Professional DNA
Nick Smith Jr.: SHARPSHOOTER
Outside shooting · 2025-26 · 30 games
86
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Nick Smith Jr.?
The evidence
Nick Smith Jr. · Outside shooting: 86th percentile (39.5 % from three · 86 attempts)
Nick Smith Jr.: what moved most is Playmaking
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 areSHARPSHOOTER
- RoleShort rotation: 12.5 minutes per game across 30 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 86th percentile
39.5 % from three · 86 attempts
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 452 players with a sample in 2025-26. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring31th percentile
6.2 points per game
- Playmaking25th percentile
1.0 assists per game
- Outside shooting86th percentile
39.5 % from three · 86 attempts
- Defensive impact1th percentile
DBPM -2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding1th percentile
0.8 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting86th percentile
Very high · 39.5 % from three · 86 attempts
Limitations
- Scoring31th percentile
Low · 6.2 points per game
- Playmaking25th percentile
Low · 1.0 assists per game
- Defensive impact1th percentile
Very low · DBPM -2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding1th percentile
Very low · 0.8 rebounds per game
- Availability30/82
missed 52 of his team's games in 2025-26
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 36th percentile → 31th percentile (-5) · Playmaking: 33th percentile → 25th percentile (-8) · Rebounding: 9th percentile → 1th percentile (-8)
- 2023-2433th percentile
51 games · 14.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 36th percentile
- Playmaking
- 33th percentile
- Rebounding
- 9th percentile
- 2024-2565th percentile
60 games · 22.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 59th percentile
- Playmaking
- 65th percentile
- Rebounding
- 20th percentile
- 2025-2625th percentile
30 games · 12.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 31th percentile
- Playmaking
- 25th percentile
- Rebounding
- 1th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 30 games · 12.5 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · 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 2025-26 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Where it comes from
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This answer
2026-10-12
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