Daniss Jenkins

Detroit Pistons

PG 6-3 165 lb 1 yr exp University of the Pacific
10.7 Predictability score 22 games started, 2025-26
Season 2025-26 season backtest

Projected vs actual profile

Season averages, axes scaled to an elite starter level.

Model vs naive baseline

The naive forecaster projects the average of season and last-5 games. We publish the comparison for every stat, whichever side wins.

StatAvgModel MAENaive MAESkill
Points 17.14 5.71 6.5 +19.6%
Rebounds 3.5 1.54 1.46 +1.8%
Assists 6.86 2.67 2.96 +15.1%
3PM 1.77 1.1 1.14 +7.2%

Skill = CRPS improvement of the full probability distribution over a Poisson naive, per game. Points and rebounds drive the headline score; assists and threes are shown for transparency.

Game by game: predicted vs actual

The shaded band is the model's 10th to 90th percentile before tip-off. Dots are what he actually did.

Every game he started

DateOpponent PointsReboundsAssists3PM
2026-05-17 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 17 (11.0) 3 (3.1) 5 (3.9) 2 (1.7)
2026-05-15 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 15 (11.0) 3 (3.2) 3 (4.0) 3 (1.4)
2026-05-13 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 19 (11.3) 2 (3.2) 3 (4.2) 2 (1.4)
2026-04-06 @ Orlando Magic 18 (14.7) 2 (3.3) 7 (5.2) 1 (1.6)
2026-04-04 @ Philadelphia 76ers 16 (14.9) 4 (3.4) 14 (5.4) 2 (1.6)
2026-04-02 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 26 (13.8) 5 (3.1) 8 (5.1) 2 (1.6)
2026-03-31 vs Toronto Raptors 21 (14.6) 5 (3.2) 5 (5.7) 2 (1.6)
2026-03-30 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 15 (14.0) 4 (3.3) 6 (5.1) 1 (1.7)
2026-03-28 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 13 (13.9) 8 (3.0) 4 (5.2) 1 (1.7)
2026-03-26 vs New Orleans Pelicans 19 (14.7) 2 (3.1) 9 (5.7) 5 (1.7)
2026-03-25 vs Atlanta Hawks 19 (13.6) 3 (3.1) 10 (5.3) 1 (1.6)
2026-03-23 vs Los Angeles Lakers 30 (12.1) 4 (2.9) 8 (5.4) 4 (1.6)
2026-03-20 vs Golden State Warriors 22 (11.1) 7 (2.8) 8 (4.7) 1 (1.4)
2026-03-19 @ Washington Wizards 9 (12.1) 2 (3.2) 5 (4.8) 2 (1.2)
2026-03-07 vs Brooklyn Nets 11 (11.6) 1 (2.5) 9 (3.4) 0 (1.6)
2026-01-21 @ New Orleans Pelicans 17 (9.3) 1 (3.0) 4 (5.1) 2 (1.6)
2025-12-03 @ Milwaukee Bucks 7 (10.0) 1 (2.7) 2 (4.2) 1 (1.2)
2025-12-01 vs Atlanta Hawks 6 (9.6) 8 (2.5) 6 (4.8) 0 (1.3)
2025-11-18 @ Atlanta Hawks 14 (15.9) 3 (3.2) 7 (5.6) 1 (2.0)
2025-11-17 vs Indiana Pacers 26 (14.0) 2 (3.1) 8 (5.9) 1 (2.0)
2025-11-14 vs Philadelphia 76ers 19 (12.2) 3 (2.9) 8 (4.8) 5 (1.2)
2025-11-12 vs Chicago Bulls 18 (12.1) 4 (2.7) 12 (3.5) 0 (1.8)

Bold = actual, in brackets = model projection before the game. Only games he started are shown: our projections assume the starting five, so a scratch is not a model miss.

About this data

The 2025-26 season is a holdout backtest: the models were trained and validated only on seasons up to 2024-25, then predicted every 2025-26 game. The season is fully out-of-sample, with one caveat: historical features use realized lineups, while live production predicts from the expected starting five, so live accuracy can run marginally lower. Projections and full distributions for today's games are on the NBA player projections page, and the methodology behind every model is on the methodology page.