Herbert Jones

New Orleans Pelicans · F

Age 28 · 6'6" · 206 lb

Pick #35, 2021 Draft · Rookie 2022 · 297 games · 10 playoff games

DPM · #146 of 519

+0.4
Offense -0.5 Defense +0.9 Last played Oct 21, 2026

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Greg Buckner 2004-0528+0.1 -0.3, -0.9, -2.1, -1.2, under 10 games 90
Devean George 2005-0628+0.6 -1.0, -1.6, -2.6, -0.8, under 10 games 89
Trevor Ariza 2012-1327-0.1 +1.9, +1.3, +0.8, 0.0, +0.5 88
Fred Hoiberg 1999-0027-0.1 +0.2, +0.3, +0.3, +0.7, +1.5 88
Damion Lee 2020-2128+0.3 -0.6, -1.0, under 10 games, -1.0, under 10 games 88
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2020-2128+0.5 -1.4, +1.7, +2.1, +1.8, -0.6 88
Maurice Harkless 2020-2128-0.2 -0.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 87
James Posey 2004-0528-0.1 +0.4, +0.3, -0.7, -1.3, -1.8 86
Courtney Lee 2012-1327+0.2 +0.3, -0.6, 0.0, -1.5, -1.4 86
Justin Holiday 2016-1728+0.8 +0.3, -1.0, +0.2, 0.0, -0.9 86

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Herbert's 2026-27 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.

Around the league

Top 10 comps today

Current players closest to Herbert Jones's current profile, by DARKO ratings, age and projected box-score style.

  1. 1 Herbert Jones NOP Self
    +0.4DPMDPM Offense -0.5 Defense +0.9 Per 100 possessions:14.9points5.9rebounds4.4assistsP/R/A
    100.0
  2. +0.5DPMDPM Offense -0.7 Defense +1.2 Per 100 possessions:16.5points5.2rebounds2.7assistsP/R/A
    91.1
  3. +0.4DPMDPM Offense -0.5 Defense +0.8 Per 100 possessions:17.8points10.2rebounds3.9assistsP/R/A
    89.6
  4. +0.5DPMDPM Offense -1.1 Defense +1.6 Per 100 possessions:13.2points7.3rebounds3.2assistsP/R/A
    88.7
  5. +0.8DPMDPM Offense -0.2 Defense +1.0 Per 100 possessions:21.8points6.7rebounds5.5assistsP/R/A
    87.9
  6. +0.2DPMDPM Offense -0.5 Defense +0.7 Per 100 possessions:13.4points5.2rebounds2.7assistsP/R/A
    87.8
  7. +0.1DPMDPM Offense 0.0 Defense +0.2 Per 100 possessions:18.7points6.3rebounds5.6assistsP/R/A
    86.9
  8. -0.2DPMDPM Offense -1.0 Defense +0.8 Per 100 possessions:15.6points6.5rebounds2.7assistsP/R/A
    86.6
  9. 0.0DPMDPM Offense -0.3 Defense +0.4 Per 100 possessions:17.3points8.6rebounds4.8assistsP/R/A
    86.2
  10. 0.0DPMDPM Offense -1.0 Defense +1.0 Per 100 possessions:16.1points7.8rebounds3.6assistsP/R/A
    86.1
How these matches work

Each player's latest published profile is compared with today's league. The score uses standardized differences in DPM, offense, defense, age, scoring, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, turnovers, three-point shot share and free-throw rate. DPM and age carry the most weight. Historical trajectory and a same-age cutoff are not used here.

100 is an identical profile, so a current player is his own first match. Scores fall by 8 points per unit of weighted distance, down to zero. This is a similarity index, not a probability. Box-score figures are projections per 100 possessions, so playing time does not distort the comparison.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Herbert Jones's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value
$11.2M
DARKO's market estimate
Salary
$14.0M
Actual
Surplus
-$2.8M
Value minus salary
WARP
2.8
Wins above replacement
Seasons left
2.4
Projected
Retires at
30.4
Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Herbert Jones, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2026-27 so farNOP28116.9+0.27-0.70+0.97—
2025-26NOP275628.4+0.25-0.74+1.00340th of 924
2024-25NOP262032.4+0.89-0.37+1.27239th of 1010
2023-24NOP2576 +430.5+2.16+0.20+1.96102nd of 1077
2022-23NOP246629.6+0.80-0.61+1.41219th of 1185
2021-22NOP2378 +629.9+1.04-0.64+1.68155th of 1100

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.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 17.3 projected minutes and a pace of 100.9.

Herbert Jones, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points14.95.4
Rebounds5.92.2
Offensive1.50.5
Defensive4.41.6
Assists4.41.6
Steals2.61.0
Blocks0.80.3
Turnovers2.20.8
3-pt attempts7.52.7
FG attempts13.24.8
FT attempts2.20.8
FG% · 3P% · FT%41.8% · 35.8% · 80.4%