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John Long: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Playmaking · 1996-97 · 32 games

25

percentil

John Long
Confidence: lowData through: 1996-97

The question

What kind of player is John Long?

The evidence

John Long · Playmaking: 25th percentile (0.7 assists per game)

25 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-25) · 373 players with a sample in 1996-97

John Long: what moved most is Scoring

30 percentilcompared against: 76 percentil (-46) · John Long, from 1986-87 to 1988-89

The read

What they are, the role they held and what sets them apart. Every line comes from a figure further down this same page.

  • What they arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
  • RoleShort rotation: 11.6 minutes per game across 32 games
  • What sets them apartPlaymaking · 25th percentile

    0.7 assists per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 373 players with a sample in 1996-97. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring24th percentile

    4.0 points per game

  • Playmaking25th percentile

    0.7 assists per game

  • Outside shootingno data

    no data

  • Defensive impact12th percentile

    DBPM -1.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rimno data

    no data

  • Rebounding10th percentile

    1.3 rebounds per game

Limitations

  • Playmaking25th percentile

    Low · 0.7 assists per game

  • Scoring24th percentile

    Very low · 4.0 points per game

  • Defensive impact12th percentile

    Very low · DBPM -1.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Rebounding10th percentile

    Very low · 1.3 rebounds per game

  • Axes without enough sample

    Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim

  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 80th percentile → 24th percentile (-56) · Playmaking: 74th percentile → 25th percentile (-49) · Rebounding: 40th percentile → 10th percentile (-30)

  • 1986-8780th percentile

    80 games · 28.3 minutes per game

    Scoring
    80th percentile
    Playmaking
    74th percentile
    Rebounding
    40th percentile
  • 1987-8871th percentile

    81 games · 25.0 minutes per game

    Scoring
    71th percentile
    Playmaking
    60th percentile
    Rebounding
    41th percentile
  • 1988-8932th percentile

    68 games · 13.5 minutes per game

    Scoring
    32th percentile
    Playmaking
    38th percentile
    Rebounding
    8th percentile
  • 1989-9049th percentile

    48 games · 21.5 minutes per game

    Scoring
    49th percentile
    Playmaking
    53th percentile
    Rebounding
    21th percentile
  • 1990-9116th percentile

    25 games · 10.2 minutes per game

    Scoring
    16th percentile
    Playmaking
    22th percentile
    Rebounding
    11th percentile
  • 1996-9724th percentile

    32 games · 11.6 minutes per game

    Scoring
    24th percentile
    Playmaking
    25th percentile
    Rebounding
    10th percentile

Context

1996-97 · 32 games · 11.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 373 measured players in 1996-97 · SportiveWorld own data

FactDerivedAssumption

What this does not prove

  • Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
  • It portrays the 1996-97 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

Where it comes from

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This answer

2026-11-07

Where this comes from

Season averages · closed season · its clock is the seasonBox scores · closed season · its clock is the season
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