Professional DNA

Cliff Pondexter: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1977-78 · 44 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1977-78

The question

What kind of player is Cliff Pondexter?

The evidence

Cliff Pondexter · Defensive impact: 97th percentile (DBPM 2.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

97 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+47) · 256 players with a sample in 1977-78

Cliff Pondexter: what moved most is Rebounding

39 percentilcompared against: 71 percentil (-32) · Cliff Pondexter, from 1975-76 to 1976-77

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 44 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 97th percentile
DBPM 2.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 256 players with a sample in 1977-78. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring0th percentile
2.0 points per game
Playmaking47th percentile
2.0 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact97th percentile
DBPM 2.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding37th percentile
3.0 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact97th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking47th percentile
Average · 2.0 assists per game
Rebounding37th percentile
Low · 3.0 rebounds per game
Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 2.0 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: 32th percentile → 0th percentile (-32) · Playmaking: 34th percentile → 47th percentile (+13) · Rebounding: 71th percentile → 37th percentile (-34)

1975-7671th percentile
75 games · 17.7 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
34th percentile
Rebounding
71th percentile
1976-7740th percentile
78 games · 12.8 minutes per game
Scoring
8th percentile
Playmaking
7th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile
1977-7837th percentile
44 games · 12.1 minutes per game
Scoring
0th percentile
Playmaking
47th percentile
Rebounding
37th percentile

Context

1977-78 · 44 games · 12.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 256 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.

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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