Professional DNA
Don Nelson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Scoring · 1975-76 · 75 games
37
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Don Nelson?
The evidence
Don Nelson · Scoring: 37th percentile (6.4 points per game)
Don Nelson: what moved most is Rebounding
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: 12.6 minutes per game across 75 games
- What sets them apartScoring · 37th percentile
6.4 points per game
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.
- Scoring37th percentile
6.4 points per game
- Playmaking28th percentile
1.0 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact37th percentile
DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding27th percentile
2.4 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Scoring37th percentile
Low · 6.4 points per game
- Defensive impact37th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking28th percentile
Low · 1.0 assists per game
- Rebounding27th percentile
Low · 2.4 rebounds 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: 70th percentile → 37th percentile (-33) · Playmaking: 51th percentile → 28th percentile (-23) · Rebounding: 75th percentile → 27th percentile (-48)
- 1970-7175th percentile
82 games · 27.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 70th percentile
- Playmaking
- 51th percentile
- Rebounding
- 75th percentile
- 1971-7271th percentile
82 games · 25.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 72th percentile
- Playmaking
- 59th percentile
- Rebounding
- 71th percentile
- 1972-7357th percentile
72 games · 19.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 61th percentile
- Playmaking
- 35th percentile
- Rebounding
- 57th percentile
- 1973-7456th percentile
82 games · 21.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 64th percentile
- Playmaking
- 47th percentile
- Rebounding
- 56th percentile
- 1974-7573th percentile
79 games · 26.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 78th percentile
- Playmaking
- 60th percentile
- Rebounding
- 73th percentile
- 1975-7627th percentile
75 games · 12.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 37th percentile
- Playmaking
- 28th percentile
- Rebounding
- 27th percentile
Context
1975-76 · 75 games · 12.6 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.
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This answer
2026-11-06
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