Professional DNA
Norm Van Lier: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1978-79 · 38 games
95
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Norm Van Lier?
The evidence
Norm Van Lier · Defensive impact: 95th percentile (DBPM 1.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Norm Van Lier: 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
- RoleShort rotation: 14.6 minutes per game across 38 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 95th percentile
DBPM 1.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 257 players with a sample in 1978-79. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring5th percentile
2.8 points per game
- Playmaking82th percentile
4.2 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact95th percentile
DBPM 1.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding5th percentile
1.1 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact95th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking82th percentile
Very high · 4.2 assists per game
Limitations
- Scoring5th percentile
Very low · 2.8 points per game
- Rebounding5th percentile
Very low · 1.1 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: 74th percentile → 5th percentile (-69) · Playmaking: 97th percentile → 82th percentile (-15) · Rebounding: 62th percentile → 5th percentile (-57)
- 1973-7474th percentile
80 games · 35.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 74th percentile
- Playmaking
- 97th percentile
- Rebounding
- 62th percentile
- 1974-7581th percentile
70 games · 37.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 81th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 63th percentile
- 1975-7672th percentile
76 games · 39.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 72th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 73th percentile
- 1976-7760th percentile
82 games · 37.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 60th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 62th percentile
- 1977-7834th percentile
78 games · 32.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 34th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 48th percentile
- 1978-795th percentile
38 games · 14.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 5th percentile
- Playmaking
- 82th percentile
- Rebounding
- 5th percentile
Context
1978-79 · 38 games · 14.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 257 measured players in 1978-79 · 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 1978-79 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
2026-10-13
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