Professional DNA
Michael Jackson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1989-90 · 17 games
95
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Michael Jackson?
The evidence
Michael Jackson · Defensive impact: 95th percentile (DBPM 2.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Michael Jackson: 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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
- RoleShort rotation: 3.4 minutes per game across 17 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 95th percentile
DBPM 2.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 333 players with a sample in 1989-90. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring0th percentile
0.6 points per game
- Playmaking14th percentile
0.5 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact95th percentile
DBPM 2.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding0th percentile
0.4 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact95th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Playmaking14th percentile
Very low · 0.5 assists per game
- Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 0.6 points per game
- Rebounding0th percentile
Very low · 0.4 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: 9th percentile → 0th percentile (-9) · Playmaking: 75th percentile → 14th percentile (-61) · Rebounding: 6th percentile → 0th percentile (-6)
- 1987-8875th percentile
58 games · 13.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 9th percentile
- Playmaking
- 75th percentile
- Rebounding
- 6th percentile
- 1988-8924th percentile
14 games · 5.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 2th percentile
- Playmaking
- 24th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
- 1989-9014th percentile
17 games · 3.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 14th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
Context
1989-90 · 17 games · 3.4 minutes per game · Percentile against 333 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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2026-11-07
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