Professional DNA

Doc Rivers: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 1995-96 · 78 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1995-96

The question

What kind of player is Doc Rivers?

The evidence

Doc Rivers · Defensive impact: 99th percentile (DBPM 3.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 361 players with a sample in 1995-96

Doc Rivers: what moved most is Scoring

42 percentilcompared against: 79 percentil (-37) · Doc Rivers, from 1990-91 to 1991-92

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: 15.8 minutes per game across 78 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 99th percentile
DBPM 3.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 361 players with a sample in 1995-96. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring24th percentile
4.0 points per game
Playmaking51th percentile
1.6 assists per game
Outside shooting69th percentile
Defensive impact99th percentile
DBPM 3.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding20th percentile
1.8 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact99th percentile
Elite · DBPM 3.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Scoring24th percentile
Very low · 4.0 points per game
Rebounding20th percentile
Very low · 1.8 rebounds per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 79th percentile → 24th percentile (-55) · Playmaking: 87th percentile → 51th percentile (-36) · Rebounding: 49th percentile → 20th percentile (-29)

1990-9179th percentile
79 games · 32.7 minutes per game
Scoring
79th percentile
Playmaking
87th percentile
Rebounding
49th percentile
1991-9262th percentile
59 games · 28.1 minutes per game
Scoring
62th percentile
Playmaking
85th percentile
Rebounding
33th percentile
1992-9346th percentile
77 games · 24.5 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
91th percentile
Rebounding
34th percentile
1993-9446th percentile
19 games · 26.3 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
93th percentile
Rebounding
24th percentile
1994-9531th percentile
63 games · 15.7 minutes per game
Scoring
31th percentile
Playmaking
69th percentile
Rebounding
18th percentile
1995-9624th percentile
78 games · 15.8 minutes per game
Scoring
24th percentile
Playmaking
51th percentile
Rebounding
20th percentile

Context

1995-96 · 78 games · 15.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 361 measured players in 1995-96 · 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 1995-96 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

2026-11-06

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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