Professional DNA
John Long: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Playmaking · 1996-97 · 32 games
25
percentil

The question
What kind of player is John Long?
The evidence
John Long · Playmaking: 25th percentile (0.7 assists per game)
John Long: what moved most is Scoring
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.
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This answer
2026-11-07
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