Professional DNA

Quinn Buckner: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1985-86 · 32 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1985-86

The question

What kind of player is Quinn Buckner?

The evidence

Quinn Buckner · Defensive impact: 99th percentile (DBPM 3.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 285 players with a sample in 1985-86

Quinn Buckner: what moved most is Scoring

13 percentilcompared against: 62 percentil (-49) · Quinn Buckner, from 1980-81 to 1983-84

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: 13.1 minutes per game across 32 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 99th percentile
DBPM 3.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 285 players with a sample in 1985-86. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring13th percentile
3.7 points per game
Playmaking69th percentile
2.7 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact99th percentile
DBPM 3.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding17th percentile
1.6 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact99th percentile
Elite · DBPM 3.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Rebounding17th percentile
Very low · 1.6 rebounds per game
Scoring13th percentile
Very low · 3.7 points 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: 69th percentile → 13th percentile (-56) · Playmaking: 89th percentile → 69th percentile (-20) · Rebounding: 50th percentile → 17th percentile (-33)

1980-8169th percentile
82 games · 29.1 minutes per game
Scoring
69th percentile
Playmaking
89th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
1981-8272th percentile
70 games · 30.8 minutes per game
Scoring
72th percentile
Playmaking
88th percentile
Rebounding
54th percentile
1982-8346th percentile
72 games · 21.7 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
83th percentile
Rebounding
35th percentile
1983-8419th percentile
79 games · 15.8 minutes per game
Scoring
19th percentile
Playmaking
68th percentile
Rebounding
18th percentile
1984-856th percentile
75 games · 11.4 minutes per game
Scoring
6th percentile
Playmaking
53th percentile
Rebounding
9th percentile
1985-8613th percentile
32 games · 13.1 minutes per game
Scoring
13th percentile
Playmaking
69th percentile
Rebounding
17th percentile

Context

1985-86 · 32 games · 13.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 285 measured players in 1985-86 · 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 1985-86 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

2026-11-08

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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