Sport measures performance.We structure understanding.
PBL TRACE is the structured infrastructure that unifies potential, performance, context, documentation and recognition into a single governed ecosystem for player evaluation.
IMA · 2012 Generation
Michel Martín
Guard · 17 yo · Club Basket Porto IMA
PLAYER
53
COMBINE
55
GAME
51
PLAYER
53
COMBINE RADAR
GAME RADAR
High-impact decisions on incomplete systems.
Modern player evaluation is fragmented across silos, formats and institutions. TRACE introduces structure before intelligence.
Problem 01
Statistics in isolation
Stats live in silos with no standardized governance.
Problem 02
Development unstructured
Physical and technical progress rarely tracked across seasons.
Problem 03
Context ignored
Life events and injuries never connect to performance.
Problem 04
Documentation scattered
Reports and footage spread across drives, never linked.
Problem 05
Recognition subjective
Career narrative self-promoted, not verifiable.
The answer
TRACE introduces structure before intelligence.
Governance, integrity and standardization come first.
Potential. Performance. Context. Measured. Comparable. Traceable.
01 / PILLAR
Potential
COMBINE TEST"Long-term value lies in progression."
- · Standardized combine protocols
- · Physical benchmarking
- · Technical checkpoints
- · Progression curves
02 / PILLAR
Performance
GAME STATS"The visible layer of evaluation."
- · Validated stat ingestion
- · Game Rating engine
- · Player Rating aggregation
- · Audit logs
03 / PILLAR
Context
PLAYER TIMELINE"A player exists in a dynamic environment."
- · Governed timeline track
- · Categorized event types
- · Institutional ownership
- · Documentary evidence
Three ratings. One scale. Generational percentiles. Pro benchmarks.
Combine, Game and Player ratings on the same 0–100 scale. Player Rating is the simple average of Combine and Game. Each rating is normalized against the cohort of the player's own generation, and can be visualized against fifteen years of EuroLeague and NBA reference profiles.
03.1 / Potential & generational percentiles
Combine Rating.
Standardized testing, compared against the player's own generation.
- ·8-axis: anthro, reaction, handle, shoot, agility, speed, power, function.
- ·Normalized 0–100 against the same generation cohort.
- ·A 17yo is compared only against other 17yo, never against adults.
- ·Progression across sessions surfaces real development curves.
03.2 / Performance in context
Game Rating.
On-court production analyzed by season, category and generation.
- ·5 axes: scoring, defense, decision, playmaking, 3PT efficiency.
- ·Validated ingestion of official stats, never self-reported.
- ·Own baseline per season, category and generation.
- ·Context-aware: same numbers mean different things by competition.
03.3 / Player rating and tier system
One number. Six tiers.
Player Rating is the simple average of Combine and Game. Each value lands on a tier calibrated by cohort and category.
Player
53
Combine
55
Game
51
- ·Player Rating = (Combine + Game) ÷ 2.
- ·Six tiers: Poor, Low, Avg, Good, Pro, Elite.
- ·Boundaries calibrated by percentile within generation and adjusted per category.
- ·The tier badge surfaces in-product: one shared evaluation language across the system.
A governed professional record. Not a social feed.
Every event in a player's career. A combine session, a game, an injury, a transfer, an award. Anchored chronologically on a single spine. Institutional ownership, attached evidence, strict permissions.
Player timeline · 2025-26
Sample
- MAY 02·GAME
vs Real Madrid CMA · W 78-71
18 PTS / 5 AST71 - APR 18·COMBINE
Spring combine session
Vertical, sprint, agility+3.2 - MAR 26·INSTITUTIONAL
U18 national team call-up
Federation roster - FEB 11·HEALTH
Ankle sprain · cleared
Restricted access - JAN 30·DEVELOPMENT
MVP · regional tournament
Player owns. Institutions contribute. The system guarantees.
The Player controls
- · Identity and profile
- · Visibility permissions
- · Institutional relationships
- · Personal context and narrative
Institutions contribute
- · Game statistics (validated)
- · Combine sessions
- · Institutional events
- · Documentary evidence
- · Media & docs library
The System guarantees
- · Methodological integrity
- · Rating calculation rules
- · Cohort and percentile logic
- · Audit trail of every change
One system. Five vantage points.
TRACE is a different product depending on where you stand. Every role gets a structured set of capabilities that maps to their real workflow.
6.1 · For the player
01 / 05
For the player.
A structured, verifiable, portable record of your career.
Strategic value
- ·You own your career identity, not the clubs you have passed through.
- ·Your data and milestones move with you across clubs, federations and countries.
- ·Your visibility is yours to decide, never assumed by an institution.
Functional capabilities
- ·Approve or reject every institutional relationship before it activates.
- ·Track your own C-RAM and Player Rating progression across seasons.
- ·Attach personal media and context, governed under your own permissions.
Once data is structured, intelligence becomes meaningful.
AI
Improvement patterns
Detect progression trends, identify stagnation, highlight accelerated growth.
AI
Metrics correlation
Which physical metrics impact performance most. Which technical attributes correlate with efficiency.
AI
Load management
Visualize accumulated load across minutes, intensity, training and combine results.
AI
Benchmarking at scale
Map any player against the historical professional database with one click.
TRACE is the athlete's operating system. Partners plug in under governance.
01
Tier
Partner
Add structured data to the player dashboard. Display external metrics within TRACE.
02
Tier
Partner Pro
All of Partner plus integration into TRACE AI models for risk and recovery.
03
Tier
Partner Elite
Highest level. Data feeds directly into rating models under governed rules.
The institutions building this with us.
Selected institutional discussions in progress. Named partners and logos announced as integrations advance.