Professional DNA

Sam Williams: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1984-85 · 46 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1984-85

The question

What kind of player is Sam Williams?

The evidence

Sam Williams · Defensive impact: 64th percentile (DBPM 0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

64 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+14) · 285 players with a sample in 1984-85

Sam Williams: what moved most is Rebounding

29 percentilcompared against: 68 percentil (-39) · Sam Williams, from 1981-82 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: 10.6 minutes per game across 46 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 64th percentile
DBPM 0.4: 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.

Scoring11th percentile
3.1 points per game
Playmaking0th percentile
0.2 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact64th percentile
DBPM 0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding29th percentile
2.3 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding29th percentile
Low · 2.3 rebounds per game
Scoring11th percentile
Very low · 3.1 points per game
Playmaking0th percentile
Very low · 0.2 assists 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: 33th percentile → 11th percentile (-22) · Playmaking: 9th percentile → 0th percentile (-9) · Rebounding: 70th percentile → 29th percentile (-41)

1981-8270th percentile
59 games · 18.2 minutes per game
Scoring
33th percentile
Playmaking
9th percentile
Rebounding
70th percentile
1982-8369th percentile
75 games · 20.4 minutes per game
Scoring
49th percentile
Playmaking
7th percentile
Rebounding
69th percentile
1983-8466th percentile
77 games · 18.6 minutes per game
Scoring
36th percentile
Playmaking
17th percentile
Rebounding
66th percentile
1984-8529th percentile
46 games · 10.6 minutes per game
Scoring
11th percentile
Playmaking
0th percentile
Rebounding
29th percentile

Context

1984-85 · 46 games · 10.6 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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