Professional DNA
Earl Jones: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1985-86 · 12 games
28
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Earl Jones?
The evidence
Earl Jones · Defensive impact: 28th percentile (DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
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: 3.6 minutes per game across 12 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 28th percentile
DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 286 players with a sample in 1985-86. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring1th percentile
1.1 points per game
- Playmaking5th percentile
0.3 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact28th percentile
DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding2th percentile
0.8 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact28th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking5th percentile
Very low · 0.3 assists per game
- Rebounding2th percentile
Very low · 0.8 rebounds per game
- Scoring1th percentile
Very low · 1.1 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: 0th percentile → 1th percentile (+1) · Playmaking: 0th percentile → 5th percentile (+5) · Rebounding: 0th percentile → 2th percentile (+2)
- 1984-850th percentile
2 games · 3.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 0th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
- 1985-865th percentile
12 games · 3.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 1th percentile
- Playmaking
- 5th percentile
- Rebounding
- 2th percentile
Context
1985-86 · 12 games · 3.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 286 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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2026-11-06
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