Professional DNA

Greg Buckner: ROLE PLAYER

Defensive impact · 2008-09 · 63 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2008-09

The question

What kind of player is Greg Buckner?

The evidence

Greg Buckner · Defensive impact: 67th percentile (DBPM 0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

67 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+17) · 384 players with a sample in 2008-09

Greg Buckner: what moved most is Rebounding

32 percentilcompared against: 19 percentil (+13) · Greg Buckner, from 2003-04 to 2004-05

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: 13.9 minutes per game across 63 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 67th percentile
DBPM 0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 384 players with a sample in 2008-09. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring6th percentile
2.5 points per game
Playmaking33th percentile
0.9 assists per game
Outside shooting49th percentile
Defensive impact67th percentile
DBPM 0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim9th percentile
48.3 % · 58 attempts
Rebounding26th percentile
2.1 rebounds per game

Limitations

Outside shooting49th percentile
Average
Playmaking33th percentile
Low · 0.9 assists per game
Rebounding26th percentile
Low · 2.1 rebounds per game
Finishing at the rim9th percentile
Very low · 48.3 % · 58 attempts
Scoring6th percentile
Very low · 2.5 points per game
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 11th percentile → 6th percentile (-5) · Playmaking: 27th percentile → 33th percentile (+6) · Rebounding: 19th percentile → 26th percentile (+7)

2003-0419th percentile
53 games · 13.3 minutes per game
Scoring
11th percentile
Playmaking
27th percentile
Rebounding
19th percentile
2004-0542th percentile
70 games · 21.7 minutes per game
Scoring
39th percentile
Playmaking
60th percentile
Rebounding
42th percentile
2005-0643th percentile
73 games · 24.1 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
60th percentile
Rebounding
43th percentile
2006-0727th percentile
76 games · 18.1 minutes per game
Scoring
23th percentile
Playmaking
33th percentile
Rebounding
27th percentile
2007-0824th percentile
31 games · 16.8 minutes per game
Scoring
21th percentile
Playmaking
46th percentile
Rebounding
24th percentile
2008-0926th percentile
63 games · 13.9 minutes per game
Scoring
6th percentile
Playmaking
33th percentile
Rebounding
26th percentile

Context

2008-09 · 63 games · 13.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 384 measured players in 2008-09 · 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 2008-09 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

2026-11-06

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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