Professional DNA

Ben McDonald: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1988-89 · 11 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1988-89

The question

What kind of player is Ben McDonald?

The evidence

Ben McDonald · Defensive impact: 33th percentile (DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

33 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-17) · 316 players with a sample in 1988-89

Ben McDonald: what moved most is Rebounding

8 percentilcompared against: 42 percentil (-34) · Ben McDonald, from 1985-86 to 1988-89

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: 9.4 minutes per game across 11 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 33th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 316 players with a sample in 1988-89. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring16th percentile
3.2 points per game
Playmaking13th percentile
0.5 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact33th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding8th percentile
1.1 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact33th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Scoring16th percentile
Very low · 3.2 points per game
Playmaking13th percentile
Very low · 0.5 assists per game
Rebounding8th percentile
Very low · 1.1 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: 8th percentile → 16th percentile (+8) · Playmaking: 9th percentile → 13th percentile (+4) · Rebounding: 22th percentile → 8th percentile (-14)

1985-8622th percentile
21 games · 12.7 minutes per game
Scoring
8th percentile
Playmaking
9th percentile
Rebounding
22th percentile
1986-8742th percentile
63 games · 20.4 minutes per game
Scoring
29th percentile
Playmaking
36th percentile
Rebounding
42th percentile
1987-8861th percentile
81 games · 25.2 minutes per game
Scoring
43th percentile
Playmaking
51th percentile
Rebounding
61th percentile
1988-898th percentile
11 games · 9.4 minutes per game
Scoring
16th percentile
Playmaking
13th percentile
Rebounding
8th percentile

Context

1988-89 · 11 games · 9.4 minutes per game · Percentile against 316 measured players in 1988-89 · 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 1988-89 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

What if…?

What happened to his team when he did not play

Career atlas

When his game changed, season by season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

not stated

This answer

2026-11-06

Where this comes from

Season averages · closed season · its clock is the seasonBox scores · closed season · its clock is the season

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