Eastern Conference
Charlotte Hornets
Record 0-0Projected 34.4-47.6Playoffs 20.1%Win conference 0.6%Win Finals 0.2%Lottery 79.9%Expected pick 9.8SRS -2.06
DARKO rating · #19 of 30
+1.1Worth about 38 wins over 82 games
Ratings through Oct 21, 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 +3.89; the ones below take away 2.83.
- Brandon Miller Offense+1.10 Defense-0.33 Net+0.77
- Kon Knueppel Offense+1.36 Defense-0.63 Net+0.73
- Moussa Diabate Offense+0.05 Defense+0.66 Net+0.71
- Grayson Allen Offense+0.63 Defense-0.19 Net+0.45
- Grant Williams Offense+0.12 Defense+0.28 Net+0.40
- Coby White Offense+0.91 Defense-0.53 Net+0.38
- Naz Reid Offense-0.03 Defense+0.37 Net+0.34
- Ryan Kalkbrenner Offense-0.06 Defense+0.18 Net+0.12
- Christian Anderson Offense-0.30 Defense-0.05 Net-0.35
- Royce O'Neale Offense-0.43 Defense+0.03 Net-0.40
- Sion James Offense-0.65 Defense+0.04 Net-0.60
- Dennis Schroder Offense-0.47 Defense-0.69 Net-1.16
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 | +1.3 | +1.8 | -0.5 | $37.3M | +0.7 | +1.7 | 31.2 | 98.0 | 32.8 | 5.1 | 42.7% | 35.9% | 86.8% |
| Christian Anderson | G | -2.0 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -$3.7M | -2.0 | -2.7 | 8.7 | 98.2 | 21.3 | 8.8 | 40.1% | 33.3% | 82.5% |
| Coby White | G | +0.9 | +2.1 | -1.2 | $15.6M | +2.1 | +0.5 | 22.2 | 98.1 | 34.6 | 7.3 | 43.5% | 35.9% | 84.8% |
| Dennis Schroder | G | -2.4 | -1.0 | -1.4 | -$2.2M | -1.5 | -2.5 | 24.9 | 98.0 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 41.5% | 34.5% | 82.8% |
| Grant Williams | F | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.9 | $18.5M | +0.4 | +1.7 | 15.1 | 98.3 | 17.5 | 3.4 | 42.2% | 37.4% | 79.1% |
| Grayson Allen | G | +1.1 | +1.5 | -0.5 | $20.8M | +1.8 | +0.8 | 21.0 | 98.4 | 31.1 | 6.0 | 41.6% | 37.5% | 83.8% |
| Hannes Steinbach | F | -3.0 | -2.6 | -0.5 | -$3.7M | -3.0 | -2.8 | 2.4 | 98.0 | 23.1 | 2.0 | 56.3% | 26.6% | 71.9% |
| Kon Knueppel | G-F | +1.3 | +2.3 | -1.1 | $27.4M | +1.3 | +1.0 | 29.5 | 98.3 | 28.3 | 5.0 | 44.8% | 38.1% | 84.2% |
| Kylan Boswell | G | -2.7 | -2.1 | -0.7 | -$0.5M | -2.7 | -3.0 | 1.9 | 99.1 | 18.3 | 6.4 | 40.7% | 32.8% | 76.3% |
| Liam McNeeley | F | -1.5 | -0.8 | -0.7 | $0.9M | -1.6 | -1.0 | 1.6 | 97.1 | 20.9 | 3.6 | 42.0% | 34.6% | 78.7% |
| Michael Ajayi | G | -2.5 | -1.9 | -0.6 | -$0.2M | -2.5 | -2.2 | 1.4 | 98.1 | 17.6 | 4.8 | 42.8% | 32.4% | 72.1% |
| Moussa Diabate | F | +1.4 | +0.1 | +1.3 | $32.9M | +1.4 | +1.5 | 25.7 | 97.4 | 14.8 | 3.7 | 62.1% | 20.7% | 62.6% |
| Naz Reid | C | +0.7 | -0.1 | +0.7 | $22.3M | +0.1 | +0.8 | 25.6 | 98.1 | 26.3 | 4.4 | 44.6% | 36.5% | 74.9% |
| PJ Hall | C | -1.2 | -1.7 | +0.5 | $2.1M | -1.0 | -3.3 | 1.3 | 98.1 | 22.0 | 2.3 | 49.2% | 33.0% | 72.5% |
| Royce O'Neale | F | -1.5 | -1.6 | +0.1 | $1.9M | -0.6 | -1.7 | 13.8 | 98.2 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 40.1% | 37.4% | 74.1% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | C | +0.5 | -0.3 | +0.8 | $16.7M | +0.8 | -0.4 | 12.1 | 97.6 | 16.7 | 2.4 | 65.8% | 20.7% | 68.7% |
| Sion James | G | -1.6 | -1.7 | +0.1 | $5.4M | -2.0 | -0.8 | 18.9 | 97.1 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 39.6% | 35.3% | 79.7% |
| Tidjane Salaün | F | -1.9 | -1.1 | -0.8 | $0.7M | -1.8 | -2.3 | 2.3 | 97.6 | 19.7 | 2.6 | 41.8% | 33.8% | 71.7% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Miller | 23 | +1.3 | 9.5 | 99% |
| Kon Knueppel | 21 | +1.3 | 11.4 | 99% |
| Moussa Diabate | 24 | +1.4 | 7.6 | 97% |
| Naz Reid | 27 | +0.7 | 6.7 | 95% |
| Dennis Schroder | 33 | -2.4 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Coby White | 26 | +0.9 | 5.2 | 83% |
| Grayson Allen | 31 | +1.1 | 3.0 | 52% |
| Sion James | 23 | -1.6 | 5.7 | 83% |
| Grant Williams | 27 | +1.3 | 3.6 | 68% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$151.7M of salary for $202.6M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Naz Reid : salary $21.8M, DARKO value $22.3M, surplus +$0.4M
- Coby White : salary $21.4M, DARKO value $15.6M, surplus -$5.8M
- Grayson Allen : salary $17.0M, DARKO value $20.8M, surplus +$3.8M
- Brandon Miller : salary $14.2M, DARKO value $37.3M, surplus +$23.2M
- Dennis Schroder : salary $13.9M, DARKO value -$2.2M, surplus -$16.1M
- Grant Williams : salary $13.4M, DARKO value $18.5M, surplus +$5.1M
- Royce O'Neale : salary $10.2M, DARKO value $1.9M, surplus -$8.3M
- Kon Knueppel : salary $9.9M, DARKO value $27.4M, surplus +$17.5M
- Tidjane Salaün : salary $7.7M, DARKO value $0.7M, surplus -$7.0M
- Hannes Steinbach : salary $4.9M, DARKO value -$3.7M, surplus -$8.6M
- Christian Anderson : salary $4.0M, DARKO value -$3.7M, surplus -$7.7M
- Liam McNeeley : salary $2.7M, DARKO value $0.9M, surplus -$1.8M