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Eastern Conference
Charlotte Hornets
Final 44-389th seedPlay-inSRS +5.51
DARKO rating · #11 of 30
+3.7 Offense +4.2 Defense -0.5
Worth about 48 wins over 82 games
Ratings through Jun 3, 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 +4.82; the ones below take away 1.11.
- LaMelo Ball Offense+2.17 Defense-0.15 Net+2.02
- Brandon Miller Offense+0.96 Defense-0.24 Net+0.73
- Moussa Diabate Offense+0.03 Defense+0.68 Net+0.71
- Miles Bridges Offense+0.73 Defense-0.25 Net+0.48
- Grant Williams Offense+0.08 Defense+0.23 Net+0.32
- Coby White Offense+0.67 Defense-0.43 Net+0.24
- Ryan Kalkbrenner Offense-0.14 Defense+0.38 Net+0.24
- Josh Green Offense-0.09 Defense+0.15 Net+0.06
- Kon Knueppel Offense+0.70 Defense-0.68 Net+0.02
- Liam McNeeley Offense-0.13 Defense-0.12 Net-0.25
- Sion James Offense-0.58 Defense+0.01 Net-0.57
Charlotte Hornets Offense+4.18 Defense-0.46 Net+3.71
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Antonio Reeves | G | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.4 | $7.1M | -0.6 | +0.2 | -4.6 | 94.2 | 18.6 | 2.7 | 43.6% | 32.9% | 77.3% |
| Brandon Miller | F | +1.2 | +1.5 | -0.4 | $28.8M | +1.1 | +1.3 | 25.9 | 94.3 | 27.2 | 4.2 | 42.5% | 35.8% | 85.3% |
| Coby White | G | +0.6 | +1.8 | -1.1 | $14.9M | +1.2 | +0.4 | 15.8 | 93.4 | 30.4 | 5.8 | 42.2% | 34.9% | 81.0% |
| Grant Williams | F | +1.2 | +0.3 | +0.9 | $17.0M | +0.1 | +1.6 | 10.9 | 94.1 | 15.2 | 2.8 | 39.7% | 35.8% | 75.8% |
| Josh Green | G | +0.4 | -0.6 | +1.0 | $6.8M | -0.5 | +0.9 | 6.0 | 93.3 | 12.3 | 2.1 | 40.6% | 36.9% | 75.2% |
| Kon Knueppel | F | +0.0 | +0.9 | -0.9 | $24.5M | -0.7 | +1.2 | 32.7 | 98.2 | 25.8 | 4.3 | 45.0% | 40.5% | 83.8% |
| LaMelo Ball | G | +3.0 | +3.2 | -0.2 | $46.5M | +2.4 | +3.4 | 27.9 | 93.9 | 33.0 | 10.0 | 39.3% | 34.2% | 85.7% |
| Liam McNeeley | F | -1.6 | -0.8 | -0.8 | $2.5M | -1.7 | -0.6 | 6.5 | 98.8 | 18.5 | 2.8 | 41.8% | 32.4% | 74.2% |
| Miles Bridges | F | +0.8 | +1.2 | -0.4 | $25.0M | +0.4 | +1.0 | 24.9 | 94.0 | 24.2 | 3.8 | 43.7% | 33.5% | 81.1% |
| Moussa Diabate | F | +1.5 | +0.1 | +1.4 | $28.4M | +1.1 | +2.0 | 19.5 | 93.8 | 13.3 | 3.4 | 59.1% | 25.1% | 61.4% |
| Pat Connaughton | G | -2.3 | -2.3 | -0.1 | -$0.3M | -1.1 | -2.8 | -5.6 | 93.7 | 15.0 | 3.4 | 40.7% | 33.2% | 68.8% |
| PJ Hall | C | -2.0 | -1.7 | -0.2 | $0.2M | -1.9 | -3.1 | 2.4 | 94.6 | 18.0 | 2.5 | 47.3% | 26.0% | 75.1% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | C | +0.6 | -0.4 | +1.0 | $13.7M | +1.2 | -0.8 | 15.4 | 98.1 | 15.8 | 1.9 | 65.0% | 22.7% | 70.3% |
| Sion James | G | -1.5 | -1.5 | +0.0 | $2.3M | -2.1 | -0.3 | 15.6 | 97.3 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 39.2% | 34.4% | 78.8% |
| Tidjane Salaün | F | -1.8 | -1.4 | -0.4 | $0.8M | -1.5 | -2.5 | 2.9 | 94.7 | 17.8 | 2.6 | 41.2% | 32.9% | 66.2% |
