Professional DNA
K.J. McDaniels: ROLE PLAYER
Defensive impact · 2016-17 · 49 games
53
percentil

The question
What kind of player is K.J. McDaniels?
The evidence
K.J. McDaniels · Defensive impact: 53th percentile (DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
K.J. McDaniels: 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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleShort rotation: 10.3 minutes per game across 49 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 53th percentile
DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
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.
- Scoring17th percentile
4.2 points per game
- Playmaking3th percentile
0.3 assists per game
- Outside shooting41th percentile
- Defensive impact53th percentile
DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding14th percentile
1.7 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Outside shooting41th percentile
Average
- Scoring17th percentile
Very low · 4.2 points per game
- Rebounding14th percentile
Very low · 1.7 rebounds per game
- Playmaking3th percentile
Very low · 0.3 assists per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 51th percentile → 17th percentile (-34) · Playmaking: 42th percentile → 3th percentile (-39) · Rebounding: 47th percentile → 14th percentile (-33)
- 2014-1542th percentile
62 games · 21.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 51th percentile
- Playmaking
- 42th percentile
- Rebounding
- 47th percentile
- 2015-162th percentile
37 games · 6.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 4th percentile
- Playmaking
- 2th percentile
- Rebounding
- 5th percentile
- 2016-173th percentile
49 games · 10.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 17th percentile
- Playmaking
- 3th percentile
- Rebounding
- 14th percentile
Context
2016-17 · 49 games · 10.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 413 measured players in 2016-17 · SportiveWorld own data
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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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This answer
2026-10-13
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