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Day'Ron Sharpe

Brooklyn Nets · #20 · Rotation
C6'10"265 lbage 245 yrs expNorth CarolinaGreenville, NC
4th best of 14 on BKNworth +1.6 wins to the rotation
OFF77DEF78
Elite perimeter defender & rebounder
BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 26-56 (▲+5.8)
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An undersized energy big who plays way above his minutes — elite rebounding (97th percentile), a brutally efficient 60% inside, and a 63.8% true shooting that ranks among the team's best. He fouls and turns it over too much to be trusted with starter minutes, but pound-for-pound he's one of Brooklyn's most productive bigs.

8.7
PPG
6.7
RPG
2.3
APG
1.1
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 62MPG 18.7FG% 60.13P% 23.1FT% 67.8TS% 63.8USG% 19.9PER 20.5BPM +1.4VORP 1EPM +0.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense92
Rebounding90
Inside finishing86
Playmaking82
Scoring75
Shooting68
Rim protection60

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
7.0
PPG
5.9
RPG
1.5
APG
253
GAMES
Points 1,777Win Shares 11.9Starts 21Best season 2025-26 · 8.7 ppg
Games played, last three seasons70%

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

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 22 → 24
▲Rising

Day'Ron, at 24, is on a clear upward trajectory — 0.0 → +1.4 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.9 wins (+0.9)
Age should add a little at 25. Range 3.1–4.8 wins.
Production (BPM)0.0 → +1.4+1.426-27 forecast +1.3
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: 0.0 · 61 games2024-25: +0.9 · 50 games2025-26: +1.4 · 62 games2026-27: +1.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.1 → 3.0+0.926-27 forecast 3.9
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.1 · 61 games2024-25: 2.5 · 50 games2025-26: 3.0 · 62 games2026-27: 3.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $9.9M vs $10.0M salary−$0.1M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$10.0M salary2023-24: $4.7M · 61 games2024-25: $5.4M · 50 games2025-26: $6.9M · 62 games2026-27: $9.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $10,000,000 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 (2023-24 → 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
$10,000,000Guaranteed
6% of the club’s payroll · 4th of 15 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$9,904,000 /yr
Surplus−$96,000
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.