Professional DNA
Paul Thompson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Scoring · 1985-86 · 23 games
42
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Paul Thompson?
The evidence
Paul Thompson · Scoring: 42th percentile (7.8 points per game)
Paul Thompson: what moved most is Rebounding
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: 18.8 minutes per game across 23 games
- What sets them apartScoring · 42th percentile
7.8 points per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 285 players with a sample in 1985-86. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring42th percentile
7.8 points per game
- Playmaking24th percentile
1.0 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact34th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding39th percentile
2.7 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Scoring42th percentile
Average · 7.8 points per game
- Rebounding39th percentile
Low · 2.7 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact34th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking24th percentile
Very low · 1.0 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: 53th percentile → 42th percentile (-11) · Playmaking: 42th percentile → 24th percentile (-18) · Rebounding: 59th percentile → 39th percentile (-20)
- 1983-8459th percentile
82 games · 21.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 53th percentile
- Playmaking
- 42th percentile
- Rebounding
- 59th percentile
- 1984-8548th percentile
49 games · 19.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 51th percentile
- Playmaking
- 42th percentile
- Rebounding
- 48th percentile
- 1985-8639th percentile
23 games · 18.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 42th percentile
- Playmaking
- 24th percentile
- Rebounding
- 39th percentile
Context
1985-86 · 23 games · 18.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 285 measured players in 1985-86 · 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 1985-86 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-06
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