Professional DNA
James Wilkes: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1982-83 · 9 games
34
percentil

The question
What kind of player is James Wilkes?
The evidence
James Wilkes · Defensive impact: 34th percentile (DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
James Wilkes: what moved most is Playmaking
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: 14.3 minutes per game across 9 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 34th 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 283 players with a sample in 1982-83. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring15th percentile
3.8 points per game
- Playmaking26th percentile
1.1 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact34th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding27th percentile
2.1 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact34th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding27th percentile
Low · 2.1 rebounds per game
- Playmaking26th percentile
Low · 1.1 assists per game
- Scoring15th percentile
Very low · 3.8 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: 14th percentile → 15th percentile (+1) · Playmaking: 7th percentile → 26th percentile (+19) · Rebounding: 22th percentile → 27th percentile (+5)
- 1980-817th percentile
48 games · 11.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 14th percentile
- Playmaking
- 7th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
- 1981-8226th percentile
57 games · 15.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 28th percentile
- Playmaking
- 26th percentile
- Rebounding
- 40th percentile
- 1982-8326th percentile
9 games · 14.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 15th percentile
- Playmaking
- 26th percentile
- Rebounding
- 27th percentile
Context
1982-83 · 9 games · 14.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 283 measured players in 1982-83 · 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 1982-83 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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