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Eastern Conference
Charlotte Hornets
Record 3-5Projected 35.2-46.8Playoffs 24.1%Win conference 1.0%Win Finals 0.2%Lottery 75.9%Expected pick 10.3SRS -1.72
DARKO rating · #19 of 30
-0.3 Offense +0.3 Defense -0.6
Worth about 34 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 +3.23; the ones below take away 3.51.
- Kon Knueppel Offense+1.32 Defense-0.55 Net+0.77
- Brandon Miller Offense+0.94 Defense-0.17 Net+0.77
- Moussa Diabate Offense+0.02 Defense+0.66 Net+0.67
- Coby White Offense+0.71 Defense-0.38 Net+0.33
- Grant Williams Offense+0.10 Defense+0.23 Net+0.33
- Grayson Allen Offense+0.36 Defense-0.12 Net+0.24
- Ryan Kalkbrenner Offense-0.11 Defense+0.24 Net+0.13
- Tidjane Salaün Offense-0.21 Defense-0.06 Net-0.27
- Naz Reid Offense-0.41 Defense+0.06 Net-0.34
- Christian Anderson Offense-0.24 Defense-0.13 Net-0.37
- Royce O'Neale Offense-0.61 Defense+0.14 Net-0.47
- Sion James Offense-0.69 Defense0.00 Net-0.69
- Dennis Schroder Offense-0.60 Defense-0.48 Net-1.08
Charlotte Hornets Offense+0.27 Defense-0.56 Net-0.28
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Miller | F | +1.3 | +1.6 | -0.3 | $31.9M | +0.8 | +1.8 | 32.4 | 95.3 | 34.0 | 5.1 | 42.1% | 36.3% | 86.5% |
| Christian Anderson | G | -2.8 | -1.8 | -1.0 | -$1.5M | -2.8 | -2.9 | 7.2 | 97.4 | 20.4 | 8.3 | 40.3% | 34.2% | 82.4% |
| Coby White | G | +1.0 | +2.2 | -1.2 | $17.1M | +2.0 | +0.7 | 17.4 | 96.1 | 32.8 | 7.6 | 43.4% | 36.1% | 85.0% |
| Dennis Schroder | G | -2.8 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -$5.6M | -2.3 | -2.8 | 20.7 | 95.6 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 40.9% | 34.8% | 83.0% |
| Grant Williams | F | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.9 | $13.5M | +0.5 | +1.6 | 13.4 | 96.8 | 17.4 | 3.5 | 42.0% | 37.8% | 78.8% |
| Grayson Allen | G | +0.6 | +0.9 | -0.3 | $20.2M | +1.8 | +0.1 | 21.8 | 96.6 | 29.4 | 5.4 | 41.6% | 38.0% | 84.9% |
| Hannes Steinbach | F | -3.3 | -2.7 | -0.6 | -$1.7M | -3.3 | -2.7 | 3.4 | 97.1 | 22.3 | 2.0 | 57.2% | 26.7% | 70.8% |
| Kon Knueppel | G-F | +1.3 | +2.3 | -1.0 | $18.2M | +1.5 | +0.9 | 31.0 | 96.9 | 28.0 | 5.1 | 44.7% | 38.4% | 84.2% |
| Kylan Boswell | G | -2.6 | -1.9 | -0.7 | -$1.8M | -2.6 | -3.0 | 1.1 | 97.6 | 18.2 | 6.6 | 40.6% | 33.1% | 76.0% |
| Liam McNeeley | F | -2.1 | -1.4 | -0.6 | $1.2M | -2.2 | -1.4 | 2.7 | 96.9 | 20.8 | 3.6 | 41.1% | 34.4% | 79.2% |
| Michael Ajayi | G | -2.3 | -1.6 | -0.7 | -$1.1M | -2.3 | -2.2 | 1.3 | 96.8 | 17.4 | 4.9 | 42.6% | 32.8% | 71.9% |
| Moussa Diabate | F | +1.3 | +0.0 | +1.3 | $28.7M | +1.5 | +1.3 | 27.1 | 95.1 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 62.0% | 20.9% | 63.3% |
| Naz Reid | C | -0.7 | -0.8 | +0.1 | $15.7M | -1.6 | -0.5 | 26.7 | 96.9 | 27.3 | 3.8 | 43.7% | 36.7% | 74.3% |
| PJ Hall | C | -0.8 | -1.3 | +0.5 | $2.3M | -0.6 | -3.2 | 5.1 | 96.0 | 21.1 | 2.9 | 47.2% | 32.8% | 72.3% |
| Royce O'Neale | F | -1.6 | -2.0 | +0.4 | $2.4M | +0.0 | -1.9 | 16.1 | 96.6 | 17.2 | 3.5 | 40.1% | 37.8% | 73.8% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | C | +0.5 | -0.4 | +0.9 | $12.1M | +0.7 | -0.1 | 14.2 | 95.7 | 15.9 | 2.8 | 66.3% | 21.5% | 69.4% |
| Sion James | G | -1.8 | -1.8 | +0.0 | $2.4M | -2.1 | -1.2 | 21.0 | 95.7 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 39.5% | 35.7% | 79.8% |
| Tidjane Salaün | F | -1.5 | -1.2 | -0.4 | $1.3M | -1.1 | -2.6 | 9.4 | 95.2 | 18.7 | 2.4 | 41.9% | 34.3% | 71.2% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Miller | 23 | +1.3 | 10.0 | 99% |
| Kon Knueppel | 21 | +1.3 | 11.9 | 99% |
| Moussa Diabate | 24 | +1.3 | 8.2 | 98% |
| Naz Reid | 27 | -0.7 | 6.8 | 93% |
| Grayson Allen | 31 | +0.6 | 3.3 | 60% |
| Sion James | 23 | -1.8 | 5.7 | 81% |
| Dennis Schroder | 33 | -2.8 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Coby White | 26 | +1.0 | 5.2 | 79% |
| Royce O'Neale | 33 | -1.6 | 2.8 | 47% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$161.8M of salary for $166.9M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Naz Reid : salary $23.3M, DARKO value $15.7M, surplus -$7.6M
- Coby White : salary $22.8M, DARKO value $17.1M, surplus -$5.7M
- Grayson Allen : salary $18.1M, DARKO value $20.2M, surplus +$2.1M
- Brandon Miller : salary $15.1M, DARKO value $31.9M, surplus +$16.8M
- Dennis Schroder : salary $14.8M, DARKO value -$5.6M, surplus -$20.4M
- Grant Williams : salary $14.3M, DARKO value $13.5M, surplus -$0.8M
- Royce O'Neale : salary $10.9M, DARKO value $2.4M, surplus -$8.5M
- Kon Knueppel : salary $10.5M, DARKO value $18.2M, surplus +$7.7M
- Tidjane Salaün : salary $8.2M, DARKO value $1.3M, surplus -$7.0M
- Hannes Steinbach : salary $5.2M, DARKO value -$1.7M, surplus -$6.9M
- Christian Anderson : salary $4.3M, DARKO value -$1.5M, surplus -$5.8M
- Liam McNeeley : salary $2.9M, DARKO value $1.2M, surplus -$1.7M