Professional DNA
John Lucas: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 1989-90 · 49 games
88
percentil
The question
What kind of player is John Lucas?
The evidence
John Lucas · Playmaking: 88th percentile (4.9 assists per game)
John Lucas: what moved most is Scoring
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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleShort rotation: 19.1 minutes per game across 49 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 88th percentile
4.9 assists per game
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.
- Scoring35th percentile
5.8 points per game
- Playmaking88th percentile
4.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting81th percentile
- Defensive impact55th percentile
DBPM 0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding22th percentile
1.8 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking88th percentile
Very high · 4.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting81th percentile
Very high ·
Limitations
- Scoring35th percentile
Low · 5.8 points per game
- Rebounding22th percentile
Very low · 1.8 rebounds per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 64th percentile → 35th percentile (-29) · Playmaking: 94th percentile → 88th percentile (-6) · Rebounding: 20th percentile → 22th percentile (+2)
- 1984-8564th percentile
47 games · 24.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 64th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 20th percentile
- 1985-8680th percentile
65 games · 32.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 80th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 31th percentile
- 1986-8785th percentile
43 games · 31.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 85th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 42th percentile
- 1987-8852th percentile
81 games · 21.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 52th percentile
- Playmaking
- 87th percentile
- Rebounding
- 23th percentile
- 1988-8922th percentile
74 games · 11.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 22th percentile
- Playmaking
- 79th percentile
- Rebounding
- 8th percentile
- 1989-9035th percentile
49 games · 19.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 35th percentile
- Playmaking
- 88th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
Context
1989-90 · 49 games · 19.1 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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This answer
2026-11-06
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