritz Wagner Offense-0.31 Defense-0.18 Net-0.49
- Egor Dëmin Offense-0.37 Defense-0.15 Net-0.51
- Chaney Johnson Offense-0.70 Defense+0.04 Net-0.66
- Noah Clowney Offense-0.52 Defense-0.15 Net-0.67
- Nolan Traore Offense-0.73 Defense-0.15 Net-0.89
- Mikel Brown Jr. Offense-0.39 Defense-0.55 Net-0.94
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Ben Saraf | G | -3.2 | -2.6 | -0.6 | -$5.7M | -3.1 | -3.6 | 5.3 | 97.3 | 20.3 | 8.2 | 42.6% | 32.0% | 76.1% |
| Chaney Johnson | F | -1.6 | -1.7 | +0.1 | $3.9M | -1.5 | -2.4 | 19.8 | 98.0 | 16.5 | 3.8 | 47.7% | 33.1% | 75.4% |
| Danny Wolf | F | -0.6 | -1.0 | +0.4 | $3.7M | -0.2 | -2.4 | 7.8 | 97.7 | 21.6 | 6.0 | 43.2% | 34.0% | 74.9% |
| Day'Ron Sharpe | F | +1.3 | -0.4 | +1.7 | $25.7M | +1.3 | +1.1 | 20.5 | 97.0 | 20.4 | 6.1 | 56.9% | 30.1% | 66.6% |
| Drake Powell | G-F | -2.5 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -$1.8M | -1.8 | -4.6 | 4.3 | 98.0 | 16.8 | 3.6 | 42.1% | 34.6% | 81.8% |
| Egor Dëmin | G | -1.4 | -1.0 | -0.4 | $4.5M | -1.4 | -1.4 | 17.1 | 98.7 | 20.8 | 6.8 | 41.2% | 36.2% | 81.5% |
| Grant Nelson | F | -1.9 | -2.2 | +0.3 | $0.1M | -1.9 | -2.5 | 2.8 | 98.0 | 20.7 | 3.1 | 51.9% | 31.5% | 68.2% |
| Josh Minott | F | +2.1 | +1.1 | +1.0 | $12.1M | +3.0 | -0.5 | 2.0 | 98.7 | 23.9 | 2.8 | 45.0% | 35.9% | 78.2% |
| Joshua Jefferson | F | -2.7 | -2.2 | -0.5 | -$2.9M | -2.7 | -2.0 | 2.6 | 97.1 | 19.7 | 2.8 | 43.6% | 33.0% | 71.8% |
| Julius Randle | F | +0.3 | +0.7 | -0.4 | $22.0M | -0.2 | +0.3 | 33.5 | 97.9 | 28.9 | 7.3 | 46.2% | 32.9% | 78.8% |
| Keon Ellis | G | -0.3 | -1.0 | +0.7 | $14.6M | -0.2 | -0.4 | 16.1 | 97.6 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 44.2% | 38.3% | 77.7% |
| Michael Porter Jr. | F | +1.9 | +2.5 | -0.7 | $37.7M | +2.7 | +1.5 | 31.6 | 98.1 | 32.9 | 3.4 | 45.8% | 38.4% | 82.5% |
| Mikel Brown Jr. | G | -2.4 | -1.0 | -1.4 | -$1.5M | -2.4 | -2.1 | 18.6 | 98.2 | 24.2 | 8.5 | 40.2% | 34.3% | 82.0% |
| Moritz Wagner | F | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.6 | $1.6M | -0.5 | -2.7 | 13.4 | 97.8 | 25.2 | 3.6 | 49.7% | 34.3% | 78.2% |
| Noah Clowney | F | -1.8 | -1.4 | -0.4 | $1.7M | -1.2 | -2.5 | 17.4 | 97.9 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 42.6% | 34.3% | 78.8% |
| Nolan Traore | G | -1.9 | -1.6 | -0.3 | -$2.6M | -1.2 | -3.4 | 22.3 | 97.4 | 25.3 | 8.2 | 42.1% | 34.2% | 79.1% |
| Terance Mann | G | -2.4 | -1.8 | -0.7 | -$1.5M | -2.4 | -2.4 | 6.7 | 96.8 | 14.1 | 5.2 | 46.2% | 36.8% | 75.8% |
| Tyler Bilodeau | F | -2.6 | -2.1 | -0.4 | -$1.6M | -2.6 | -2.2 | 1.8 | 98.0 | 18.5 | 2.4 | 42.9% | 32.0% | 71.6% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Randle | 31 | +0.3 | 3.9 | 68% |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 28 | +1.9 | 5.1 | 86% |
| Nolan Traore | 20 | -1.9 | 5.6 | 81% |
| Day'Ron Sharpe | 24 | +1.3 | 5.5 | 85% |
| Chaney Johnson | 24 | -1.6 | 2.5 | 37% |
| Mikel Brown Jr. | 20 | -2.4 | 7.3 | 93% |
| Noah Clowney | 22 | -1.8 | 3.6 | 52% |
| Egor Dëmin | 20 | -1.4 | 7.6 | 93% |
| Keon Ellis | 26 | -0.3 | 4.9 | 77% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$164.2M of salary for $127.6M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Michael Porter Jr. : salary $40.8M, DARKO value $37.7M, surplus -$3.1M
- Julius Randle : salary $33.3M, DARKO value $22.0M, surplus -$11.3M
- Terance Mann : salary $15.5M, DARKO value -$1.5M, surplus -$17.0M
- Day'Ron Sharpe : salary $10.0M, DARKO value $25.7M, surplus +$15.7M
- Moritz Wagner : salary $9.3M, DARKO value $1.6M, surplus -$7.7M
- Mikel Brown Jr. : salary $8.8M, DARKO value -$1.5M, surplus -$10.3M
- Keon Ellis : salary $8.8M, DARKO value $14.6M, surplus +$5.8M
- Egor Dëmin : salary $7.2M, DARKO value $4.5M, surplus -$2.7M
- Noah Clowney : salary $5.4M, DARKO value $1.7M, surplus -$3.7M
- Josh Minott : salary $4.5M, DARKO value $12.1M, surplus +$7.6M
- Nolan Traore : salary $4.0M, DARKO value -$2.6M, surplus -$6.6M
- Drake Powell : salary $3.5M, DARKO value -$1.8M, surplus -$5.4M