Professional DNA

Jim Spanarkel: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1983-84 · 7 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1983-84

The question

What kind of player is Jim Spanarkel?

The evidence

Jim Spanarkel · Defensive impact: 81th percentile (DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

81 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+31) · 279 players with a sample in 1983-84

Jim Spanarkel: what moved most is Playmaking

47 percentilcompared against: 25 percentil (+22) · Jim Spanarkel, from 1979-80 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: 7.7 minutes per game across 7 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 81th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 279 players with a sample in 1983-84. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring14th percentile
3.4 points per game
Playmaking14th percentile
0.7 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact81th percentile
DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding5th percentile
1.0 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact81th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Scoring14th percentile
Very low · 3.4 points per game
Playmaking14th percentile
Very low · 0.7 assists per game
Rebounding5th percentile
Very low · 1.0 rebounds 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: 19th percentile → 14th percentile (-5) · Playmaking: 25th percentile → 14th percentile (-11) · Rebounding: 8th percentile → 5th percentile (-3)

1979-8025th percentile
40 games · 11.1 minutes per game
Scoring
19th percentile
Playmaking
25th percentile
Rebounding
8th percentile
1980-8166th percentile
82 games · 28.3 minutes per game
Scoring
75th percentile
Playmaking
66th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
1981-8266th percentile
82 games · 21.4 minutes per game
Scoring
56th percentile
Playmaking
66th percentile
Rebounding
36th percentile
1982-8341th percentile
48 games · 15.0 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
41th percentile
Rebounding
19th percentile
1983-8414th percentile
7 games · 7.7 minutes per game
Scoring
14th percentile
Playmaking
14th percentile
Rebounding
5th percentile

Context

1983-84 · 7 games · 7.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 279 measured players in 1983-84 · 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 1983-84 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

2026-10-14

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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