Professional DNA

Larry Nance Jr.: ROLE PLAYER

Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 35 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2025-26

The question

What kind of player is Larry Nance Jr.?

The evidence

Larry Nance Jr. · Defensive impact: 70th percentile (DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

70 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+20) · 452 players with a sample in 2025-26

Larry Nance Jr.: what moved most is Playmaking

46 percentilcompared against: 76 percentil (-30) · Larry Nance Jr., from 2020-21 to 2021-22

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 areROLE PLAYER
RoleShort rotation: 12.8 minutes per game across 35 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 70th percentile
DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 452 players with a sample in 2025-26. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring12th percentile
3.7 points per game
Playmaking22th percentile
1.0 assists per game
Outside shooting44th percentile
33.3 % from three · 63 attempts
Defensive impact70th percentile
DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding34th percentile
2.7 rebounds per game

Limitations

Outside shooting44th percentile
Average · 33.3 % from three · 63 attempts
Rebounding34th percentile
Low · 2.7 rebounds per game
Playmaking22th percentile
Very low · 1.0 assists per game
Scoring12th percentile
Very low · 3.7 points per game
Availability35/82
missed 47 of his team's games in 2025-26
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Recent change

Scoring: 55th percentile → 12th percentile (-43) · Playmaking: 76th percentile → 22th percentile (-54) · Rebounding: 86th percentile → 34th percentile (-52)

2020-2176th percentile
35 games · 31.2 minutes per game
Scoring
55th percentile
Playmaking
76th percentile
Rebounding
86th percentile
2021-2252th percentile
46 games · 22.6 minutes per game
Scoring
37th percentile
Playmaking
52th percentile
Rebounding
78th percentile
2022-2356th percentile
65 games · 21.2 minutes per game
Scoring
38th percentile
Playmaking
56th percentile
Rebounding
79th percentile
2023-2455th percentile
61 games · 19.9 minutes per game
Scoring
34th percentile
Playmaking
55th percentile
Rebounding
75th percentile
2024-2544th percentile
24 games · 19.3 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
44th percentile
Rebounding
65th percentile
2025-2622th percentile
35 games · 12.8 minutes per game
Scoring
12th percentile
Playmaking
22th percentile
Rebounding
34th percentile

Context

2025-26 · 35 games · 12.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · SportiveWorld own data

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What this does not prove

Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
It portrays the 2025-26 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

Forecast

What is projected for his team next season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

not stated

This answer

2026-10-13

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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