Professional DNA
Carl Thomas: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Defensive impact · 1997-98 · 43 games
82
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Carl Thomas?
The evidence
Carl Thomas · Defensive impact: 82th percentile (DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Carl Thomas: 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 areDEFENSIVE ANCHOR
- RoleShort rotation: 9.9 minutes per game across 43 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 82th percentile
DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 369 players with a sample in 1997-98. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring17th percentile
3.4 points per game
- Playmaking8th percentile
0.4 assists per game
- Outside shooting77th percentile
- Defensive impact82th percentile
DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding7th percentile
1.1 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact82th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Outside shooting77th percentile
Very high ·
Limitations
- Scoring17th percentile
Very low · 3.4 points per game
- Playmaking8th percentile
Very low · 0.4 assists per game
- Rebounding7th percentile
Very low · 1.1 rebounds per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 67th percentile → 17th percentile (-50) · Playmaking: 31th percentile → 8th percentile (-23) · Rebounding: 0th percentile → 7th percentile (+7)
- 1991-9267th percentile
1 games · 31.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 67th percentile
- Playmaking
- 31th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
- 1996-970th percentile
19 games · 4.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 10th percentile
- Rebounding
- 2th percentile
- 1997-9817th percentile
43 games · 9.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 17th percentile
- Playmaking
- 8th percentile
- Rebounding
- 7th percentile
Context
1997-98 · 43 games · 9.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 369 measured players in 1997-98 · 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 1997-98 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-08
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