Professional DNA

Mel Counts: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1975-76 · 30 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1975-76

The question

What kind of player is Mel Counts?

The evidence

Mel Counts · Defensive impact: 96th percentile (DBPM 1.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

96 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+46) · 219 players with a sample in 1975-76

Mel Counts: what moved most is Scoring

22 percentilcompared against: 59 percentil (-37) · Mel Counts, from 1970-71 to 1971-72

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: 10.6 minutes per game across 30 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 96th percentile
DBPM 1.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 219 players with a sample in 1975-76. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring11th percentile
3.0 points per game
Playmaking38th percentile
1.3 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact96th percentile
DBPM 1.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding44th percentile
3.3 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact96th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Rebounding44th percentile
Average · 3.3 rebounds per game
Playmaking38th percentile
Low · 1.3 assists per game
Scoring11th percentile
Very low · 3.0 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: 59th percentile → 11th percentile (-48) · Playmaking: 47th percentile → 38th percentile (-9) · Rebounding: 71th percentile → 44th percentile (-27)

1970-7159th percentile
80 games · 20.9 minutes per game
Scoring
59th percentile
Playmaking
47th percentile
Rebounding
71th percentile
1971-7230th percentile
76 games · 11.9 minutes per game
Scoring
30th percentile
Playmaking
40th percentile
Rebounding
47th percentile
1972-7320th percentile
66 games · 10.0 minutes per game
Scoring
20th percentile
Playmaking
24th percentile
Rebounding
49th percentile
1973-7411th percentile
45 games · 11.1 minutes per game
Scoring
11th percentile
Playmaking
30th percentile
Rebounding
42th percentile
1974-7538th percentile
75 games · 18.9 minutes per game
Scoring
38th percentile
Playmaking
62th percentile
Rebounding
73th percentile
1975-7611th percentile
30 games · 10.6 minutes per game
Scoring
11th percentile
Playmaking
38th percentile
Rebounding
44th percentile

Context

1975-76 · 30 games · 10.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 219 measured players in 1975-76 · 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 1975-76 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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