2025-26 Season

MALACHI SMITH

Brooklyn Nets | Guard | 6-4

2025-26 Season

MALACHI SMITH

Brooklyn Nets | Guard | 6-4 | Yr 0

8.3 PPG

3.4 RPG

3.3 APG

23.9 MPG

+0.6 Impact

Smith produces at an average rate for a 24-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

+0.6

Scoring +7.9

Points 8.3 PPG = +5.7

Shot Making above expected FG% = +2.2

Creation +0.5

Creation 3.3 AST/g = +0.5

Turnovers -2.0

Turnovers 0.9/g = -2.0

Defense +0.8

Defense 0.8 STL, 0.3 BLK = +0.8

Hustle & Effort +2.7

Rebounds 3.4 RPG = +2.7

Raw Impact +9.9

Baseline (game-average expected) −9.3

Net Impact

+0.6

62th pctl vs Guards

PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology

TEAM COMPARISON

Impact

#16

Creation

Hustle

#12

Defense

of 20 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Michael Porter Jr. +15.9 Nic Claxton +6.3 Josh Minott +3.8 Chaney Johnson +2.3 Day'Ron Sharpe +1.8 Malachi Smith +1.1 Cam Thomas +0.9 Tyson Etienne -0.0 Noah Clowney -0.3 Ziaire Williams -0.4 Tyrese Martin -1.1 E.J. Liddell -1.3 Ochai Agbaji -1.9 Egor Dëmin -2.2 Danny Wolf -2.9 Terance Mann -3.4 Jalen Wilson -4.0 Drake Powell -5.7 Nolan Traore -6.3 Ben Saraf -6.6

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 46th

8.9 PPG

Efficiency 45th

54.3% TS

Playmaking 66th

3.5 APG

Rebounding 68th

3.6 RPG

Defense 26th

+5.2/g

Hustle 62th

+10.2/g

Creation 17th

+1.66/g

Shot Making 40th

+5.83/g

TO Discipline 75th

0.04/min

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Best Game

18 PTS vs SAC

Mar 22 | +17.7 impact

Worst Game

2 PTS vs WAS

Apr 05 | -13.2 impact

PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Smith's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~6 points per game.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 55% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Average defender. Smith doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.

Slight upward trend. First-half impact: -0.3, second-half: +1.3. Modest improvement — possibly settling into a rhythm.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 10 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.