Professional DNA

Louie Nelson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1977-78 · 33 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1977-78

The question

What kind of player is Louie Nelson?

The evidence

Louie Nelson · Defensive impact: 40th percentile (DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

40 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-10) · 256 players with a sample in 1977-78

Louie Nelson: what moved most is Playmaking

16 percentilcompared against: 53 percentil (-37) · Louie Nelson, from 1973-74 to 1976-77

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: 12.3 minutes per game across 33 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 40th percentile
DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 256 players with a sample in 1977-78. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring32th percentile
6.9 points per game
Playmaking16th percentile
1.0 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact40th percentile
DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding11th percentile
1.6 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact40th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Scoring32th percentile
Low · 6.9 points per game
Playmaking16th percentile
Very low · 1.0 assists per game
Rebounding11th percentile
Very low · 1.6 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: 26th percentile → 32th percentile (+6) · Playmaking: 25th percentile → 16th percentile (-9) · Rebounding: 10th percentile → 11th percentile (+1)

1973-7425th percentile
49 games · 11.3 minutes per game
Scoring
26th percentile
Playmaking
25th percentile
Rebounding
10th percentile
1974-7564th percentile
72 games · 26.4 minutes per game
Scoring
67th percentile
Playmaking
64th percentile
Rebounding
36th percentile
1975-7670th percentile
66 games · 30.8 minutes per game
Scoring
72th percentile
Playmaking
70th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile
1976-7716th percentile
4 games · 14.3 minutes per game
Scoring
16th percentile
Playmaking
16th percentile
Rebounding
18th percentile
1977-7816th percentile
33 games · 12.3 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
16th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile

Context

1977-78 · 33 games · 12.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 256 measured players in 1977-78 · SportiveWorld own data

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What this does not prove

Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
It portrays the 1977-78 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

2026-11-06

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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