Professional DNA
Brian Taylor: PURE PLAYMAKER
Outside shooting · 1981-82 · 41 games
98
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Brian Taylor?
The evidence
Brian Taylor · Outside shooting: 98th percentile
Brian Taylor: 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
- RoleFeatured starter: 31.1 minutes per game across 41 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 98th percentile
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.
- Scoring59th percentile
10.8 points per game
- Playmaking94th percentile
5.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting98th percentile
- Defensive impact18th percentile
DBPM -1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding32th percentile
2.3 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting98th percentile
Elite ·
- Playmaking94th percentile
Elite · 5.6 assists per game
Limitations
- Rebounding32th percentile
Low · 2.3 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact18th percentile
Very low · DBPM -1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 85th percentile → 59th percentile (-26) · Playmaking: 89th percentile → 94th percentile (+5) · Rebounding: 45th percentile → 32th percentile (-13)
- 1976-7785th percentile
72 games · 34.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 85th percentile
- Playmaking
- 89th percentile
- Rebounding
- 45th percentile
- 1977-7864th percentile
39 games · 31.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 64th percentile
- Playmaking
- 73th percentile
- Rebounding
- 25th percentile
- 1978-7912th percentile
20 games · 10.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 12th percentile
- Playmaking
- 17th percentile
- Rebounding
- 9th percentile
- 1979-8069th percentile
78 games · 35.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 69th percentile
- Playmaking
- 86th percentile
- Rebounding
- 29th percentile
- 1980-8157th percentile
80 games · 28.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 57th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 20th percentile
- 1981-8259th percentile
41 games · 31.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 59th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
Context
1981-82 · 41 games · 31.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 282 measured players in 1981-82 · SportiveWorld own data
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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.
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2026-11-06
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