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Paul Westphal: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Playmaking · 1983-84 · 59 games

62

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Paul Westphal
Confidence: lowData through: 1983-84

The question

What kind of player is Paul Westphal?

The evidence

Paul Westphal · Playmaking: 62th percentile (2.5 assists per game)

62 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+12) · 278 players with a sample in 1983-84

Paul Westphal: what moved most is Scoring

38 percentilcompared against: 80 percentil (-42) · Paul Westphal, from 1978-79 to 1983-84

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: 14.7 minutes per game across 59 games
  • What sets them apartPlaymaking · 62th percentile

    2.5 assists per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 278 players with a sample in 1983-84. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring38th percentile

    7.0 points per game

  • Playmaking62th percentile

    2.5 assists per game

  • Outside shootingno data

    no data

  • Defensive impact23th percentile

    DBPM -0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rimno data

    no data

  • Rebounding1th percentile

    0.7 rebounds per game

Limitations

  • Scoring38th percentile

    Low · 7.0 points per game

  • Defensive impact23th percentile

    Very low · DBPM -0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Rebounding1th percentile

    Very low · 0.7 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: 98th percentile → 38th percentile (-60) · Playmaking: 98th percentile → 62th percentile (-36) · Rebounding: 23th percentile → 1th percentile (-22)

  • 1978-7998th percentile

    81 games · 32.6 minutes per game

    Scoring
    98th percentile
    Playmaking
    98th percentile
    Rebounding
    23th percentile
  • 1979-8096th percentile

    82 games · 32.5 minutes per game

    Scoring
    96th percentile
    Playmaking
    92th percentile
    Rebounding
    27th percentile
  • 1980-8183th percentile

    36 games · 29.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    83th percentile
    Playmaking
    84th percentile
    Rebounding
    20th percentile
  • 1981-8266th percentile

    18 games · 25.1 minutes per game

    Scoring
    66th percentile
    Playmaking
    93th percentile
    Rebounding
    9th percentile
  • 1982-8358th percentile

    80 games · 24.7 minutes per game

    Scoring
    58th percentile
    Playmaking
    91th percentile
    Rebounding
    10th percentile
  • 1983-8438th percentile

    59 games · 14.7 minutes per game

    Scoring
    38th percentile
    Playmaking
    62th percentile
    Rebounding
    1th percentile

Context

1983-84 · 59 games · 14.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 278 measured players in 1983-84 · 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 1983-84 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

Where it comes from

Source

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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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