Professional DNA
Malcolm Delaney: ROLE PLAYER
Playmaking · 2017-18 · 54 games
77
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Malcolm Delaney?
The evidence
Malcolm Delaney · Playmaking: 77th percentile (3.0 assists per game)
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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleShort rotation: 18.8 minutes per game across 54 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 77th percentile
3.0 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 414 players with a sample in 2017-18. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring34th percentile
6.3 points per game
- Playmaking77th percentile
3.0 assists per game
- Outside shooting74th percentile
- Defensive impact36th percentile
DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding15th percentile
1.9 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking77th percentile
Very high · 3.0 assists per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact36th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Scoring34th percentile
Low · 6.3 points per game
- Rebounding15th percentile
Very low · 1.9 rebounds per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 28th percentile → 34th percentile (+6) · Playmaking: 75th percentile → 77th percentile (+2) · Rebounding: 14th percentile → 15th percentile (+1)
- 2016-1728th percentile
73 games · 17.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 28th percentile
- Playmaking
- 75th percentile
- Rebounding
- 14th percentile
- 2017-1834th percentile
54 games · 18.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 34th percentile
- Playmaking
- 77th percentile
- Rebounding
- 15th percentile
Context
2017-18 · 54 games · 18.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 414 measured players in 2017-18 · 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 2017-18 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
2026-10-13
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