Professional DNA

Sam Perkins: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR

Defensive impact · 2000-01 · 64 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2000-01

The question

What kind of player is Sam Perkins?

The evidence

Sam Perkins · Defensive impact: 80th percentile (DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

80 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+30) · 375 players with a sample in 2000-01

Sam Perkins: what moved most is Scoring

19 percentilcompared against: 51 percentil (-32) · Sam Perkins, from 1995-96 to 2000-01

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 ANCHOR
RoleShort rotation: 15.6 minutes per game across 64 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 80th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 375 players with a sample in 2000-01. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring19th percentile
3.8 points per game
Playmaking20th percentile
0.6 assists per game
Outside shooting75th percentile
Defensive impact80th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding33th percentile
2.6 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact80th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Outside shooting75th percentile
Very high ·

Limitations

Rebounding33th percentile
Low · 2.6 rebounds per game
Playmaking20th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
Scoring19th percentile
Very low · 3.8 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 69th percentile → 19th percentile (-50) · Playmaking: 48th percentile → 20th percentile (-28) · Rebounding: 70th percentile → 33th percentile (-37)

1995-9669th percentile
82 games · 26.5 minutes per game
Scoring
69th percentile
Playmaking
48th percentile
Rebounding
70th percentile
1996-9768th percentile
81 games · 24.4 minutes per game
Scoring
68th percentile
Playmaking
45th percentile
Rebounding
58th percentile
1997-9846th percentile
81 games · 20.7 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
49th percentile
Rebounding
47th percentile
1998-9927th percentile
48 games · 16.4 minutes per game
Scoring
27th percentile
Playmaking
15th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile
1999-0043th percentile
81 games · 20.0 minutes per game
Scoring
43th percentile
Playmaking
24th percentile
Rebounding
52th percentile
2000-0119th percentile
64 games · 15.6 minutes per game
Scoring
19th percentile
Playmaking
20th percentile
Rebounding
33th percentile

Context

2000-01 · 64 games · 15.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 375 measured players in 2000-01 · 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 2000-01 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

2026-10-15

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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