Professional DNA
George Karl: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1977-78 · 4 games
49
percentil

The question
What kind of player is George Karl?
The evidence
George Karl · Defensive impact: 49th 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: 7.5 minutes per game across 4 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 49th 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 257 players with a sample in 1977-78. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring0th percentile
1.5 points per game
- Playmaking29th percentile
1.3 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact49th percentile
DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding7th percentile
1.3 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact49th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking29th percentile
Low · 1.3 assists per game
- Rebounding7th percentile
Very low · 1.3 rebounds per game
- Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 1.5 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: 6th percentile → 0th percentile (-6) · Playmaking: 44th percentile → 29th percentile (-15) · Rebounding: 1th percentile → 7th percentile (+6)
- 1976-7744th percentile
29 games · 8.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 6th percentile
- Playmaking
- 44th percentile
- Rebounding
- 1th percentile
- 1977-7829th percentile
4 games · 7.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 29th percentile
- Rebounding
- 7th percentile
Context
1977-78 · 4 games · 7.5 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.
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2026-11-06
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