Professional DNA

Nate Thurmond: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1976-77 · 49 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1976-77

The question

What kind of player is Nate Thurmond?

The evidence

Nate Thurmond · Defensive impact: 96th percentile (DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

96 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+46) · 271 players with a sample in 1976-77

Nate Thurmond: what moved most is Scoring

23 percentilcompared against: 72 percentil (-49) · Nate Thurmond, from 1971-72 to 1975-76

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
RoleFull rotation: 20.3 minutes per game across 49 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 96th percentile
DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 271 players with a sample in 1976-77. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring24th percentile
5.5 points per game
Playmaking46th percentile
1.7 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact96th percentile
DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding83th percentile
7.6 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact96th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding83th percentile
Very high · 7.6 rebounds per game

Limitations

Playmaking46th percentile
Average · 1.7 assists per game
Scoring24th percentile
Very low · 5.5 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: 90th percentile → 24th percentile (-66) · Playmaking: 68th percentile → 46th percentile (-22) · Rebounding: 98th percentile → 83th percentile (-15)

1971-7290th percentile
78 games · 43.1 minutes per game
Scoring
90th percentile
Playmaking
68th percentile
Rebounding
98th percentile
1972-7381th percentile
79 games · 43.3 minutes per game
Scoring
81th percentile
Playmaking
75th percentile
Rebounding
99th percentile
1973-7469th percentile
62 games · 39.7 minutes per game
Scoring
69th percentile
Playmaking
65th percentile
Rebounding
98th percentile
1974-7547th percentile
80 games · 34.5 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
85th percentile
Rebounding
95th percentile
1975-7622th percentile
78 games · 17.9 minutes per game
Scoring
22th percentile
Playmaking
34th percentile
Rebounding
72th percentile
1976-7724th percentile
49 games · 20.3 minutes per game
Scoring
24th percentile
Playmaking
46th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile

Context

1976-77 · 49 games · 20.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 271 measured players in 1976-77 · 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 1976-77 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

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Model input

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Computation

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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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