Professional DNA
Ty Lawson: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 2016-17 · 69 games
91
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Ty Lawson?
The evidence
Ty Lawson · Playmaking: 91th percentile (4.8 assists per game)
Ty Lawson: what moved most is Scoring
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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleFull rotation: 25.1 minutes per game across 69 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 91th percentile
4.8 assists per game
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.
- Scoring64th percentile
9.9 points per game
- Playmaking91th percentile
4.8 assists per game
- Outside shooting38th percentile
- Defensive impact22th percentile
DBPM -0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim75th percentile
65.6 % · 128 attempts
- Rebounding33th percentile
2.6 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking91th percentile
Elite · 4.8 assists per game
- Finishing at the rim75th percentile
Very high · 65.6 % · 128 attempts
Limitations
- Outside shooting38th percentile
Low
- Rebounding33th percentile
Low · 2.6 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact22th percentile
Very low · DBPM -0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Recent change
Scoring: 90th percentile → 64th percentile (-26) · Playmaking: 97th percentile → 91th percentile (-6) · Rebounding: 58th percentile → 33th percentile (-25)
- 2011-1290th percentile
61 games · 34.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 90th percentile
- Playmaking
- 97th percentile
- Rebounding
- 58th percentile
- 2012-1391th percentile
73 games · 34.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 39th percentile
- 2013-1491th percentile
62 games · 35.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 53th percentile
- 2014-1585th percentile
75 games · 35.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 85th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 45th percentile
- 2015-1631th percentile
66 games · 21.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 31th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 15th percentile
- 2016-1764th percentile
69 games · 25.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 64th percentile
- Playmaking
- 91th percentile
- Rebounding
- 33th percentile
Context
2016-17 · 69 games · 25.1 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.
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2026-10-13
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