Professional DNA

Tom Abernethy: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1980-81 · 39 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1980-81

The question

What kind of player is Tom Abernethy?

The evidence

Tom Abernethy · Defensive impact: 42th percentile (DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

42 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-8) · 271 players with a sample in 1980-81

Tom Abernethy: what moved most is Rebounding

7 percentilcompared against: 48 percentil (-41) · Tom Abernethy, from 1976-77 to 1980-81

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: 7.6 minutes per game across 39 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 42th percentile
DBPM -0.4: 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 1980-81. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring1th percentile
1.6 points per game
Playmaking5th percentile
0.5 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact42th percentile
DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding7th percentile
1.2 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact42th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding7th percentile
Very low · 1.2 rebounds per game
Playmaking5th percentile
Very low · 0.5 assists per game
Scoring1th 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: 32th percentile → 1th percentile (-31) · Playmaking: 38th percentile → 5th percentile (-33) · Rebounding: 59th percentile → 7th percentile (-52)

1976-7759th percentile
70 games · 19.7 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
38th percentile
Rebounding
59th percentile
1977-7848th percentile
73 games · 18.0 minutes per game
Scoring
31th percentile
Playmaking
32th percentile
Rebounding
48th percentile
1978-7945th percentile
70 games · 17.4 minutes per game
Scoring
27th percentile
Playmaking
19th percentile
Rebounding
45th percentile
1979-8039th percentile
67 games · 18.2 minutes per game
Scoring
21th percentile
Playmaking
25th percentile
Rebounding
39th percentile
1980-817th percentile
39 games · 7.6 minutes per game
Scoring
1th percentile
Playmaking
5th percentile
Rebounding
7th percentile

Context

1980-81 · 39 games · 7.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 271 measured players in 1980-81 · 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 1980-81 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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