Professional DNA
Sam Cassell: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 2007-08 · 55 games
86
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Sam Cassell?
The evidence
Sam Cassell · Playmaking: 86th percentile (3.9 assists per game)
Sam Cassell: what moved most is Rebounding
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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleFull rotation: 23.2 minutes per game across 55 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 86th percentile
3.9 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 385 players with a sample in 2007-08. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring69th percentile
11.2 points per game
- Playmaking86th percentile
3.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting55th percentile
- Defensive impact27th percentile
DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim3th percentile
44.4 % · 63 attempts
- Rebounding32th percentile
2.5 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking86th percentile
Very high · 3.9 assists per game
Limitations
- Rebounding32th percentile
Low · 2.5 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact27th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim3th percentile
Very low · 44.4 % · 63 attempts
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 92th percentile → 69th percentile (-23) · Playmaking: 96th percentile → 86th percentile (-10) · Rebounding: 63th percentile → 32th percentile (-31)
- 2002-0363th percentile
78 games · 34.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 92th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 63th percentile
- 2003-0446th percentile
81 games · 35.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 94th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 2004-0536th percentile
59 games · 25.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 79th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 2005-0658th percentile
78 games · 34.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 89th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 58th percentile
- 2006-0743th percentile
58 games · 24.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 74th percentile
- Playmaking
- 91th percentile
- Rebounding
- 43th percentile
- 2007-0832th percentile
55 games · 23.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 69th percentile
- Playmaking
- 86th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
Context
2007-08 · 55 games · 23.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 385 measured players in 2007-08 · 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 2007-08 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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