Professional DNA
Lionel Simmons: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Playmaking · 1996-97 · 41 games
48
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Lionel Simmons?
The evidence
Lionel Simmons · Playmaking: 48th percentile (1.4 assists per game)
Lionel Simmons: 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: 12.7 minutes per game across 41 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 48th percentile
1.4 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.
- Scoring17th percentile
3.4 points per game
- Playmaking48th percentile
1.4 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact44th percentile
DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding39th percentile
2.5 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Playmaking48th percentile
Average · 1.4 assists per game
- Defensive impact44th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding39th percentile
Low · 2.5 rebounds per game
- Scoring17th percentile
Very low · 3.4 points 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: 86th percentile → 17th percentile (-69) · Playmaking: 88th percentile → 48th percentile (-40) · Rebounding: 90th percentile → 39th percentile (-51)
- 1991-9286th percentile
78 games · 37.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 86th percentile
- Playmaking
- 88th percentile
- Rebounding
- 90th percentile
- 1992-9389th percentile
69 games · 36.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 89th percentile
- Playmaking
- 88th percentile
- Rebounding
- 89th percentile
- 1993-9483th percentile
75 games · 36.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 83th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 89th percentile
- 1994-9534th percentile
58 games · 18.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 34th percentile
- Playmaking
- 48th percentile
- Rebounding
- 56th percentile
- 1995-9628th percentile
54 games · 15.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 28th percentile
- Playmaking
- 48th percentile
- Rebounding
- 40th percentile
- 1996-9717th percentile
41 games · 12.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 17th percentile
- Playmaking
- 48th percentile
- Rebounding
- 39th percentile
Context
1996-97 · 41 games · 12.7 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
2026-11-06
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