Professional DNA

Earl Cureton: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1996-97 · 9 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1996-97

The question

What kind of player is Earl Cureton?

The evidence

Earl Cureton · Defensive impact: 26th percentile (DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

26 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-24) · 374 players with a sample in 1996-97

Earl Cureton: what moved most is Rebounding

5 percentilcompared against: 71 percentil (-66) · Earl Cureton, from 1986-87 to 1996-97

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: 5.1 minutes per game across 9 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 26th percentile
DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 374 players with a sample in 1996-97. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring0th percentile
0.8 points per game
Playmaking10th percentile
0.4 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact26th percentile
DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding5th percentile
1.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact26th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Playmaking10th percentile
Very low · 0.4 assists per game
Rebounding5th percentile
Very low · 1.0 rebounds per game
Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 0.8 points 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: 41th percentile → 0th percentile (-41) · Playmaking: 46th percentile → 10th percentile (-36) · Rebounding: 77th percentile → 5th percentile (-72)

1986-8777th percentile
78 games · 25.3 minutes per game
Scoring
41th percentile
Playmaking
46th percentile
Rebounding
77th percentile
1987-8859th percentile
69 games · 16.3 minutes per game
Scoring
19th percentile
Playmaking
23th percentile
Rebounding
59th percentile
1988-8978th percentile
82 games · 25.0 minutes per game
Scoring
38th percentile
Playmaking
48th percentile
Rebounding
78th percentile
1990-9159th percentile
9 games · 17.7 minutes per game
Scoring
5th percentile
Playmaking
6th percentile
Rebounding
59th percentile
1993-9482th percentile
2 games · 15.0 minutes per game
Scoring
4th percentile
Playmaking
0th percentile
Rebounding
82th percentile
1996-975th percentile
9 games · 5.1 minutes per game
Scoring
0th percentile
Playmaking
10th percentile
Rebounding
5th percentile

Context

1996-97 · 9 games · 5.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 374 measured players in 1996-97 · 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 1996-97 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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