Professional DNA
Boris Diaw: ROLE PLAYER
Playmaking · 2016-17 · 73 games
71
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Boris Diaw?
The evidence
Boris Diaw · Playmaking: 71th percentile (2.3 assists per game)
Boris Diaw: 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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleShort rotation: 17.6 minutes per game across 73 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 71th percentile
2.3 assists per game
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.
- Scoring20th percentile
4.6 points per game
- Playmaking71th percentile
2.3 assists per game
- Outside shooting32th percentile
- Defensive impact43th percentile
DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim52th percentile
61.1 % · 126 attempts
- Rebounding23th percentile
2.2 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact43th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Outside shooting32th percentile
Low
- Rebounding23th percentile
Very low · 2.2 rebounds per game
- Scoring20th percentile
Very low · 4.6 points per game
Recent change
Scoring: 42th percentile → 20th percentile (-22) · Playmaking: 85th percentile → 71th percentile (-14) · Rebounding: 75th percentile → 23th percentile (-52)
- 2011-1275th percentile
57 games · 25.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 42th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 75th percentile
- 2012-1354th percentile
75 games · 22.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 36th percentile
- Playmaking
- 70th percentile
- Rebounding
- 54th percentile
- 2013-1463th percentile
79 games · 25.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 57th percentile
- Playmaking
- 76th percentile
- Rebounding
- 63th percentile
- 2014-1564th percentile
81 games · 24.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 56th percentile
- Playmaking
- 77th percentile
- Rebounding
- 64th percentile
- 2015-1645th percentile
76 games · 18.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 38th percentile
- Playmaking
- 70th percentile
- Rebounding
- 45th percentile
- 2016-1723th percentile
73 games · 17.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 20th percentile
- Playmaking
- 71th percentile
- Rebounding
- 23th percentile
Context
2016-17 · 73 games · 17.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 413 measured players in 2016-17 · 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 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
2026-10-14
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