Professional DNA

James Posey: ROLE PLAYER

Defensive impact · 2010-11 · 49 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2010-11

The question

What kind of player is James Posey?

The evidence

James Posey · Defensive impact: 67th percentile (DBPM 0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

67 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+17) · 399 players with a sample in 2010-11

James Posey: what moved most is Rebounding

44 percentilcompared against: 70 percentil (-26) · James Posey, from 2005-06 to 2010-11

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: 17.1 minutes per game across 49 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 67th percentile
DBPM 0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 399 players with a sample in 2010-11. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring28th percentile
4.9 points per game
Playmaking24th percentile
0.7 assists per game
Outside shooting59th percentile
Defensive impact67th percentile
DBPM 0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding44th percentile
3.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding44th percentile
Average · 3.0 rebounds per game
Scoring28th percentile
Low · 4.9 points per game
Playmaking24th percentile
Very low · 0.7 assists per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 48th percentile → 28th percentile (-20) · Playmaking: 51th percentile → 24th percentile (-27) · Rebounding: 72th percentile → 44th percentile (-28)

2005-0672th percentile
67 games · 28.6 minutes per game
Scoring
48th percentile
Playmaking
51th percentile
Rebounding
72th percentile
2006-0774th percentile
71 games · 27.0 minutes per game
Scoring
50th percentile
Playmaking
49th percentile
Rebounding
74th percentile
2007-0867th percentile
74 games · 24.6 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
52th percentile
Rebounding
67th percentile
2008-0970th percentile
75 games · 28.5 minutes per game
Scoring
55th percentile
Playmaking
40th percentile
Rebounding
70th percentile
2009-1065th percentile
77 games · 22.5 minutes per game
Scoring
29th percentile
Playmaking
51th percentile
Rebounding
65th percentile
2010-1144th percentile
49 games · 17.1 minutes per game
Scoring
28th percentile
Playmaking
24th percentile
Rebounding
44th percentile

Context

2010-11 · 49 games · 17.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 399 measured players in 2010-11 · 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 2010-11 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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