Professional DNA
Kenny Smith: SHARPSHOOTER
Outside shooting · 1996-97 · 48 games
98
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Kenny Smith?
The evidence
Kenny Smith · Outside shooting: 98th percentile
Kenny Smith: what moved most is Scoring
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: 15.9 minutes per game across 48 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 98th percentile
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 373 players with a sample in 1996-97. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring42th percentile
6.3 points per game
- Playmaking68th percentile
2.4 assists per game
- Outside shooting98th percentile
- Defensive impact1th percentile
DBPM -2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding4th percentile
0.9 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting98th percentile
Elite ·
Limitations
- Scoring42th percentile
Average · 6.3 points per game
- Rebounding4th percentile
Very low · 0.9 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact1th percentile
Very low · DBPM -2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 75th percentile → 42th percentile (-33) · Playmaking: 95th percentile → 68th percentile (-27) · Rebounding: 28th percentile → 4th percentile (-24)
- 1991-9275th percentile
81 games · 33.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 75th percentile
- Playmaking
- 95th percentile
- Rebounding
- 28th percentile
- 1992-9371th percentile
82 games · 29.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 71th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 23th percentile
- 1993-9468th percentile
78 games · 28.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 68th percentile
- Playmaking
- 86th percentile
- Rebounding
- 20th percentile
- 1994-9563th percentile
81 games · 25.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 63th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
- 1995-9651th percentile
68 games · 23.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 51th percentile
- Playmaking
- 82th percentile
- Rebounding
- 11th percentile
- 1996-9742th percentile
48 games · 15.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 42th percentile
- Playmaking
- 68th percentile
- Rebounding
- 4th percentile
Context
1996-97 · 48 games · 15.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 373 measured players in 1996-97 · 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 1996-97 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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This answer
2026-11-06
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