Darwin Novotny 
#23 PG | 6-1, 197lbs | Pelicans | Experience: 1 year
Born: 12/7/2004 (24) | College: Iowa State | Atlanta, GA

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 27 64 56 69 79 68 5 26 26 25 26 11 82 32 54 93  
 Potential: D B C B B B F D D D D F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  2028  2029  2030  2031  2032  2033  2034  2035 
 Value: $2,853,158  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2028 PBSL NOP 82 0 14.4 4.6 0.3 1.3 2.6 0.9 2.81 0.4 0.1 0.5 .450 .678 .401  
 2027 PBSL NOP 82 0 18.8 5.3 0.4 1.8 3.2 1.1 2.90 0.5 0.1 0.6 .411 .659 .348  
 Career     164 0 16.6 5.0 0.3 1.5 2.9 1.0 2.86 0.4 0.1 0.6 .428 .669 .372  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2028 PBSL NOP 1.6 3.5 .450 0.7 1.1 .678 0.4 0.8 .556 0.4 1.0 .456 0.7 1.8 .401  
 2027 PBSL NOP 1.9 4.7 .411 0.7 1.0 .659 0.6 0.9 .649 0.5 1.5 .363 0.8 2.2 .348  
 Career     1.8 4.1 .428 0.7 1.1 .669 0.5 0.8 .606 0.5 1.2 .399 0.8 2.0 .372  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2028 82 0 1179 130 289 61 90 59 147 380 24 132 211 29 75 29 5 44 7 
 2027 82 0 1539 157 382 56 85 64 184 434 30 176 264 37 91 37 6 53 -110 
 Career 164 0 2718 287 671 117 175 123 331 814 54 308 475 66 166 66 11 97 -103 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2028 PBSL NOP .578 1.31 34.3 12.2 15.8 2.3 10.4 6.3 12.9 33.1 1.1 0.1 105.1 105.5  
 2027 PBSL NOP .518 1.14 34.1 11.8 15.7 2.1 10.5 6.3 11.2 4.4 0.1 -1.3 103.6 108.0  
 Career     .544 1.21 34.2 12.0 15.7 2.2 10.4 6.3 11.9 37.5 1.2 -0.6 104.3 106.9  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2027 PBSL NOP 5 0 17.8 1.6 0.0 1.0 2.8 1.6 1.75 0.2 0.2 0.6 .176 .000 .167  
 Career     5 0 17.8 1.6 0.0 1.0 2.8 1.6 1.75 0.2 0.2 0.6 .176 .000 .167  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2027 PBSL NOP 0.6 3.4 .176 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 1.0 .200 0.4 2.4 .167  
 Career     0.6 3.4 .176 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 1.0 .200 0.4 2.4 .167  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2027 5 0 89 3 17 0 0 2 12 8 0 5 14 1 8 1 1 3 -32 
 Career 5 0 89 3 17 0 0 2 12 8 0 5 14 1 8 1 1 3 -32 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2027 PBSL NOP .235 0.47 35.9 20.5 13.9 0.0 6.8 3.1 -0.3 -15.0 -0.5 -6.4 88.8 106.4  
 Career     .235 0.47 35.9 20.5 13.9 0.0 6.8 3.1 -0.3 -15.0 -0.5 -6.4 88.8 106.4  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2023 IA ST 33 33 30.1 11.6 0.8 2.3 3.8 1.8 2.03 1.0 0.1 2.6 .443 .624 .373  
 2024 IA ST 38 38 30.7 14.0 0.6 2.9 6.1 2.2 2.82 1.1 0.2 2.4 .483 .645 .407  
 2025 IA ST 32 32 33.3 17.2 0.5 3.0 8.1 2.1 3.79 1.2 0.2 2.4 .473 .602 .455  
 2026 IA ST 35 35 32.7 14.6 0.8 2.9 8.9 1.6 5.55 1.4 0.1 2.6 .471 .691 .405  
 Total   138 138 31.7 14.3 0.7 2.8 6.7 1.9 3.46 1.2 0.2 2.5 .469 .641 .414  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2023 33 33 994 132 298 58 93 62 166 384 28 104 124 32 61 32 3 87 -29 
 2024 38 38 1168 183 379 71 110 94 231 531 22 131 231 43 82 43 8 93 247 
 2025 32 32 1066 189 400 56 93 116 255 550 17 114 258 37 68 37 7 76 291 
 2026 35 35 1145 176 374 67 97 92 227 511 27 128 311 50 56 50 5 92 350 
 Career 138 138 4373 680 1451 252 393 364 879 1976 94 477 924 162 267 162 23 348 859 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 19 2 7 7 2 1 5 7 12 5 8 5 6  
 Playoff 6 0 2 5 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 2 5  
 Career 19 2 7 10 3 1 6 7 18 5 8 5 10  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/17 BKN L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -7
 10/19 LAL W 18 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -9
 10/20 CHI L 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5
 10/26 DEN L 20 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -8
 10/27 DAL L 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -8
 10/29 ORL L 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -10
 10/31 ORL W 18 4 7 1 2 3 6 12 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 9
 11/1 ATL L 21 1 4 2 2 1 2 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 -4
 11/3 GSW L 23 5 10 5 8 2 4 17 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 -3
 11/5 WAS L 23 2 5 0 0 1 2 5 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 -8
 11/9 CLE L 19 1 2 3 4 0 1 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 1
 11/10 PHI W 20 2 4 0 0 2 3 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 10
 11/13 DEN L 20 4 8 1 2 0 2 9 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 -7
 11/14 DET W 18 4 7 1 2 2 5 11 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 10
 11/16 MIA L 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 2
 11/17 TOR W 20 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4
 11/20 TOR W 18 1 5 2 2 1 3 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 -2
 11/21 SAC W 37 7 11 0 0 5 6 19 1 5 6 1 1 0 2 16
 11/24 DEN W 28 3 9 0 0 1 4 7 0 5 3 3 1 0 0 -2
 11/25 GSW W 18 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 5
 11/27 PHI L 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 2
 11/28 BOS W 22 2 9 0 0 1 6 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 -3
 12/1 LAC W 23 2 6 0 0 2 5 6 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 17
 12/3 HOU L 19 1 5 1 2 1 5 4 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 -7
 12/5 HOU L 27 2 7 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 -8
