Professional DNA

Earl Tatum: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1979-80 · 33 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1979-80

The question

What kind of player is Earl Tatum?

The evidence

Earl Tatum · Defensive impact: 77th percentile (DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

77 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+27) · 253 players with a sample in 1979-80

Earl Tatum: what moved most is Scoring

3 percentilcompared against: 57 percentil (-54) · Earl Tatum, from 1976-77 to 1979-80

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: 6.8 minutes per game across 33 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 77th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 253 players with a sample in 1979-80. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring3th percentile
2.6 points per game
Playmaking5th percentile
0.6 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact77th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding2th percentile
0.8 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact77th percentile
Very high · DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking5th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
Scoring3th percentile
Very low · 2.6 points per game
Rebounding2th percentile
Very low · 0.8 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: 56th percentile → 3th percentile (-53) · Playmaking: 46th percentile → 5th percentile (-41) · Rebounding: 50th percentile → 2th percentile (-48)

1976-7756th percentile
68 games · 18.4 minutes per game
Scoring
56th percentile
Playmaking
46th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
1977-7875th percentile
82 games · 30.8 minutes per game
Scoring
75th percentile
Playmaking
76th percentile
Rebounding
48th percentile
1978-7941th percentile
79 games · 15.6 minutes per game
Scoring
41th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
15th percentile
1979-803th percentile
33 games · 6.8 minutes per game
Scoring
3th percentile
Playmaking
5th percentile
Rebounding
2th percentile

Context

1979-80 · 33 games · 6.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 253 measured players in 1979-80 · 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 1979-80 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

2026-11-08

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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