Professional DNA

Jim Ard: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1977-78 · 15 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1977-78

The question

What kind of player is Jim Ard?

The evidence

Jim Ard · Defensive impact: 31th percentile (DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

31 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-19) · 257 players with a sample in 1977-78

Jim Ard: what moved most is Rebounding

24 percentilcompared against: 52 percentil (-28) · Jim Ard, from 1974-75 to 1977-78

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: 8.3 minutes per game across 15 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 31th percentile
DBPM -0.5: 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 1977-78. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring0th percentile
1.3 points per game
Playmaking3th percentile
0.5 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact31th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding24th percentile
2.4 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact31th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding24th percentile
Very low · 2.4 rebounds per game
Playmaking3th percentile
Very low · 0.5 assists per game
Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 1.3 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: 17th percentile → 0th percentile (-17) · Playmaking: 14th percentile → 3th percentile (-11) · Rebounding: 44th percentile → 24th percentile (-20)

1974-7544th percentile
59 games · 12.2 minutes per game
Scoring
17th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
44th percentile
1975-7648th percentile
81 games · 10.5 minutes per game
Scoring
15th percentile
Playmaking
12th percentile
Rebounding
48th percentile
1976-7764th percentile
63 games · 15.4 minutes per game
Scoring
10th percentile
Playmaking
16th percentile
Rebounding
64th percentile
1977-7824th percentile
15 games · 8.3 minutes per game
Scoring
0th percentile
Playmaking
3th percentile
Rebounding
24th percentile

Context

1977-78 · 15 games · 8.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 257 measured players in 1977-78 · 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 1977-78 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

2026-11-07

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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