Professional DNA

Bernard Thompson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1988-89 · 23 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1988-89

The question

What kind of player is Bernard Thompson?

The evidence

Bernard Thompson · Defensive impact: 83th percentile (DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

83 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+33) · 315 players with a sample in 1988-89

Bernard Thompson: what moved most is Playmaking

26 percentilcompared against: 42 percentil (-16) · Bernard Thompson, from 1984-85 to 1986-87

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: 9.7 minutes per game across 23 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 83th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

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.

Scoring12th percentile
2.7 points per game
Playmaking17th percentile
0.6 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact83th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding11th percentile
1.2 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact83th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking17th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
Scoring12th percentile
Very low · 2.7 points per game
Rebounding11th percentile
Very low · 1.2 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: 12th percentile → 12th percentile (0) · Playmaking: 25th percentile → 17th percentile (-8) · Rebounding: 10th percentile → 11th percentile (+1)

1984-8525th percentile
59 games · 9.1 minutes per game
Scoring
12th percentile
Playmaking
25th percentile
Rebounding
10th percentile
1985-8659th percentile
61 games · 21.0 minutes per game
Scoring
47th percentile
Playmaking
59th percentile
Rebounding
34th percentile
1986-8720th percentile
24 games · 13.8 minutes per game
Scoring
22th percentile
Playmaking
20th percentile
Rebounding
8th percentile
1987-8842th percentile
37 games · 15.3 minutes per game
Scoring
24th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
26th percentile
1988-8917th percentile
23 games · 9.7 minutes per game
Scoring
12th percentile
Playmaking
17th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile

Context

1988-89 · 23 games · 9.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 315 measured players in 1988-89 · 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 1988-89 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

not stated

Computation

not stated

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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