Professional DNA

Marc Gasol: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 2020-21 · 52 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2020-21

The question

What kind of player is Marc Gasol?

The evidence

Marc Gasol · Defensive impact: 99th percentile (DBPM 3.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 439 players with a sample in 2020-21

Marc Gasol: what moved most is Scoring

32 percentilcompared against: 87 percentil (-55) · Marc Gasol, from 2015-16 to 2019-20

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: 19.1 minutes per game across 52 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 99th percentile
DBPM 3.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 439 players with a sample in 2020-21. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring21th percentile
5.0 points per game
Playmaking63th percentile
2.1 assists per game
Outside shooting89th percentile
Defensive impact99th percentile
DBPM 3.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding60th percentile
4.1 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact99th percentile
Elite · DBPM 3.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Outside shooting89th percentile
Very high ·

Limitations

Scoring21th percentile
Very low · 5.0 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
See Tracking →

Recent change

Scoring: 89th percentile → 21th percentile (-68) · Playmaking: 86th percentile → 63th percentile (-23) · Rebounding: 88th percentile → 60th percentile (-28)

2015-1689th percentile
52 games · 34.4 minutes per game
Scoring
89th percentile
Playmaking
86th percentile
Rebounding
88th percentile
2016-1792th percentile
74 games · 34.2 minutes per game
Scoring
92th percentile
Playmaking
89th percentile
Rebounding
85th percentile
2017-1889th percentile
73 games · 33.0 minutes per game
Scoring
89th percentile
Playmaking
87th percentile
Rebounding
94th percentile
2018-1976th percentile
79 games · 30.8 minutes per game
Scoring
76th percentile
Playmaking
89th percentile
Rebounding
92th percentile
2019-2043th percentile
44 games · 26.4 minutes per game
Scoring
43th percentile
Playmaking
78th percentile
Rebounding
85th percentile
2020-2121th percentile
52 games · 19.1 minutes per game
Scoring
21th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
60th percentile

Context

2020-21 · 52 games · 19.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 439 measured players in 2020-21 · 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 2020-21 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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