Professional DNA

Paul Pierce: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 2016-17 · 25 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2016-17

The question

What kind of player is Paul Pierce?

The evidence

Paul Pierce · Defensive impact: 53th percentile (DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

53 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+3) · 413 players with a sample in 2016-17

Paul Pierce: what moved most is Scoring

23 percentilcompared against: 86 percentil (-63) · Paul Pierce, from 2011-12 to 2015-16

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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
RoleShort rotation: 11.1 minutes per game across 25 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 53th percentile
DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 413 players with a sample in 2016-17. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring11th percentile
3.2 points per game
Playmaking6th percentile
0.4 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact53th percentile
DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding17th percentile
1.9 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding17th percentile
Very low · 1.9 rebounds per game
Scoring11th percentile
Very low · 3.2 points per game
Playmaking6th percentile
Very low · 0.4 assists per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
See Tracking →

Recent change

Scoring: 96th percentile → 11th percentile (-85) · Playmaking: 90th percentile → 6th percentile (-84) · Rebounding: 78th percentile → 17th percentile (-61)

2011-1296th percentile
61 games · 34.0 minutes per game
Scoring
96th percentile
Playmaking
90th percentile
Rebounding
78th percentile
2012-1396th percentile
77 games · 33.4 minutes per game
Scoring
96th percentile
Playmaking
91th percentile
Rebounding
85th percentile
2013-1479th percentile
75 games · 28.0 minutes per game
Scoring
79th percentile
Playmaking
72th percentile
Rebounding
70th percentile
2014-1573th percentile
73 games · 26.2 minutes per game
Scoring
73th percentile
Playmaking
64th percentile
Rebounding
60th percentile
2015-1635th percentile
68 games · 18.1 minutes per game
Scoring
35th percentile
Playmaking
32th percentile
Rebounding
36th percentile
2016-1711th percentile
25 games · 11.1 minutes per game
Scoring
11th percentile
Playmaking
6th percentile
Rebounding
17th percentile

Context

2016-17 · 25 games · 11.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 413 measured players in 2016-17 · 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 2016-17 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

What if…?

What happened to his team when he did not play

Career atlas

When his game changed, season by season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

not stated

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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