| Tosan Evbuomwan | F | -1.9 | -1.7 | -0.3 | $0.1M | -1.9 | -1.9 | 0.0 | 94.4 | 17.2 | 3.5 | 42.8% | 31.1% | 70.6% |
| Tre Mann | G | -2.9 | -2.2 | -0.7 | -$1.0M | -1.3 | -4.3 | 0.8 | 94.3 | 21.1 | 6.1 | 38.4% | 32.5% | 79.9% |
| Xavier Tillman | F | -0.7 | -2.3 | +1.6 | $2.0M | -0.1 | -1.1 | -7.0 | 94.0 | 12.9 | 2.9 | 44.5% | 27.4% | 61.7% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kon Knueppel | 20 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 99% |
| LaMelo Ball | 24 | +3.0 | 8.2 | 96% |
| Brandon Miller | 23 | +1.2 | 6.6 | 95% |
| Miles Bridges | 28 | +0.8 | 2.6 | 52% |
| Moussa Diabate | 24 | +1.5 | 5.2 | 81% |
| Coby White | 26 | +0.6 | 1.6 | 27% |
| Sion James | 23 | -1.5 | 6.0 | 89% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 24 | +0.6 | 7.8 | 95% |
| Grant Williams | 27 | +1.2 | 1.2 | 27% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$168.0M of salary for $220.5M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- LaMelo Ball : salary $38.0M, DARKO value $46.5M, surplus +$8.5M
- Miles Bridges : salary $25.0M, DARKO value $25.0M, surplus $0.0M
- Josh Green : salary $13.7M, DARKO value $6.8M, surplus -$6.9M
- Grant Williams : salary $13.6M, DARKO value $17.0M, surplus +$3.3M
- Coby White : salary $12.9M, DARKO value $14.9M, surplus +$2.0M
- Brandon Miller : salary $12.0M, DARKO value $28.8M, surplus +$16.8M
- Pat Connaughton : salary $10.7M, DARKO value -$0.3M, surplus -$11.0M
- Kon Knueppel : salary $10.0M, DARKO value $24.5M, surplus +$14.5M
- Tre Mann : salary $8.0M, DARKO value -$1.0M, surplus -$9.0M
- Tidjane Salaün : salary $7.9M, DARKO value $0.8M, surplus -$7.1M
- Liam McNeeley : salary $2.8M, DARKO value $2.5M, surplus -$0.2M
- Xavier Tillman : salary $2.5M, DARKO value $2.0M, surplus -$0.6M
Top Lineups
| Lineup | Poss | Net +/- | Off +/- | Def +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabate, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel | 804 | +11.5 | +10.9 | +0.6 |
| Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabate, Kon Knueppel, Sion James | 154 | +3.3 | +4.0 | -0.7 |
| Miles Bridges, Moussa Diabate, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, Sion James | 109 | +2.4 | +1.7 | +0.7 |
| Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel | 181 | +0.2 | +3.8 | -3.7 |
| Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, Sion James | 113 | -2.0 | +1.1 | -3.0 |
Worst Lineups
| Lineup | Poss | Net +/- | Off +/- | Def +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, Sion James | 142 | -4.0 | -0.6 | -3.4 |
| Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel | 102 | -3.5 | +1.4 | -4.9 |
| Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, Sion James | 113 | -2.0 | +1.1 | -3.0 |
| Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel | 181 | +0.2 | +3.8 | -3.7 |
| Miles Bridges, Moussa Diabate, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, Sion James | 109 | +2.4 | +1.7 | +0.7 |