Professional DNA

Sonny Parker: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1981-82 · 71 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1981-82

The question

What kind of player is Sonny Parker?

The evidence

Sonny Parker · Defensive impact: 72th percentile (DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

72 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+22) · 282 players with a sample in 1981-82

Sonny Parker: what moved most is Playmaking

35 percentilcompared against: 54 percentil (-19) · Sonny Parker, from 1976-77 to 1980-81

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: 12.7 minutes per game across 71 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 72th 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 282 players with a sample in 1981-82. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring17th percentile
3.9 points per game
Playmaking35th percentile
1.3 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact72th percentile
DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding33th percentile
2.5 rebounds per game

Limitations

Playmaking35th percentile
Low · 1.3 assists per game
Rebounding33th percentile
Low · 2.5 rebounds per game
Scoring17th percentile
Very low · 3.9 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: 27th percentile → 17th percentile (-10) · Playmaking: 20th percentile → 35th percentile (+15) · Rebounding: 34th percentile → 33th percentile (-1)

1976-7720th percentile
65 games · 13.7 minutes per game
Scoring
27th percentile
Playmaking
20th percentile
Rebounding
34th percentile
1977-7845th percentile
82 games · 25.2 minutes per game
Scoring
62th percentile
Playmaking
45th percentile
Rebounding
65th percentile
1978-7978th percentile
79 games · 36.6 minutes per game
Scoring
74th percentile
Playmaking
78th percentile
Rebounding
74th percentile
1979-8071th percentile
82 games · 34.7 minutes per game
Scoring
75th percentile
Playmaking
71th percentile
Rebounding
71th percentile
1980-8134th percentile
73 games · 18.0 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
34th percentile
Rebounding
38th percentile
1981-8235th percentile
71 games · 12.7 minutes per game
Scoring
17th percentile
Playmaking
35th percentile
Rebounding
33th percentile

Context

1981-82 · 71 games · 12.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 282 measured players in 1981-82 · 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 1981-82 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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