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
- -1.52
- +1.33 before the first game, -0.19 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.29
- Dec 19 vs MIN · 29 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.20
- Jan 11 vs MIA · 19 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.07
- Last 20 games, vs 0.08 in the first 20. 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.
-0.2 at age 27 in 2025-26 ranks 406th of 924 age-27 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Jae Crowder, 2017-18.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jae Crowder 2017-18 | 27 | -0.1 | +0.7, +0.4, +1.3, +1.5, +0.3 | 86 |
| Iman Shumpert 2016-17 | 26 | -0.6 | -0.7, -1.7, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Henry Walker 2014-15 | 27 | -0.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Casey Jacobsen 2007-08 | 27 | -0.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 2019-20 | 26 | -0.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| James Ennis III 2016-17 | 26 | +0.1 | -1.1, -0.4, -0.6, +0.1, under 10 games | 83 |
| Allen Crabbe 2018-19 | 27 | +0.2 | -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Maurice Harkless 2019-20 | 26 | -0.3 | -0.4, 0.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Mike Muscala 2018-19 | 27 | 0.0 | -0.6, -0.1, +1.1, +0.7, -1.5 | 83 |
| DerMarr Johnson 2006-07 | 26 | -0.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Luguentz'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.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Luguentz Dort's seasons, at the same age.
- Bilal Coulibaly WAS like his 2020-21 87
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Luguentz Dort's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $12.1M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $18.2M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$6.1M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 28.3
- 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 | OKC | 27 | 69 +15 | 26.8 | -0.19 | -1.20 | +1.00 | 406th of 924 |
| 2024-25 | OKC | 26 | 72 +23 | 29.2 | +1.19 | -0.25 | +1.44 | 195th of 1010 |
| 2023-24 | OKC | 25 | 79 +10 | 28.4 | +0.07 | -0.32 | +0.39 | 349th of 1078 |
| 2022-23 | OKC | 23 | 74 | 30.7 | -0.92 | -0.27 | -0.65 | 492nd of 1100 |
| 2021-22 | OKC | 22 | 51 | 32.7 | -1.67 | -0.66 | -1.01 | 543rd of 813 |
| 2020-21 | OKC | 22 | 52 | 29.7 | -2.04 | -1.43 | -0.62 | 629th of 813 |
| 2019-20 | OKC | 21 | 36 +6 | 22.8 | -2.09 | -1.75 | -0.34 | 436th of 571 |
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 12.0 projected minutes and a pace of 93.7.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 14.2 | 3.3 |
| Rebounds | 6.5 | 1.5 |
| Offensive | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Defensive | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| Assists | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| Steals | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| 3-pt attempts | 10.2 | 2.4 |
| FG attempts | 12.8 | 3.0 |
| FT attempts | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 37.9% · 34.6% · 73.5% | |
