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Otis Birdsong: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Playmaking · 1988-89 · 13 games

21

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Otis Birdsong
Confidence: lowData through: 1988-89

The question

What kind of player is Otis Birdsong?

The evidence

Otis Birdsong · Playmaking: 21th percentile (0.7 assists per game)

21 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-29) · 316 players with a sample in 1988-89

Otis Birdsong: what moved most is Scoring

13 percentilcompared against: 72 percentil (-59) · Otis Birdsong, from 1983-84 to 1988-89

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
  • RoleShort rotation: 8.3 minutes per game across 13 games
  • What sets them apartPlaymaking · 21th percentile

    0.7 assists per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 316 players with a sample in 1988-89. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring13th percentile

    2.8 points per game

  • Playmaking21th percentile

    0.7 assists per game

  • Outside shootingno data

    no data

  • Defensive impact5th percentile

    DBPM -1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rimno data

    no data

  • Rebounding5th percentile

    1.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

  • Playmaking21th percentile

    Very low · 0.7 assists per game

  • Scoring13th percentile

    Very low · 2.8 points per game

  • Defensive impact5th percentile

    Very low · DBPM -1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Rebounding5th percentile

    Very low · 1.0 rebounds per game

  • Axes without enough sample

    Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim

  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 90th percentile → 13th percentile (-77) · Playmaking: 82th percentile → 21th percentile (-61) · Rebounding: 37th percentile → 5th percentile (-32)

  • 1983-8490th percentile

    69 games · 31.4 minutes per game

    Scoring
    90th percentile
    Playmaking
    82th percentile
    Rebounding
    37th percentile
  • 1984-8591th percentile

    56 games · 32.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    91th percentile
    Playmaking
    83th percentile
    Rebounding
    37th percentile
  • 1985-8682th percentile

    77 games · 31.1 minutes per game

    Scoring
    82th percentile
    Playmaking
    76th percentile
    Rebounding
    37th percentile
  • 1986-8735th percentile

    7 games · 18.1 minutes per game

    Scoring
    35th percentile
    Playmaking
    60th percentile
    Rebounding
    4th percentile
  • 1987-8863th percentile

    67 games · 28.1 minutes per game

    Scoring
    63th percentile
    Playmaking
    77th percentile
    Rebounding
    36th percentile
  • 1988-8913th percentile

    13 games · 8.3 minutes per game

    Scoring
    13th percentile
    Playmaking
    21th percentile
    Rebounding
    5th percentile

Context

1988-89 · 13 games · 8.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 316 measured players in 1988-89 · 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 1988-89 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

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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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