Professional DNA
Elmore Smith: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Rebounding · 1978-79 · 24 games
61
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Elmore Smith?
The evidence
Elmore Smith · Rebounding: 61th percentile (4.4 rebounds per game)
Elmore Smith: 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 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.
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2026-10-14
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