Professional DNA

John Lambert: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1981-82 · 63 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1981-82

The question

What kind of player is John Lambert?

The evidence

John Lambert · Defensive impact: 44th percentile (DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

44 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-6) · 282 players with a sample in 1981-82

John Lambert: what moved most is Rebounding

31 percentilcompared against: 52 percentil (-21) · John Lambert, from 1976-77 to 1980-81

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: 12.1 minutes per game across 63 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 44th percentile
DBPM -0.2: 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.

Scoring11th percentile
3.3 points per game
Playmaking9th percentile
0.6 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact44th percentile
DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding40th percentile
2.8 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact44th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding40th percentile
Average · 2.8 rebounds per game
Scoring11th percentile
Very low · 3.3 points per game
Playmaking9th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists 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: 4th percentile → 11th percentile (+7) · Playmaking: 7th percentile → 9th percentile (+2) · Rebounding: 29th percentile → 40th percentile (+11)

1976-7729th percentile
63 games · 8.8 minutes per game
Scoring
4th percentile
Playmaking
7th percentile
Rebounding
29th percentile
1977-7860th percentile
76 games · 14.1 minutes per game
Scoring
10th percentile
Playmaking
3th percentile
Rebounding
60th percentile
1978-7957th percentile
70 games · 14.7 minutes per game
Scoring
20th percentile
Playmaking
7th percentile
Rebounding
57th percentile
1979-8062th percentile
74 games · 17.9 minutes per game
Scoring
21th percentile
Playmaking
11th percentile
Rebounding
62th percentile
1980-8122th percentile
46 games · 10.5 minutes per game
Scoring
9th percentile
Playmaking
7th percentile
Rebounding
22th percentile
1981-8240th percentile
63 games · 12.1 minutes per game
Scoring
11th percentile
Playmaking
9th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile

Context

1981-82 · 63 games · 12.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 282 measured players in 1981-82 · SportiveWorld own data

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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

2026-11-06

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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