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Anthony Black: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR

Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 64 games

83

percentil

Anthony Black
Confidence: lowData through: 2025-26

The question

What kind of player is Anthony Black?

The evidence

Anthony Black · Defensive impact: 83th percentile (DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

83 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+33) · 452 players with a sample in 2025-26

Anthony Black: what moved most is Scoring

68 percentilcompared against: 24 percentil (+44) · Anthony Black, from 2023-24 to 2024-25

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 areDEFENSIVE ANCHOR
  • RoleFull rotation: 29.8 minutes per game across 64 games
  • What sets them apartDefensive impact · 83th percentile

    DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 452 players with a sample in 2025-26. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring79th percentile

    15.0 points per game

  • Playmaking82th percentile

    3.7 assists per game

  • Outside shooting44th percentile

    33.3 % from three · 300 attempts

  • Defensive impact83th percentile

    DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rim52th percentile

    68.0 % · 250 attempts

  • Rebounding57th percentile

    3.8 rebounds per game

Strengths

  • Defensive impact83th percentile

    Very high · DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Playmaking82th percentile

    Very high · 3.7 assists per game

  • Scoring79th percentile

    Very high · 15.0 points per game

Limitations

Recent change

Scoring: 24th percentile → 79th percentile (+55) · Playmaking: 38th percentile → 82th percentile (+44) · Rebounding: 22th percentile → 57th percentile (+35)

  • 2023-2424th percentile

    69 games · 16.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    24th percentile
    Playmaking
    38th percentile
    Rebounding
    22th percentile
  • 2024-2556th percentile

    78 games · 24.2 minutes per game

    Scoring
    56th percentile
    Playmaking
    74th percentile
    Rebounding
    36th percentile
  • 2025-2679th percentile

    64 games · 29.8 minutes per game

    Scoring
    79th percentile
    Playmaking
    82th percentile
    Rebounding
    57th percentile

Context

2025-26 · 64 games · 29.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · 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 2025-26 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

2026-10-12

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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