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Daeqwon Plowden

Sacramento Kings · #29 · Reserve
SG6'6"216 lbage 272 yrs expBowling GreenPhiladelphia, PA
13th best of 14 on SAC
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Elite interior finisher & shooter
SAC
Sacramento Kings
Western · Pacific · proj. 33-49 (▲+0.6)
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A two-way wing who showed scoring punch in a 32-game look — 10.8 points on 57.2% true shooting, finishing inside at an elite rate (87th percentile) and taking great care of the ball (93rd). The defense and playmaking lag, and the -4.4 box score reflects a fringe role, but the efficient finishing gives him something to hang a roster spot on.

10.8
PPG
3
RPG
1.3
APG
0.7
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 32MPG 26.4FG% 433P% 33.3FT% 85.7TS% 57.2USG% 16.4PER 10.7BPM -4.4VORP -0.5
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing98
Shooting77
Scoring76
Rim protection71
Rebounding69
Perimeter defense57
Playmaking56

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2024-25 to 2025-26 · 2 seasons
10.2
PPG
2.8
RPG
1.1
APG
38
GAMES
Points 387Win Shares 0.9Starts 7Best season 2025-26 · 10.8 ppg

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2024-25 → 2025-26 · age 26 → 27
▼Declining

Daeqwon, at 27, is trending downward — -0.1 → -4.4 box plus-minus over the window.

2026-27 forecast▬ 0.5 wins (+0.2)
At 28, expect about the same level. Range 0.0–1.3 wins.
Production (BPM)-0.1 → -4.4-4.326-27 forecast -4.2
His on-court production has slipped.
2024-25: -0.1 · 6 games2025-26: -4.4 · 32 games2026-27: -4.2 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.2 → 0.2-0.926-27 forecast 0.5
His value to a team has been stable.
2024-25: 1.2 · 6 games2025-26: 0.2 · 32 games2026-27: 0.5 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $2.1M vs $2.5M salary−$0.5M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$2.5M salary2024-25: $3.1M · 6 games2025-26: $1.8M · 32 games2026-27: $2.1M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $2,550,000 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2024-25 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$2,550,000Guaranteed
1% of the club’s payroll · 10th of 14 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$2,091,531 /yr
Surplus−$458,469
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.