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Don Buse: ROLE PLAYER

Outside shooting · 1984-85 · 65 games

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Don Buse
Confidence: lowData through: 1984-85

The question

What kind of player is Don Buse?

The evidence

Don Buse · Outside shooting: 97th percentile

97 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+47) · 285 players with a sample in 1984-85

Don Buse: what moved most is Rebounding

8 percentilcompared against: 29 percentil (-21) · Don Buse, from 1979-80 to 1982-83

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 areROLE PLAYER
  • RoleShort rotation: 14.4 minutes per game across 65 games
  • What sets them apartOutside shooting · 97th percentile

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 285 players with a sample in 1984-85. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring13th percentile

    3.4 points per game

  • Playmaking75th percentile

    3.1 assists per game

  • Outside shooting97th percentile
  • Defensive impact47th percentile

    DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rimno data

    no data

  • Rebounding4th percentile

    0.9 rebounds per game

Strengths

  • Outside shooting97th percentile

    Elite ·

  • Playmaking75th percentile

    Very high · 3.1 assists per game

Limitations

  • Defensive impact47th percentile

    Average · DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Scoring13th percentile

    Very low · 3.4 points per game

  • Rebounding4th percentile

    Very low · 0.9 rebounds per game

  • Axes without enough sample

    Finishing at the rim

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

Recent change

Scoring: 39th percentile → 13th percentile (-26) · Playmaking: 81th percentile → 75th percentile (-6) · Rebounding: 39th percentile → 4th percentile (-35)

  • 1979-8039th percentile

    81 games · 30.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    39th percentile
    Playmaking
    81th percentile
    Rebounding
    39th percentile
  • 1980-8111th percentile

    58 games · 18.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    24th percentile
    Playmaking
    56th percentile
    Rebounding
    11th percentile
  • 1981-8237th percentile

    82 games · 30.8 minutes per game

    Scoring
    53th percentile
    Playmaking
    90th percentile
    Rebounding
    37th percentile
  • 1982-838th percentile

    41 games · 15.7 minutes per game

    Scoring
    24th percentile
    Playmaking
    69th percentile
    Rebounding
    8th percentile
  • 1983-8413th percentile

    76 games · 17.5 minutes per game

    Scoring
    26th percentile
    Playmaking
    84th percentile
    Rebounding
    13th percentile
  • 1984-854th percentile

    65 games · 14.4 minutes per game

    Scoring
    13th percentile
    Playmaking
    75th percentile
    Rebounding
    4th percentile

Context

1984-85 · 65 games · 14.4 minutes per game · Percentile against 285 measured players in 1984-85 · 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 1984-85 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

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