Professional DNA
Brandon Paul: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Defensive impact · 2017-18 · 64 games
90
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Brandon Paul?
The evidence
Brandon Paul · Defensive impact: 90th percentile (DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
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: 9.0 minutes per game across 64 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 90th percentile
DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 414 players with a sample in 2017-18. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring3th percentile
2.3 points per game
- Playmaking10th percentile
0.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting32th percentile
- Defensive impact90th percentile
DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding4th percentile
1.1 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact90th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Outside shooting32th percentile
Low
- Playmaking10th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
- Rebounding4th percentile
Very low · 1.1 rebounds per game
- Scoring3th percentile
Very low · 2.3 points per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Context
2017-18 · 64 games · 9.0 minutes per game · Percentile against 414 measured players in 2017-18 · 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 2017-18 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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This answer
2026-10-12
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