Professional DNA

John Salley: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1999-00 · 45 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1999-00

The question

What kind of player is John Salley?

The evidence

John Salley · Defensive impact: 98th percentile (DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

98 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+48) · 378 players with a sample in 1999-00

John Salley: what moved most is Rebounding

8 percentilcompared against: 69 percentil (-61) · John Salley, from 1991-92 to 1999-00

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: 6.7 minutes per game across 45 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 98th percentile
DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 378 players with a sample in 1999-00. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring2th percentile
1.6 points per game
Playmaking18th percentile
0.6 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact98th percentile
DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding8th percentile
1.4 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact98th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking18th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
Rebounding8th percentile
Very low · 1.4 rebounds per game
Scoring2th percentile
Very low · 1.6 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: 54th percentile → 2th percentile (-52) · Playmaking: 47th percentile → 18th percentile (-29) · Rebounding: 64th percentile → 8th percentile (-56)

1991-9264th percentile
72 games · 24.6 minutes per game
Scoring
54th percentile
Playmaking
47th percentile
Rebounding
64th percentile
1992-9383th percentile
51 games · 27.9 minutes per game
Scoring
50th percentile
Playmaking
47th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile
1993-9477th percentile
76 games · 25.1 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
53th percentile
Rebounding
77th percentile
1994-9569th percentile
75 games · 26.1 minutes per game
Scoring
45th percentile
Playmaking
50th percentile
Rebounding
69th percentile
1995-9652th percentile
42 games · 16.0 minutes per game
Scoring
26th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
52th percentile
1999-008th percentile
45 games · 6.7 minutes per game
Scoring
2th percentile
Playmaking
18th percentile
Rebounding
8th percentile

Context

1999-00 · 45 games · 6.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 378 measured players in 1999-00 · 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 1999-00 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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