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Eastern Conference
Detroit Pistons
Record 6-1Projected 51.6-30.4Playoffs 93.5%Win conference 15.1%Win Finals 6.6%Lottery 6.5%Expected pick 24.0SRS +5.12
DARKO rating · #9 of 30
+5.9 Offense +2.1 Defense +3.8
Worth about 51 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 +6.63; the ones below take away 0.68.
- Cade Cunningham Offense+2.87 Defense+0.31 Net+3.18
- Paul Reed Offense+0.06 Defense+0.82 Net+0.88
- Jalen Duren Offense+0.51 Defense+0.29 Net+0.80
- Ausar Thompson Offense-0.41 Defense+1.11 Net+0.70
- Duncan Robinson Offense+0.36 Defense+0.03 Net+0.40
- Javonte Green Offense-0.22 Defense+0.52 Net+0.30
- Ronald Holland II Offense-0.22 Defense+0.41 Net+0.18
- Isaiah Joe Offense+0.20 Defense-0.03 Net+0.18
- Kevin Huerter Offense-0.14 Defense+0.16 Net+0.01
- John Collins Offense-0.27 Defense+0.22 Net-0.05
- Daniss Jenkins Offense-0.25 Defense0.00 Net-0.25
Detroit Pistons Offense+2.11 Defense+3.84 Net+5.94
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Ausar Thompson | G-F | +1.3 | -0.8 | +2.0 | $26.3M | +0.7 | +1.8 | 27.2 | 96.3 | 17.9 | 7.7 | 53.2% | 24.7% | 60.4% |
| Cade Cunningham | G | +4.4 | +3.9 | +0.4 | $66.2M | +2.4 | +5.2 | 36.3 | 96.7 | 36.8 | 12.5 | 45.9% | 34.8% | 82.9% |
| Chaz Lanier | G | -1.7 | -0.7 | -1.0 | $0.1M | -1.7 | -2.1 | 0.0 | 98.1 | 19.7 | 3.1 | 39.3% | 36.4% | 76.5% |
| Daniss Jenkins | G | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.0 | $10.3M | -0.8 | -0.5 | 20.3 | 96.8 | 21.1 | 9.2 | 41.3% | 36.3% | 81.0% |
| Duncan Robinson | G-F | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.1 | $23.2M | +1.5 | +0.4 | 29.0 | 96.1 | 23.6 | 4.3 | 43.3% | 38.5% | 80.0% |
| Ebuka Okorie | G | -2.8 | -1.8 | -1.0 | -$1.1M | -2.8 | -3.0 | 2.3 | 98.1 | 24.1 | 8.6 | 41.9% | 32.9% | 79.2% |
| Elijah Harkless | G | -0.9 | -1.6 | +0.7 | $4.8M | -0.9 | -0.5 | 5.0 | 96.8 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 39.9% | 33.1% | 76.8% |
| Isaac Jones | F | -2.4 | -2.2 | -0.2 | -$0.7M | -2.4 | -2.8 | 1.1 | 98.1 | 19.3 | 2.4 | 56.0% | 29.7% | 69.0% |
| Isaiah Joe | G | +1.0 | +1.2 | -0.1 | $20.4M | +1.2 | +0.9 | 8.5 | 98.2 | 25.4 | 3.5 | 42.4% | 38.7% | 84.3% |
| Jalen Duren | C | +1.8 | +1.1 | +0.6 | $35.1M | -0.1 | +2.6 | 22.5 | 97.3 | 30.0 | 4.2 | 63.4% | 19.0% | 73.5% |
| Javonte Green | G-F | +1.0 | -0.8 | +1.8 | $15.1M | +1.3 | +0.7 | 14.8 | 96.9 | 17.5 | 2.3 | 42.0% | 36.3% | 80.6% |
| John Collins | F-C | -0.1 | -0.6 | +0.5 | $18.5M | -0.1 | -0.0 | 23.1 | 96.9 | 21.3 | 1.9 | 51.5% | 36.8% | 77.4% |
| Kevin Huerter | G | +0.0 | -0.4 | +0.5 | $12.0M | +0.5 | -0.1 | 16.1 | 97.5 | 18.7 | 5.6 | 42.5% | 36.6% | 77.1% |
| Paul Reed | F | +1.8 | +0.1 | +1.7 | $28.3M | +1.4 | +2.0 | 24.6 | 96.6 | 26.2 | 4.8 | 57.4% | 31.0% | 71.9% |
| Ronald Holland II | F | +0.7 | -0.8 | +1.5 | $10.2M | +1.3 | -0.1 | 13.2 | 98.3 | 21.4 | 3.4 | 45.1% | 32.4% | 75.3% |
| Taurean Prince | F | -1.2 | -0.8 | -0.4 | $1.7M | -0.4 | -1.5 | 3.8 | 96.8 | 17.6 | 3.1 | 40.9% | 37.8% | 79.2% |
| Tolu Smith | F | -1.4 | -1.6 | +0.2 | $0.7M | -1.5 | -1.3 | 2.4 | 98.0 | 18.5 | 3.6 | 58.3% | 18.0% | 56.7% |
| Ugonna Onyenso | C | -3.3 | -3.2 | -0.0 | -$2.8M | -3.3 | -2.4 | 1.3 | 98.0 | 17.1 | 2.6 | 47.0% | 30.7% | 68.6% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | 25 | +4.4 | 11.3 | 100% |
| Duncan Robinson | 32 | +0.7 | 3.6 | 64% |
| Ausar Thompson | 23 | +1.3 | 8.7 | 98% |
| Paul Reed | 27 | +1.8 | 5.2 | 86% |
| John Collins | 29 | -0.1 | 3.5 | 61% |
| Jalen Duren | 22 | +1.8 | 9.9 | 99% |
| Daniss Jenkins | 25 | -0.6 | 7.5 | 96% |
| Kevin Huerter | 28 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 68% |
| Javonte Green | 33 | +1.0 | 1.6 | 22% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$193.6M of salary for $272.9M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Cade Cunningham : salary $50.1M, DARKO value $66.2M, surplus +$16.1M
- Jalen Duren : salary $40.2M, DARKO value $35.1M, surplus -$5.0M
- John Collins : salary $17.0M, DARKO value $18.5M, surplus +$1.5M
- Duncan Robinson : salary $16.0M, DARKO value $23.2M, surplus +$7.2M
- Isaiah Joe : salary $11.3M, DARKO value $20.4M, surplus +$9.1M
- Ausar Thompson : salary $11.1M, DARKO value $26.3M, surplus +$15.2M
- Ronald Holland II : salary $9.1M, DARKO value $10.2M, surplus +$1.1M
- Kevin Huerter : salary $8.3M, DARKO value $12.0M, surplus +$3.6M
- Paul Reed : salary $5.6M, DARKO value $28.3M, surplus +$22.7M
- Ebuka Okorie : salary $4.5M, DARKO value -$1.1M, surplus -$5.6M
- Daniss Jenkins : salary $4.0M, DARKO value $10.3M, surplus +$6.3M
- Javonte Green : salary $3.9M, DARKO value $15.1M, surplus +$11.1M