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Eastern Conference
Cleveland Cavaliers
Record 0-0Projected 45.2-36.8Playoffs 72.2%Win conference 7.0%Win Finals 2.5%Lottery 27.8%Expected pick 18.7SRS +3.33
DARKO rating · #7 of 30
+6.4 Offense +5.9 Defense +0.5
Worth about 52 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 +8.19; the ones below take away 1.78.
- Donovan Mitchell Offense+3.17 Defense-0.27 Net+2.91
- James Harden Offense+2.19 Defense-0.28 Net+1.90
- Evan Mobley Offense+0.97 Defense+0.69 Net+1.66
- Jarrett Allen Offense+0.51 Defense+1.10 Net+1.61
- Sam Merrill Offense+0.37 Defense-0.26 Net+0.11
- Nae'Qwan Tomlin Offense-0.07 Defense+0.01 Net-0.06
- Jaylon Tyson Offense+0.11 Defense-0.19 Net-0.08
- Thomas Bryant Offense-0.09 Defense-0.01 Net-0.10
- Riley Minix Offense-0.06 Defense-0.05 Net-0.10
- Tristan Enaruna Offense-0.09 Defense-0.03 Net-0.12
- Tyrese Proctor Offense-0.06 Defense-0.07 Net-0.14
- Meleek Thomas Offense-0.14 Defense-0.02 Net-0.15
- Craig Porter Offense-0.31 Defense+0.16 Net-0.16
- Peyton Watson Offense-0.17 Defense-0.19 Net-0.36
- Mario Hezonja Offense-0.42 Defense-0.09 Net-0.51
Cleveland Cavaliers Offense+5.90 Defense+0.50 Net+6.40
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Craig Porter | G | -0.7 | -1.4 | +0.7 | $1.5M | -0.8 | -0.4 | 11.7 | 100.3 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 46.0% | 34.8% | 71.7% |
| Donovan Mitchell | G | +4.5 | +4.9 | -0.4 | $65.0M | +2.6 | +4.8 | 35.0 | 100.7 | 34.8 | 7.2 | 45.8% | 35.4% | 83.5% |
| Ernest Udeh, Jr. | C | -3.6 | -3.1 | -0.5 | -$0.8M | -3.6 | -2.9 | 1.5 | 100.6 | 16.3 | 1.7 | 55.1% | 28.4% | 66.4% |
| Evan Mobley | C | +2.6 | +1.5 | +1.1 | $45.8M | +2.5 | +2.7 | 33.7 | 100.6 | 26.3 | 5.4 | 53.9% | 32.2% | 66.4% |
| James Harden | G | +3.0 | +3.4 | -0.4 | $52.3M | +2.3 | +3.1 | 34.3 | 100.5 | 28.1 | 9.1 | 42.8% | 35.9% | 86.4% |
| Jarrett Allen | C | +2.9 | +0.9 | +2.0 | $42.0M | +2.2 | +3.1 | 29.4 | 100.3 | 22.7 | 2.6 | 64.1% | 21.0% | 68.6% |
| Jaylon Tyson | G-F | -0.2 | +0.3 | -0.5 | $3.8M | -0.3 | -0.3 | 20.4 | 100.3 | 21.9 | 4.4 | 45.3% | 37.9% | 76.7% |
| Khalifa Diop | C | -3.1 | -2.5 | -0.6 | -$0.8M | -3.1 | -1.6 | 2.4 | 100.5 | 17.9 | 2.3 | 47.2% | 30.9% | 70.2% |
| Mario Hezonja | F-G | -2.1 | -1.7 | -0.4 | -$1.4M | -0.4 | -3.0 | 13.0 | 100.6 | 17.7 | 4.4 | 42.8% | 34.1% | 81.7% |
| Meleek Thomas | G | -2.1 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -$0.1M | -2.1 | -3.0 | 3.9 | 100.6 | 20.0 | 4.3 | 42.3% | 33.5% | 76.4% |
| Nae'Qwan Tomlin | F | -0.3 | -0.4 | +0.0 | $1.9M | -0.4 | -0.5 | 10.1 | 100.4 | 18.6 | 2.9 | 48.0% | 32.5% | 72.7% |
| Peyton Watson | G | -1.1 | -0.5 | -0.6 | $4.4M | -1.3 | -0.8 | 17.2 | 100.7 | 20.9 | 3.9 | 45.5% | 35.2% | 73.4% |
| Riley Minix | F | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.4 | $4.3M | -0.9 | -0.9 | 6.0 | 100.7 | 18.6 | 3.8 | 42.2% | 34.1% | 79.2% |
| Sam Merrill | G | +0.2 | +0.8 | -0.6 | $13.4M | +0.5 | -0.0 | 24.7 | 100.6 | 19.5 | 4.0 | 43.1% | 38.6% | 84.6% |
| Thomas Bryant | C | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.1 | $2.1M | +0.1 | -0.8 | 10.8 | 100.2 | 24.1 | 2.5 | 48.2% | 35.1% | 80.4% |
| Tristan Enaruna | F | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.2 | $3.7M | -0.9 | -1.4 | 7.4 | 100.4 | 18.5 | 2.7 | 45.3% | 33.1% | 73.0% |
| Tyrese Proctor | G | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | $1.1M | -0.6 | -1.8 | 10.4 | 100.7 | 20.5 | 6.5 | 41.7% | 34.4% | 81.2% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 30 | +4.5 | 7.8 | 98% |
| James Harden | 37 | +3.0 | 3.1 | 60% |
| Evan Mobley | 25 | +2.6 | 9.3 | 99% |
| Jarrett Allen | 28 | +2.9 | 7.2 | 98% |
| Sam Merrill | 30 | +0.2 | 3.0 | 52% |
| Jaylon Tyson | 23 | -0.2 | 5.4 | 85% |
| Peyton Watson | 24 | -1.1 | 3.3 | 52% |
| Mario Hezonja | 31 | -2.1 | 0.4 | 7% |
| Craig Porter | 26 | -0.7 | 4.9 | 77% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$197.6M of salary for $241.5M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Donovan Mitchell : salary $47.0M, DARKO value $65.0M, surplus +$18.1M
- Evan Mobley : salary $47.0M, DARKO value $45.8M, surplus -$1.2M
- James Harden : salary $28.7M, DARKO value $52.3M, surplus +$23.6M
- Jarrett Allen : salary $26.2M, DARKO value $42.0M, surplus +$15.8M
- Peyton Watson : salary $19.2M, DARKO value $4.4M, surplus -$14.8M
- Sam Merrill : salary $8.6M, DARKO value $13.4M, surplus +$4.8M
- Jaylon Tyson : salary $3.4M, DARKO value $3.8M, surplus +$0.4M
- Thomas Bryant : salary $2.3M, DARKO value $2.1M, surplus -$0.2M
- Mario Hezonja : salary $2.3M, DARKO value -$1.4M, surplus -$3.7M
- Nae'Qwan Tomlin : salary $2.3M, DARKO value $1.9M, surplus -$0.3M
- Craig Porter : salary $2.3M, DARKO value $1.5M, surplus -$0.7M
- Tyrese Proctor : salary $2.0M, DARKO value $1.1M, surplus -$0.9M