Professional DNA
Willie Smith: 3-AND-D
Outside shooting · 1979-80 · 62 games
92
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Willie Smith?
The evidence
Willie Smith · Outside shooting: 92th percentile
Willie 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 are3-AND-D
- RoleShort rotation: 17.0 minutes per game across 62 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 92th percentile
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 253 players with a sample in 1979-80. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring18th percentile
4.8 points per game
- Playmaking83th percentile
4.2 assists per game
- Outside shooting92th percentile
- Defensive impact75th percentile
DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding20th percentile
2.0 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting92th percentile
Elite ·
- Playmaking83th percentile
Very high · 4.2 assists per game
- Defensive impact75th percentile
Very high · DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Rebounding20th percentile
Very low · 2.0 rebounds per game
- Scoring18th percentile
Very low · 4.8 points per game
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 0th percentile → 18th percentile (+18) · Playmaking: 0th percentile → 83th percentile (+83) · Rebounding: 0th percentile → 20th percentile (+20)
- 1976-770th percentile
2 games · 5.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 0th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
- 1977-7816th percentile
1 games · 7.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 16th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
- 1978-7930th percentile
13 games · 10.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 18th percentile
- Playmaking
- 30th percentile
- Rebounding
- 4th percentile
- 1979-8083th percentile
62 games · 17.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 18th percentile
- Playmaking
- 83th percentile
- Rebounding
- 20th percentile
Context
1979-80 · 62 games · 17.0 minutes per game · Percentile against 253 measured players in 1979-80 · 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 1979-80 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-07
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