Professional DNA

Thabo Sefolosha: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 2019-20 · 41 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2019-20

The question

What kind of player is Thabo Sefolosha?

The evidence

Thabo Sefolosha · Defensive impact: 89th percentile (DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

89 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+39) · 405 players with a sample in 2019-20

Thabo Sefolosha: what moved most is Rebounding

24 percentilcompared against: 66 percentil (-42) · Thabo Sefolosha, from 2014-15 to 2018-19

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 SPECIALIST
RoleShort rotation: 10.6 minutes per game across 41 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 89th percentile
DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 405 players with a sample in 2019-20. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring2th percentile
2.2 points per game
Playmaking8th percentile
0.6 assists per game
Outside shooting29th percentile
Defensive impact89th percentile
DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding21th percentile
2.3 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact89th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Outside shooting29th percentile
Low
Rebounding21th percentile
Very low · 2.3 rebounds per game
Playmaking8th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
Scoring2th percentile
Very low · 2.2 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Recent change

Scoring: 29th percentile → 2th percentile (-27) · Playmaking: 50th percentile → 8th percentile (-42) · Rebounding: 64th percentile → 21th percentile (-43)

2014-1564th percentile
52 games · 18.8 minutes per game
Scoring
29th percentile
Playmaking
50th percentile
Rebounding
64th percentile
2015-1669th percentile
75 games · 23.4 minutes per game
Scoring
38th percentile
Playmaking
46th percentile
Rebounding
69th percentile
2016-1768th percentile
62 games · 25.7 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
68th percentile
2017-1864th percentile
38 games · 21.2 minutes per game
Scoring
49th percentile
Playmaking
24th percentile
Rebounding
64th percentile
2018-1927th percentile
50 games · 12.2 minutes per game
Scoring
10th percentile
Playmaking
5th percentile
Rebounding
27th percentile
2019-2021th percentile
41 games · 10.6 minutes per game
Scoring
2th percentile
Playmaking
8th percentile
Rebounding
21th percentile

Context

2019-20 · 41 games · 10.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 405 measured players in 2019-20 · SportiveWorld own data

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What this does not prove

Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
It portrays the 2019-20 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

2026-10-13

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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