Professional DNA

Sam Young: ROLE PLAYER

Defensive impact · 2012-13 · 56 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2012-13

The question

What kind of player is Sam Young?

The evidence

Sam Young · Defensive impact: 77th percentile (DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

77 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+27) · 406 players with a sample in 2012-13

Sam Young: what moved most is Scoring

13 percentilcompared against: 46 percentil (-33) · Sam Young, from 2009-10 to 2011-12

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: 12.4 minutes per game across 56 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 77th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 406 players with a sample in 2012-13. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring10th percentile
2.8 points per game
Playmaking27th percentile
0.8 assists per game
Outside shooting52th percentile
Defensive impact77th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding26th percentile
2.2 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact77th percentile
Very high · DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking27th percentile
Low · 0.8 assists per game
Rebounding26th percentile
Low · 2.2 rebounds per game
Scoring10th percentile
Very low · 2.8 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 44th percentile → 10th percentile (-34) · Playmaking: 25th percentile → 27th percentile (+2) · Rebounding: 32th percentile → 26th percentile (-6)

2009-1044th percentile
80 games · 16.5 minutes per game
Scoring
44th percentile
Playmaking
25th percentile
Rebounding
32th percentile
2010-1147th percentile
78 games · 20.2 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
34th percentile
Rebounding
30th percentile
2011-1216th percentile
35 games · 10.7 minutes per game
Scoring
16th percentile
Playmaking
11th percentile
Rebounding
16th percentile
2012-1310th percentile
56 games · 12.4 minutes per game
Scoring
10th percentile
Playmaking
27th percentile
Rebounding
26th percentile

Context

2012-13 · 56 games · 12.4 minutes per game · Percentile against 406 measured players in 2012-13 · 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 2012-13 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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