Professional DNA
Sundiata Gaines: 3-AND-D
Defensive impact · 2011-12 · 57 games
75
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Sundiata Gaines?
The evidence
Sundiata Gaines · Defensive impact: 75th percentile (DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Sundiata Gaines: what moved most is Playmaking
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 are3-AND-D
- RoleShort rotation: 13.9 minutes per game across 57 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 75th 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 398 players with a sample in 2011-12. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring31th percentile
5.1 points per game
- Playmaking69th percentile
2.2 assists per game
- Outside shooting71th percentile
- Defensive impact75th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim0th percentile
38.4 % · 73 attempts
- Rebounding18th percentile
1.9 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact75th percentile
Very high · DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Scoring31th percentile
Low · 5.1 points per game
- Rebounding18th percentile
Very low · 1.9 rebounds per game
- Finishing at the rim0th percentile
Very low · 38.4 % · 73 attempts
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 13th percentile → 31th percentile (+18) · Playmaking: 42th percentile → 69th percentile (+27) · Rebounding: 3th percentile → 18th percentile (+15)
- 2009-1042th percentile
32 games · 6.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 13th percentile
- Playmaking
- 42th percentile
- Rebounding
- 3th percentile
- 2010-1160th percentile
24 games · 12.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 26th percentile
- Playmaking
- 60th percentile
- Rebounding
- 14th percentile
- 2011-1269th percentile
57 games · 13.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 31th percentile
- Playmaking
- 69th percentile
- Rebounding
- 18th percentile
Context
2011-12 · 57 games · 13.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 398 measured players in 2011-12 · 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 2011-12 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-06
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