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Eastern Conference
Charlotte Hornets
Record 4-7Projected 29.9-52.1Playoffs 10.8%Win conference 0.1%Win Finals 0.0%Lottery 89.1%Expected pick 7.4SRS -5.37
DARKO rating · #23 of 30
-2.2 Offense -1.5 Defense -0.7
Worth about 30 wins over 82 games
Ratings through Nov 10, 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 +2.17; the ones below take away 4.34.
- Kon Knueppel Offense+0.78 Defense-0.26 Net+0.52
- Moussa Diabate Offense-0.06 Defense+0.57 Net+0.52
- Grant Williams Offense+0.11 Defense+0.24 Net+0.35
- Brandon Miller Offense+0.37 Defense-0.12 Net+0.25
- Grayson Allen Offense+0.43 Defense-0.20 Net+0.23
- Coby White Offense+0.65 Defense-0.48 Net+0.17
- Ryan Kalkbrenner Offense-0.15 Defense+0.29 Net+0.14
- Liam McNeeley Offense-0.17 Defense-0.06 Net-0.24
- Tidjane Salaün Offense-0.26 Defense-0.15 Net-0.41
- Naz Reid Offense-0.44 Defense-0.01 Net-0.45
- Hannes Steinbach Offense-0.43 Defense-0.04 Net-0.48
- Royce O'Neale Offense-0.68 Defense+0.18 Net-0.50
- Christian Anderson Offense-0.37 Defense-0.25 Net-0.63
- Sion James Offense-0.77 Defense+0.06 Net-0.72
- Dennis Schroder Offense-0.51 Defense-0.42 Net-0.92
Charlotte Hornets Offense-1.51 Defense-0.65 Net-2.17
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 | +0.7 | +1.1 | -0.4 | $29.4M | +0.5 | +1.0 | 17.4 | 95.6 | 33.8 | 5.0 | 41.7% | 36.7% | 87.3% |
| Christian Anderson | G | -3.3 | -2.0 | -1.3 | -$5.4M | -3.3 | -2.8 | 9.8 | 97.4 | 20.9 | 8.3 | 39.5% | 34.7% | 83.3% |
| Coby White | G | +0.4 | +1.7 | -1.2 | $19.0M | +0.8 | +0.3 | 19.8 | 96.6 | 32.3 | 8.3 | 42.9% | 36.2% | 86.1% |
| Dennis Schroder | G | -2.9 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -$7.5M | -2.5 | -2.9 | 16.2 | 96.0 | 19.1 | 9.1 | 41.2% | 34.7% | 83.2% |
| Grant Williams | F | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.9 | $15.8M | +0.4 | +1.6 | 13.7 | 97.3 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 41.9% | 37.5% | 78.7% |
| Grayson Allen | G | +0.5 | +0.9 | -0.4 | $22.0M | +1.9 | +0.0 | 24.7 | 97.0 | 27.7 | 6.2 | 41.4% | 38.1% | 85.0% |
| Hannes Steinbach | F | -3.4 | -3.1 | -0.3 | -$4.5M | -3.4 | -3.0 | 7.1 | 96.6 | 20.6 | 2.1 | 60.7% | 26.2% | 70.0% |
| Kon Knueppel | G-F | +1.6 | +2.3 | -0.8 | $24.2M | +1.9 | +0.9 | 17.2 | 96.3 | 28.4 | 5.2 | 44.4% | 38.6% | 84.9% |
| Kylan Boswell | G | -2.6 | -1.9 | -0.7 | -$1.4M | -2.6 | -3.0 | 2.2 | 97.7 | 18.6 | 7.0 | 40.4% | 33.1% | 76.4% |
| Liam McNeeley | F | -1.8 | -1.3 | -0.5 | -$1.2M | -1.9 | -1.5 | 6.7 | 96.7 | 21.9 | 4.0 | 41.2% | 34.8% | 79.4% |
| Michael Ajayi | G | -2.3 | -1.7 | -0.6 | -$0.6M | -2.3 | -2.2 | 2.6 | 97.1 | 17.8 | 4.8 | 42.1% | 32.6% | 72.2% |
| Moussa Diabate | F | +1.1 | -0.1 | +1.2 | $28.5M | +1.2 | +1.1 | 24.3 | 95.2 | 15.5 | 3.8 | 62.0% | 21.7% | 63.7% |
| Naz Reid | C | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.0 | $11.3M | -1.2 | -0.8 | 28.6 | 96.9 | 28.5 | 4.0 | 44.3% | 36.1% | 74.2% |
| PJ Hall | C | -0.8 | -1.3 | +0.6 | $3.4M | -0.6 | -3.1 | 4.7 | 96.0 | 21.5 | 3.0 | 47.7% | 33.1% | 72.6% |
| Royce O'Neale | F | -1.4 | -1.9 | +0.5 | $3.5M | +0.6 | -1.8 | 18.4 | 97.0 | 17.0 | 3.6 | 40.2% | 38.3% | 74.9% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | C | +0.4 | -0.4 | +0.8 | $16.5M | +0.5 | +0.0 | 18.2 | 96.7 | 15.8 | 2.9 | 65.6% | 23.0% | 71.1% |
| Sion James | G | -1.7 | -1.9 | +0.1 | -$0.1M | -2.0 | -1.3 | 21.2 | 96.4 | 14.7 | 5.5 | 40.1% | 35.5% | 80.5% |
| Tidjane Salaün | F | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.6 | $1.9M | -1.4 | -2.5 | 12.6 | 95.8 | 21.0 | 2.3 | 43.0% | 34.8% | 71.3% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naz Reid | 27 | -0.8 | 6.7 | 94% |
| Grayson Allen | 31 | +0.5 | 3.9 | 68% |
| Moussa Diabate | 24 | +1.1 | 8.0 | 95% |
| Sion James | 23 | -1.7 | 6.8 | 88% |
| Coby White | 26 | +0.4 | 4.2 | 66% |
| Royce O'Neale | 33 | -1.4 | 2.3 | 39% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 24 | +0.4 | 8.0 | 95% |
| Brandon Miller | 23 | +0.7 | 10.0 | 99% |
| Kon Knueppel | 21 | +1.6 | 12.0 | 99% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$161.8M of salary for $175.6M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Naz Reid : salary $23.3M, DARKO value $11.3M, surplus -$11.9M
- Coby White : salary $22.8M, DARKO value $19.0M, surplus -$3.8M
- Grayson Allen : salary $18.1M, DARKO value $22.0M, surplus +$3.9M
- Brandon Miller : salary $15.1M, DARKO value $29.4M, surplus +$14.3M
- Dennis Schroder : salary $14.8M, DARKO value -$7.5M, surplus -$22.3M
- Grant Williams : salary $14.3M, DARKO value $15.8M, surplus +$1.5M
- Royce O'Neale : salary $10.9M, DARKO value $3.5M, surplus -$7.4M
- Kon Knueppel : salary $10.5M, DARKO value $24.2M, surplus +$13.7M
- Tidjane Salaün : salary $8.2M, DARKO value $1.9M, surplus -$6.3M
- Hannes Steinbach : salary $5.2M, DARKO value -$4.5M, surplus -$9.7M
- Christian Anderson : salary $4.3M, DARKO value -$5.4M, surplus -$9.7M
- Liam McNeeley : salary $2.9M, DARKO value -$1.2M, surplus -$4.1M