Professional DNA

Alvin Scott: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1984-85 · 77 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1984-85

The question

What kind of player is Alvin Scott?

The evidence

Alvin Scott · Defensive impact: 77th percentile (DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

77 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+27) · 285 players with a sample in 1984-85

Alvin Scott: what moved most is Playmaking

42 percentilcompared against: 29 percentil (+13) · Alvin Scott, from 1979-80 to 1984-85

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: 16.1 minutes per game across 77 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 77th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 285 players with a sample in 1984-85. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring15th percentile
3.6 points per game
Playmaking42th percentile
1.6 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact77th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding26th percentile
2.1 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact77th percentile
Very high · DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking42th percentile
Average · 1.6 assists per game
Rebounding26th percentile
Low · 2.1 rebounds per game
Scoring15th percentile
Very low · 3.6 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: 13th percentile → 15th percentile (+2) · Playmaking: 23th percentile → 42th percentile (+19) · Rebounding: 39th percentile → 26th percentile (-13)

1979-8023th percentile
79 games · 16.5 minutes per game
Scoring
13th percentile
Playmaking
23th percentile
Rebounding
39th percentile
1980-8130th percentile
82 games · 17.4 minutes per game
Scoring
26th percentile
Playmaking
30th percentile
Rebounding
46th percentile
1981-8249th percentile
81 games · 21.5 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
49th percentile
Rebounding
54th percentile
1982-8328th percentile
81 games · 14.1 minutes per game
Scoring
18th percentile
Playmaking
28th percentile
Rebounding
39th percentile
1983-8414th percentile
65 games · 11.3 minutes per game
Scoring
8th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
13th percentile
1984-8542th percentile
77 games · 16.1 minutes per game
Scoring
15th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
26th percentile

Context

1984-85 · 77 games · 16.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 285 measured players in 1984-85 · 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 1984-85 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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