Professional DNA

Willie Norwood: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1977-78 · 35 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1977-78

The question

What kind of player is Willie Norwood?

The evidence

Willie Norwood · Defensive impact: 53th percentile (DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

53 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+3) · 256 players with a sample in 1977-78

Willie Norwood: what moved most is Scoring

25 percentilcompared against: 43 percentil (-18) · Willie Norwood, from 1972-73 to 1977-78

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: 17.5 minutes per game across 35 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 53th percentile
DBPM 0.0: 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.

Scoring25th percentile
5.7 points per game
Playmaking13th percentile
0.9 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact53th percentile
DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding46th percentile
3.4 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding46th percentile
Average · 3.4 rebounds per game
Scoring25th percentile
Low · 5.7 points per game
Playmaking13th percentile
Very low · 0.9 assists 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: 47th percentile → 25th percentile (-22) · Playmaking: 14th percentile → 13th percentile (-1) · Rebounding: 52th percentile → 46th percentile (-6)

1972-7347th percentile
79 games · 16.2 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
52th percentile
1973-7447th percentile
74 games · 15.9 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
17th percentile
Rebounding
39th percentile
1974-7537th percentile
24 games · 14.5 minutes per game
Scoring
37th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
1975-7641th percentile
64 games · 15.7 minutes per game
Scoring
41th percentile
Playmaking
22th percentile
Rebounding
48th percentile
1976-7743th percentile
76 games · 21.7 minutes per game
Scoring
43th percentile
Playmaking
32th percentile
Rebounding
53th percentile
1977-7825th percentile
35 games · 17.5 minutes per game
Scoring
25th percentile
Playmaking
13th percentile
Rebounding
46th percentile

Context

1977-78 · 35 games · 17.5 minutes per game · Percentile against 256 measured players in 1977-78 · 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 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

not stated

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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