Professional DNA
Otis Birdsong: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Playmaking · 1988-89 · 13 games
21
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Otis Birdsong?
The evidence
Otis Birdsong · Playmaking: 21th percentile (0.7 assists per game)
Otis Birdsong: 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
- 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.
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This answer
2026-11-06
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