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De'Anthony Melton

Golden State Warriors · #8 · Rotation
PG6'2"200 lbage 288 yrs expUSCNorth Hollywood, CA
10th best of 14 on GSWworth +0.2 wins to the rotation
OFF65DEF78
High-level rim protector & perimeter defender
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Golden State Warriors
Western · Pacific · proj. 50-32 (▲+9.7)
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A pesky defensive guard whose calling card is ball pressure — 1.6 steals a night with a top-quartile perimeter-defense mark across 49 games back from injury. The shot betrayed him this year (29.4% from three, 51.8% true shooting on a high 25.4% usage), and at 28 he's a defense-first bench piece who needs the three to fall.

12.3
PPG
3.2
RPG
2.6
APG
1.6
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 49MPG 23FG% 40.73P% 29.4FT% 82.6TS% 51.8USG% 25.4PER 13.4BPM -2.5VORP -0.1EPM +0.3
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection91
Perimeter defense89
Rebounding84
Scoring68
Inside finishing68
Shooting67
Playmaking63

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

2018-19 to 2025-26 · 8 seasons
9.5
PPG
3.6
RPG
2.7
APG
405
GAMES
Points 3,833Win Shares 15.0Starts 172Best season 2022-23 · 10.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons38%

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 25 → 27
▼Declining

De'Anthony, at 27, is trending downward — 2.5 → 1.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.4 wins (+2.4)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 2.3–4.6 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.5 → -2.5-3.026-27 forecast -1.7
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +0.5 · 38 games2024-25: -0.8 · 6 games2025-26: -2.5 · 49 games2026-27: -1.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.5 → 1.0-1.526-27 forecast 3.4
His win contribution is trending down.
2023-24: 2.5 · 38 games2024-25: 1.2 · 6 games2025-26: 1.0 · 49 games2026-27: 3.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.9M vs $5.5M salary+$2.4M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$5.5M salary2023-24: $5.4M · 38 games2024-25: $3.1M · 6 games2025-26: $2.8M · 49 games2026-27: $7.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,500,000 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
$5,500,000Guaranteed
2% of the club’s payroll · 9th of 14 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$7,884,000 /yr
Surplus+$2,384,000
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.