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Elmore Smith: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Rebounding · 1978-79 · 24 games

61

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Elmore Smith
Confidence: lowData through: 1978-79

The question

What kind of player is Elmore Smith?

The evidence

Elmore Smith · Rebounding: 61th percentile (4.4 rebounds per game)

61 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+11) · 257 players with a sample in 1978-79

Elmore Smith: what moved most is Playmaking

7 percentilcompared against: 43 percentil (-36) · Elmore Smith, from 1973-74 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: 13.8 minutes per game across 24 games
  • What sets them apartRebounding · 61th percentile

    4.4 rebounds per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 257 players with a sample in 1978-79. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring31th percentile

    6.5 points per game

  • Playmaking5th percentile

    0.5 assists per game

  • Outside shootingno data

    no data

  • Defensive impact15th percentile

    DBPM -1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rimno data

    no data

  • Rebounding61th percentile

    4.4 rebounds per game

Limitations

  • Scoring31th percentile

    Low · 6.5 points per game

  • Defensive impact15th percentile

    Very low · DBPM -1.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Playmaking5th percentile

    Very low · 0.5 assists 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: 66th percentile → 31th percentile (-35) · Playmaking: 43th percentile → 5th percentile (-38) · Rebounding: 93th percentile → 61th percentile (-32)

  • 1973-7443th percentile

    81 games · 36.1 minutes per game

    Scoring
    66th percentile
    Playmaking
    43th percentile
    Rebounding
    93th percentile
  • 1974-7552th percentile

    74 games · 31.6 minutes per game

    Scoring
    64th percentile
    Playmaking
    52th percentile
    Rebounding
    94th percentile
  • 1975-7634th percentile

    78 games · 36.0 minutes per game

    Scoring
    81th percentile
    Playmaking
    34th percentile
    Rebounding
    96th percentile
  • 1976-779th percentile

    70 games · 20.9 minutes per game

    Scoring
    51th percentile
    Playmaking
    9th percentile
    Rebounding
    76th percentile
  • 1977-786th percentile

    81 games · 24.6 minutes per game

    Scoring
    68th percentile
    Playmaking
    6th percentile
    Rebounding
    88th percentile
  • 1978-795th percentile

    24 games · 13.8 minutes per game

    Scoring
    31th percentile
    Playmaking
    5th percentile
    Rebounding
    61th percentile

Context

1978-79 · 24 games · 13.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 257 measured players in 1978-79 · 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 1978-79 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

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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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