Professional DNA
Ernie Grunfeld: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Outside shooting · 1985-86 · 76 games
99
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Ernie Grunfeld?
The evidence
Ernie Grunfeld · Outside shooting: 99th percentile
Ernie Grunfeld: 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
- RoleShort rotation: 18.4 minutes per game across 76 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 99th percentile
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.
- Scoring29th percentile
5.4 points per game
- Playmaking47th percentile
1.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting99th percentile
- Defensive impact80th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding39th percentile
2.7 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting99th percentile
Elite ·
- Defensive impact80th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Playmaking47th percentile
Average · 1.6 assists per game
- Rebounding39th percentile
Low · 2.7 rebounds per game
- Scoring29th percentile
Low · 5.4 points per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 40th percentile → 29th percentile (-11) · Playmaking: 61th percentile → 47th percentile (-14) · Rebounding: 36th percentile → 39th percentile (+3)
- 1980-8161th percentile
79 games · 20.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 40th percentile
- Playmaking
- 61th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 1981-8279th percentile
81 games · 23.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 72th percentile
- Playmaking
- 79th percentile
- Rebounding
- 30th percentile
- 1982-8345th percentile
77 games · 18.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 30th percentile
- Playmaking
- 45th percentile
- Rebounding
- 27th percentile
- 1983-8439th percentile
76 games · 14.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 28th percentile
- Playmaking
- 39th percentile
- Rebounding
- 14th percentile
- 1984-8539th percentile
69 games · 15.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 39th percentile
- Playmaking
- 39th percentile
- Rebounding
- 27th percentile
- 1985-8647th percentile
76 games · 18.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 29th percentile
- Playmaking
- 47th percentile
- Rebounding
- 39th percentile
Context
1985-86 · 76 games · 18.4 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.
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This answer
2026-11-06
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