Professional DNA

Tom Burleson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Rebounding · 1980-81 · 31 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1980-81

The question

What kind of player is Tom Burleson?

The evidence

Tom Burleson · Rebounding: 42th percentile (3.0 rebounds per game)

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

Tom Burleson: what moved most is Scoring

6 percentilcompared against: 56 percentil (-50) · Tom Burleson, from 1975-76 to 1979-80

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: 11.7 minutes per game across 31 games
What sets them apartRebounding · 42th percentile
3.0 rebounds per game

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.

Scoring9th percentile
3.3 points per game
Playmaking3th percentile
0.4 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact34th percentile
DBPM -0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding42th percentile
3.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding42th percentile
Average · 3.0 rebounds per game
Defensive impact34th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Scoring9th percentile
Very low · 3.3 points per game
Playmaking3th percentile
Very low · 0.4 assists 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: 81th percentile → 9th percentile (-72) · Playmaking: 63th percentile → 3th percentile (-60) · Rebounding: 89th percentile → 42th percentile (-47)

1975-7681th percentile
82 games · 32.3 minutes per game
Scoring
81th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
89th percentile
1976-7757th percentile
82 games · 22.0 minutes per game
Scoring
57th percentile
Playmaking
26th percentile
Rebounding
78th percentile
1977-7845th percentile
76 games · 20.1 minutes per game
Scoring
45th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
75th percentile
1978-7942th percentile
56 games · 16.6 minutes per game
Scoring
42th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
67th percentile
1979-803th percentile
37 games · 7.4 minutes per game
Scoring
3th percentile
Playmaking
2th percentile
Rebounding
18th percentile
1980-819th percentile
31 games · 11.7 minutes per game
Scoring
9th percentile
Playmaking
3th percentile
Rebounding
42th percentile

Context

1980-81 · 31 games · 11.7 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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