Professional DNA
Derek Harper: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 1998-99 · 45 games
90
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Derek Harper?
The evidence
Derek Harper · Playmaking: 90th percentile (4.2 assists per game)
Derek Harper: 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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleFull rotation: 24.9 minutes per game across 45 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 90th percentile
4.2 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 336 players with a sample in 1998-99. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring42th percentile
6.9 points per game
- Playmaking90th percentile
4.2 assists per game
- Outside shooting86th percentile
- Defensive impact25th percentile
DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding10th percentile
1.5 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking90th percentile
Elite · 4.2 assists per game
- Outside shooting86th percentile
Very high ·
Limitations
- Scoring42th percentile
Average · 6.9 points per game
- Defensive impact25th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding10th percentile
Very low · 1.5 rebounds per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 58th percentile → 42th percentile (-16) · Playmaking: 85th percentile → 90th percentile (+5) · Rebounding: 17th percentile → 10th percentile (-7)
- 1993-9458th percentile
82 games · 26.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 58th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 17th percentile
- 1994-9568th percentile
80 games · 34.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 68th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 35th percentile
- 1995-9679th percentile
82 games · 35.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 79th percentile
- Playmaking
- 88th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 1996-9763th percentile
75 games · 29.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 63th percentile
- Playmaking
- 90th percentile
- Rebounding
- 24th percentile
- 1997-9855th percentile
66 games · 26.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 55th percentile
- Playmaking
- 84th percentile
- Rebounding
- 17th percentile
- 1998-9942th percentile
45 games · 24.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 42th percentile
- Playmaking
- 90th percentile
- Rebounding
- 10th percentile
Context
1998-99 · 45 games · 24.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 336 measured players in 1998-99 · 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 1998-99 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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