 12/8 POR L 23 2 6 1 2 2 5 7 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 -28
 12/9 WAS L 16 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 -4
 12/13 ORL L 19 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 6 3 1 0 0 0 2
 12/14 UTA L 17 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 -1
 12/18 SAC W 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
 12/19 CHI L 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4
 12/23 CLE W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
 12/24 BOS L 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2
 12/28 MIN W 6 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 5
 12/29 BOS L 6 4 5 2 2 1 2 11 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1
 1/3 MIN W 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
 1/4 IND L 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 -4
 1/8 VAN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
 1/9 IND L 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 -6
 1/11 CLE L 8 3 3 0 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
 1/12 UTA W 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
 1/14 LAL L 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 1/15 DET W 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
 1/19 UTA W 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -1
 1/20 PHX W 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 10
 1/22 CLE W 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -5
 1/23 DAL W 17 1 4 3 4 1 2 6 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 10
 1/26 CHB W 13 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 19
 1/27 OKC L 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 2 1 1 1 -5
 1/30 TOR W 9 3 5 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
 1/31 WAS L 8 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 -3
 2/4 ORL L 17 3 5 0 0 2 4 8 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 -3
 2/5 SAS L 18 1 4 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 -13
 2/7 NYK W 10 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 15
 2/8 ORL L 10 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10
 2/14 PHI L 19 3 4 0 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 -9
 2/15 UTA L 11 1 1 2 4 1 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
 2/19 CHB L 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2
 2/21 WAS L 9 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3
 2/23 DAL L 23 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 -1
 2/25 BKN W 12 1 3 1 2 1 3 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
 2/27 CHI L 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 -2
 2/28 MIL W 14 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 -14
 3/4 LAC L 31 0 6 3 4 0 5 3 1 3 5 2 0 0 3 -17
 3/5 CHB W 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
 3/8 PHX W 16 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 -4
 3/9 OKC L 13 2 5 1 2 1 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
 3/13 DAL L 36 2 6 0 0 1 4 5 1 7 7 2 1 0 1 -11
 3/14 PHI L 11 2 3 0 0 1 2 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
 3/16 MIL L 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1
 3/17 LAC W 13 0 4 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 -7
 3/20 MIN L 8 1 3 2 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -5
 3/21 BOS W 19 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 3 17
 3/23 MIA L 15 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 3
 3/26 MIL L 30 6 12 2 2 2 5 16 2 5 6 5 0 0 2 -26
 3/27 NYK W 14 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 -1
 3/30 TOR L 8 2 3 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 3/31 SAS L 13 3 5 2 2 2 3 10 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 9
 4/3 POR L 10 2 3 1 2 2 2 7 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2
 4/4 MIN W 12 2 3 1 2 0 1 5 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 -1
 4/6 LAL W 9 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
 4/8 DET W 8 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
 4/10 ATL L 10 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 -7
 4/12 CHB L 16 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 5
 4/13 GSW W 10 3 4 2 2 0 1 8 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
 4/16 VAN W 23 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 3
 4/17 DAL L 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 4/19 BKN W 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 2022 High School: Rated ***** and #19 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 2022 High School: All-State (Georgia)
 2022 High School: All-American
 2023 Freshman All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
 2024 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
 2025 National Player of the Year
 2025 1st Team All-American
 2025 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
 2025 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
 2026 National Player of the Year
 2026 1st Team All-American
 2026 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
 2026 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
 2027 PBSL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/30/2027 Drafted by the Pelicans with pick #16 of round 1.
 10/30/2028 Team option declined by Pelicans

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