Professional DNA
Michael Cooper: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Outside shooting · 1989-90 · 80 games
84
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Michael Cooper?
The evidence
Michael Cooper · Outside shooting: 84th percentile
Michael Cooper: what moved most is Playmaking
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
- RoleFull rotation: 23.1 minutes per game across 80 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 84th percentile
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 332 players with a sample in 1989-90. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring39th percentile
6.4 points per game
- Playmaking72th percentile
2.7 assists per game
- Outside shooting84th percentile
- Defensive impact81th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding39th percentile
2.8 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting84th percentile
Very high ·
- Defensive impact81th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Scoring39th percentile
Low · 6.4 points per game
- Rebounding39th percentile
Low · 2.8 rebounds per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 48th percentile → 39th percentile (-9) · Playmaking: 89th percentile → 72th percentile (-17) · Rebounding: 46th percentile → 39th percentile (-7)
- 1984-8589th percentile
82 games · 26.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 48th percentile
- Playmaking
- 89th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 1985-8692th percentile
82 games · 27.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 52th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 1986-8785th percentile
82 games · 27.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 58th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 45th percentile
- 1987-8886th percentile
61 games · 29.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 51th percentile
- Playmaking
- 86th percentile
- Rebounding
- 57th percentile
- 1988-8983th percentile
80 games · 24.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 45th percentile
- Playmaking
- 83th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
- 1989-9072th percentile
80 games · 23.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 39th percentile
- Playmaking
- 72th percentile
- Rebounding
- 39th percentile
Context
1989-90 · 80 games · 23.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 332 measured players in 1989-90 · 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 1989-90 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-06
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