Professional DNA
Nicolò Melli: ROLE PLAYER
Defensive impact · 2020-21 · 45 games
49
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Nicolò Melli?
The evidence
Nicolò Melli · Defensive impact: 49th percentile (DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
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: 12.6 minutes per game across 45 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 49th percentile
DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 439 players with a sample in 2020-21. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring7th percentile
3.0 points per game
- Playmaking27th percentile
1.0 assists per game
- Outside shooting29th percentile
- Defensive impact49th percentile
DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding32th percentile
2.7 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact49th percentile
Average · DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding32th percentile
Low · 2.7 rebounds per game
- Outside shooting29th percentile
Low
- Playmaking27th percentile
Low · 1.0 assists per game
- Scoring7th percentile
Very low · 3.0 points per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 34th percentile → 7th percentile (-27) · Playmaking: 39th percentile → 27th percentile (-12) · Rebounding: 36th percentile → 32th percentile (-4)
- 2019-2034th percentile
60 games · 17.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 34th percentile
- Playmaking
- 39th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 2020-217th percentile
45 games · 12.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 7th percentile
- Playmaking
- 27th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
Context
2020-21 · 45 games · 12.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 439 measured players in 2020-21 · 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 2020-21 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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