Western Conference
Sacramento Kings
Record 0-0Projected 22.0-60.0Playoffs 0.9%Win conference 0.0%Win Finals 0.0%Lottery 99.1%Expected pick 4.4SRS -9.08
DARKO rating · #30 of 30
-6.2Worth about 18 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. Every player in the projected rotation is below average.
- Domantas Sabonis Offense+0.13 Defense-0.14 Net-0.02
- Keegan Murray Offense-0.11 Defense+0.09 Net-0.02
- Dylan Cardwell Offense-0.39 Defense+0.34 Net-0.05
- Precious Achiuwa Offense-0.02 Defense-0.14 Net-0.16
- Ben Simmons Offense-0.74 Defense+0.53 Net-0.21
- Daeqwon Plowden Offense-0.03 Defense-0.18 Net-0.21
- Malik Monk Offense+0.21 Defense-0.48 Net-0.27
- Emanuel Sharp Offense-0.26 Defense-0.13 Net-0.40
- De'Andre Hunter Offense-0.17 Defense-0.31 Net-0.48
- Nique Clifford Offense-0.51 Defense-0.04 Net-0.55
- Maxime Raynaud Offense-0.45 Defense-0.46 Net-0.92
- Zach LaVine Offense+0.07 Defense-1.20 Net-1.13
- Darius Acuff Jr. Offense-0.91 Defense-0.62 Net-1.53
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Alex Karaban | F | -2.6 | -2.0 | -0.6 | -$0.5M | -2.6 | -1.7 | 2.9 | 99.8 | 15.9 | 3.4 | 43.4% | 33.0% | 75.0% |
| Ben Simmons | F | -0.7 | -2.4 | +1.7 | $4.6M | -1.2 | -0.5 | 15.1 | 100.1 | 14.3 | 9.6 | 51.1% | 21.3% | 65.6% |
| Daeqwon Plowden | G-F | -1.3 | -0.2 | -1.1 | $4.0M | -0.9 | -2.7 | 8.1 | 100.6 | 20.9 | 2.6 | 42.8% | 35.1% | 82.6% |
| Darius Acuff Jr. | G | -3.3 | -1.9 | -1.3 | -$4.1M | -3.3 | -2.5 | 23.1 | 100.7 | 27.5 | 7.6 | 41.4% | 32.9% | 78.5% |
| De'Andre Hunter | F | -1.4 | -0.5 | -0.9 | $6.9M | -3.0 | -0.8 | 17.5 | 100.7 | 21.7 | 2.9 | 43.1% | 36.5% | 82.5% |
| Domantas Sabonis | F | -0.0 | +0.3 | -0.3 | $13.1M | +0.3 | -0.0 | 25.0 | 101.2 | 24.0 | 7.8 | 57.1% | 32.1% | 72.3% |
| Dylan Cardwell | C | -0.2 | -1.5 | +1.3 | $9.5M | -0.0 | -0.9 | 13.2 | 100.4 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 56.1% | 21.7% | 57.3% |
| Emanuel Sharp | G | -2.4 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -$1.1M | -2.4 | -2.6 | 8.0 | 100.3 | 17.9 | 4.1 | 39.1% | 33.2% | 74.8% |
| Jonathan Mogbo | F | -0.9 | -2.4 | +1.5 | $2.4M | -0.0 | -2.8 | 3.6 | 100.1 | 17.7 | 4.5 | 52.4% | 29.0% | 69.8% |
| Keegan Murray | F | -0.0 | -0.2 | +0.2 | $16.3M | -1.3 | +0.5 | 23.2 | 100.6 | 18.9 | 2.4 | 43.6% | 35.4% | 77.0% |
| Leaky Black | F | -2.6 | -2.3 | -0.2 | -$2.7M | -2.7 | -1.7 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 14.0 | 2.6 | 42.8% | 35.8% | 76.5% |
| Malik Monk | G | -0.8 | +0.6 | -1.4 | $8.2M | -0.5 | -0.9 | 16.7 | 100.5 | 26.7 | 8.0 | 43.4% | 35.9% | 85.7% |
| Maxime Raynaud | C | -2.0 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -$3.5M | -1.4 | -3.1 | 22.5 | 100.4 | 24.6 | 3.0 | 54.1% | 32.3% | 77.0% |
| Nique Clifford | G | -1.7 | -1.6 | -0.1 | $1.7M | -2.2 | -0.4 | 15.8 | 100.4 | 19.7 | 5.9 | 42.9% | 33.8% | 74.9% |
| Precious Achiuwa | F | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | $14.6M | -0.6 | -0.3 | 23.7 | 100.4 | 21.9 | 3.2 | 51.1% | 30.1% | 60.5% |
| Zach LaVine | G | -2.1 | +0.1 | -2.2 | -$1.9M | -0.9 | -2.3 | 26.9 | 101.0 | 28.9 | 4.4 | 47.5% | 38.2% | 83.7% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach LaVine | 31 | -2.1 | 2.0 | 31% |
| Domantas Sabonis | 30 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 75% |
| Precious Achiuwa | 27 | -0.3 | 3.1 | 52% |
| Keegan Murray | 26 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 77% |
| Darius Acuff Jr. | 19 | -3.3 | 6.4 | 90% |
| Maxime Raynaud | 23 | -2.0 | 7.1 | 93% |
| De'Andre Hunter | 28 | -1.4 | 1.6 | 27% |
| Malik Monk | 28 | -0.8 | 3.1 | 56% |
| Nique Clifford | 24 | -1.7 | 4.2 | 64% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$183.6M of salary for $81.4M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Zach LaVine : salary $45.9M, DARKO value -$1.9M, surplus -$47.8M
- Domantas Sabonis : salary $42.6M, DARKO value $13.1M, surplus -$29.6M
- De'Andre Hunter : salary $23.4M, DARKO value $6.9M, surplus -$16.4M
- Keegan Murray : salary $22.6M, DARKO value $16.3M, surplus -$6.3M
- Malik Monk : salary $18.9M, DARKO value $8.2M, surplus -$10.7M
- Darius Acuff Jr. : salary $7.5M, DARKO value -$4.1M, surplus -$11.6M
- Precious Achiuwa : salary $5.1M, DARKO value $14.6M, surplus +$9.5M
- Nique Clifford : salary $3.1M, DARKO value $1.7M, surplus -$1.4M
- Alex Karaban : salary $2.8M, DARKO value -$0.5M, surplus -$3.3M
- Ben Simmons : salary $2.3M, DARKO value $4.6M, surplus +$2.3M
- Daeqwon Plowden : salary $2.3M, DARKO value $4.0M, surplus +$1.7M
- Maxime Raynaud : salary $2.0M, DARKO value -$3.5M, surplus -$5.6M