Professional DNA

Nemanja Bjelica: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 2021-22 · 71 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2021-22

The question

What kind of player is Nemanja Bjelica?

The evidence

Nemanja Bjelica · Defensive impact: 96th percentile (DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

96 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+46) · 443 players with a sample in 2021-22

Nemanja Bjelica: what moved most is Playmaking

63 percentilcompared against: 42 percentil (+21) · Nemanja Bjelica, from 2016-17 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: 16.1 minutes per game across 71 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 96th percentile
DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 443 players with a sample in 2021-22. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring31th percentile
6.1 points per game
Playmaking63th percentile
2.2 assists per game
Outside shooting71th percentile
Defensive impact96th percentile
DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim59th percentile
67.0 % · 109 attempts
Rebounding58th percentile
4.1 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact96th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Scoring31th percentile
Low · 6.1 points per game
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Recent change

Scoring: 35th percentile → 31th percentile (-4) · Playmaking: 42th percentile → 63th percentile (+21) · Rebounding: 59th percentile → 58th percentile (-1)

2016-1742th percentile
65 games · 18.3 minutes per game
Scoring
35th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
59th percentile
2017-1841th percentile
67 games · 20.5 minutes per game
Scoring
39th percentile
Playmaking
41th percentile
Rebounding
62th percentile
2018-1957th percentile
77 games · 23.2 minutes per game
Scoring
58th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
82th percentile
2019-2073th percentile
72 games · 27.9 minutes per game
Scoring
67th percentile
Playmaking
73th percentile
Rebounding
86th percentile
2020-2157th percentile
37 games · 16.1 minutes per game
Scoring
33th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
46th percentile
2021-2263th percentile
71 games · 16.1 minutes per game
Scoring
31th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
58th percentile

Context

2021-22 · 71 games · 16.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 443 measured players in 2021-22 · 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 2021-22 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

2026-10-12

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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