Professional DNA

Don Ford: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1981-82 · 21 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1981-82

The question

What kind of player is Don Ford?

The evidence

Don Ford · Defensive impact: 52th percentile (DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

52 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+2) · 282 players with a sample in 1981-82

Don Ford: what moved most is Rebounding

18 percentilcompared against: 48 percentil (-30) · Don Ford, from 1976-77 to 1981-82

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: 9.6 minutes per game across 21 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 52th percentile
DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 282 players with a sample in 1981-82. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring0th percentile
1.1 points per game
Playmaking6th percentile
0.5 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact52th percentile
DBPM 0.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding18th percentile
1.7 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding18th percentile
Very low · 1.7 rebounds per game
Playmaking6th percentile
Very low · 0.5 assists per game
Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 1.1 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: 40th percentile → 0th percentile (-40) · Playmaking: 44th percentile → 6th percentile (-38) · Rebounding: 59th percentile → 18th percentile (-41)

1976-7759th percentile
82 games · 21.7 minutes per game
Scoring
40th percentile
Playmaking
44th percentile
Rebounding
59th percentile
1977-7864th percentile
79 games · 24.6 minutes per game
Scoring
38th percentile
Playmaking
44th percentile
Rebounding
64th percentile
1978-7949th percentile
79 games · 19.5 minutes per game
Scoring
34th percentile
Playmaking
30th percentile
Rebounding
49th percentile
1979-8033th percentile
73 games · 13.7 minutes per game
Scoring
12th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
33th percentile
1980-8136th percentile
64 games · 15.6 minutes per game
Scoring
10th percentile
Playmaking
27th percentile
Rebounding
36th percentile
1981-8218th percentile
21 games · 9.6 minutes per game
Scoring
0th percentile
Playmaking
6th percentile
Rebounding
18th percentile

Context

1981-82 · 21 games · 9.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 282 measured players in 1981-82 · 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 1981-82 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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