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Nicolò Melli: ROLE PLAYER

Defensive impact · 2020-21 · 45 games

49

percentil

Nicolò Melli
Confidence: lowData through: 2020-21

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)

49 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-1) · 439 players with a sample in 2020-21

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.

From here

Where it comes from

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This answer

2026-10-13

Where this comes from

Season averages · closed season · its clock is the seasonBox scores · closed season · its clock is the season
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