Professional DNA

Ron Lee: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 1981-82 · 81 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1981-82

The question

What kind of player is Ron Lee?

The evidence

Ron Lee · Defensive impact: 97th percentile (DBPM 2.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

97 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+47) · 282 players with a sample in 1981-82

Ron Lee: what moved most is Scoring

15 percentilcompared against: 58 percentil (-43) · Ron Lee, from 1976-77 to 1979-80

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 areDEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
RoleShort rotation: 18.1 minutes per game across 81 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 97th percentile
DBPM 2.5: 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.

Scoring12th percentile
3.4 points per game
Playmaking83th percentile
3.9 assists per game
Outside shooting96th percentile
Defensive impact97th percentile
DBPM 2.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding23th percentile
1.9 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact97th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Outside shooting96th percentile
Elite ·
Playmaking83th percentile
Very high · 3.9 assists per game

Limitations

Rebounding23th percentile
Very low · 1.9 rebounds per game
Scoring12th percentile
Very low · 3.4 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 60th percentile → 12th percentile (-48) · Playmaking: 77th percentile → 83th percentile (+6) · Rebounding: 51th percentile → 23th percentile (-28)

1976-7760th percentile
82 games · 22.5 minutes per game
Scoring
60th percentile
Playmaking
77th percentile
Rebounding
51th percentile
1977-7866th percentile
82 games · 23.5 minutes per game
Scoring
66th percentile
Playmaking
77th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile
1978-7949th percentile
60 games · 22.4 minutes per game
Scoring
49th percentile
Playmaking
73th percentile
Rebounding
39th percentile
1979-8018th percentile
61 games · 19.1 minutes per game
Scoring
18th percentile
Playmaking
81th percentile
Rebounding
20th percentile
1980-8116th percentile
82 games · 22.3 minutes per game
Scoring
16th percentile
Playmaking
87th percentile
Rebounding
38th percentile
1981-8212th percentile
81 games · 18.1 minutes per game
Scoring
12th percentile
Playmaking
83th percentile
Rebounding
23th percentile

Context

1981-82 · 81 games · 18.1 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

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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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