Professional DNA
Gary Garland: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1979-80 · 78 games
48
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Gary Garland?
The evidence
Gary Garland · Defensive impact: 48th percentile (DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
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: 14.2 minutes per game across 78 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 48th percentile
DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 253 players with a sample in 1979-80. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring13th percentile
4.3 points per game
- Playmaking43th percentile
1.9 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact48th percentile
DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding16th percentile
1.8 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact48th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking43th percentile
Average · 1.9 assists per game
- Rebounding16th percentile
Very low · 1.8 rebounds per game
- Scoring13th percentile
Very low · 4.3 points per game
- Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Context
1979-80 · 78 games · 14.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 253 measured players in 1979-80 · 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 1979-80 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
2026-11-07
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