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Norm Nixon: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Playmaking · 1988-89 · 53 games

92

percentil

Norm Nixon
Confidence: lowData through: 1988-89

The question

What kind of player is Norm Nixon?

The evidence

Norm Nixon · Playmaking: 92th percentile (6.4 assists per game)

92 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+42) · 315 players with a sample in 1988-89

Norm Nixon: what moved most is Scoring

41 percentilcompared against: 81 percentil (-40) · Norm Nixon, from 1981-82 to 1988-89

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
  • RoleFull rotation: 24.9 minutes per game across 53 games
  • What sets them apartPlaymaking · 92th percentile

    6.4 assists per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 315 players with a sample in 1988-89. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring41th percentile

    6.8 points per game

  • Playmaking92th percentile

    6.4 assists per game

  • Outside shootingno data

    no data

  • Defensive impact0th percentile

    DBPM -2.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rimno data

    no data

  • Rebounding17th percentile

    1.5 rebounds per game

Strengths

  • Playmaking92th percentile

    Elite · 6.4 assists per game

Limitations

  • Scoring41th percentile

    Average · 6.8 points per game

  • Rebounding17th percentile

    Very low · 1.5 rebounds per game

  • Defensive impact0th percentile

    Very low · DBPM -2.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Axes without enough sample

    Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim

  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 86th percentile → 41th percentile (-45) · Playmaking: 99th percentile → 92th percentile (-7) · Rebounding: 28th percentile → 17th percentile (-11)

  • 1981-8286th percentile

    82 games · 36.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    86th percentile
    Playmaking
    99th percentile
    Rebounding
    28th percentile
  • 1982-8378th percentile

    79 games · 34.3 minutes per game

    Scoring
    78th percentile
    Playmaking
    97th percentile
    Rebounding
    35th percentile
  • 1983-8483th percentile

    82 games · 37.2 minutes per game

    Scoring
    83th percentile
    Playmaking
    99th percentile
    Rebounding
    37th percentile
  • 1984-8582th percentile

    81 games · 35.7 minutes per game

    Scoring
    82th percentile
    Playmaking
    99th percentile
    Rebounding
    39th percentile
  • 1985-8677th percentile

    67 games · 31.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    77th percentile
    Playmaking
    97th percentile
    Rebounding
    39th percentile
  • 1988-8941th percentile

    53 games · 24.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    41th percentile
    Playmaking
    92th percentile
    Rebounding
    17th percentile

Context

1988-89 · 53 games · 24.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 315 measured players in 1988-89 · 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 1988-89 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

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This answer

2026-10-15

Where this comes from

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