Professional DNA
Norm Nixon: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Playmaking · 1988-89 · 53 games
92
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Norm Nixon?
The evidence
Norm Nixon · Playmaking: 92th percentile (6.4 assists per game)
Norm Nixon: what moved most is Scoring
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.
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This answer
2026-10-15
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