Professional DNA
Bob Lanier: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1983-84 · 72 games
84
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Bob Lanier?
The evidence
Bob Lanier · Defensive impact: 84th percentile (DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Bob Lanier: what moved most is Scoring
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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
- RoleFull rotation: 27.9 minutes per game across 72 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 84th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 278 players with a sample in 1983-84. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring75th percentile
13.6 points per game
- Playmaking66th percentile
2.6 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact84th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding81th percentile
6.3 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact84th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding81th percentile
Very high · 6.3 rebounds per game
- Scoring75th percentile
Very high · 13.6 points per game
Limitations
No measured axis falls below his league's median. What follows are the limits of the read, not weak spots in the player.
- Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 96th percentile → 75th percentile (-21) · Playmaking: 62th percentile → 66th percentile (+4) · Rebounding: 92th percentile → 81th percentile (-11)
- 1978-7996th percentile
53 games · 34.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 96th percentile
- Playmaking
- 62th percentile
- Rebounding
- 92th percentile
- 1979-8089th percentile
63 games · 33.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 89th percentile
- Playmaking
- 65th percentile
- Rebounding
- 92th percentile
- 1980-8174th percentile
67 games · 26.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 74th percentile
- Playmaking
- 63th percentile
- Rebounding
- 78th percentile
- 1981-8274th percentile
74 games · 26.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 74th percentile
- Playmaking
- 73th percentile
- Rebounding
- 70th percentile
- 1982-8362th percentile
39 games · 25.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 62th percentile
- Playmaking
- 67th percentile
- Rebounding
- 69th percentile
- 1983-8475th percentile
72 games · 27.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 75th percentile
- Playmaking
- 66th percentile
- Rebounding
- 81th percentile
Context
1983-84 · 72 games · 27.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 278 measured players in 1983-84 · 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 1983-84 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-10-12
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