2025-26 Season

DORIAN FINNEY-SMITH

Houston Rockets | Forward | 6-7

2025-26 Season

DORIAN FINNEY-SMITH

Houston Rockets | Forward | 6-7 | Yr 9

3.2 PPG

2.5 RPG

1.0 APG

16.6 MPG

-4.6 Impact

Finney-Smith produces at an below average rate for a 17-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

-4.6

Scoring +1.2

Points 3.2 PPG × +1.00 = +3.2

Missed 2PT 0.4/g × -0.78 = -0.3

Missed 3PT 1.9/g × -0.87 = -1.7

Missed FT 0.0/g × -1.00 = -0.0

Creation +1.3

Assists 1.0/g × +0.50 = +0.5

Off. Rebounds 0.6/g × +1.26 = +0.8

Turnovers -1.2

Turnovers 0.6/g × -1.95 = -1.2

Defense -0.2

Steals 0.4/g × +2.30 = +0.9

Blocks 0.2/g × +0.90 = +0.2

Def. Rebounds 1.9/g × +0.30 = +0.6

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +1.3

Contested Shots 1.9/g × +0.20 = +0.4

Deflections 0.9/g × +0.65 = +0.6

Loose Balls 0.2/g × +0.60 = +0.1

Screen Assists 0.3/g × +0.30 = +0.1

Off. Fouls Drawn 0.1/g uncredited × +2.70 = +0.1

Raw Impact +2.4

Baseline (game-average expected) −7.0

Net Impact

-4.6

1st pctl vs Forwards

About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works

TEAM COMPARISON

#12

Impact

#12

Offense

#12

Hustle

#12

Defense

of 12 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Alperen Sengun +5.8 Clint Capela +3.1 Kevin Durant +2.8 Amen Thompson +2.4 Steven Adams +2.1 Jae'Sean Tate +1.4 Reed Sheppard +1.0 Josh Okogie -0.8 Tari Eason -0.8 Jabari Smith Jr. -2.5 Aaron Holiday -2.9 Dorian Finney-Smith -5.1

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games

Scoring 4th

3.2 PPG

Efficiency 2th

39.4% TS

Playmaking 20th

1.0 APG

Rebounding 15th

2.5 RPG

Rim Protection 4th

0.08/min

Hustle 10th

0.07/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 75th

0.04/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

A brutal offensive slump and alarming passivity defined Dorian Finney-Smith's early season rotation minutes. He hit rock bottom on 01/28 vs SAS, posting a catastrophic -13.4 impact score while going completely scoreless. His total lack of aggression turned him into an offensive ghost, effectively forcing his teammates to play five-on-four basketball. Even when his shot occasionally fell, hidden costs quickly erased that value. Despite a rare eight-point outing on 01/18 vs NOP, a distinct lack of secondary playmaking still dragged him to a -2.3 impact score. He only managed to salvage his floor time when his defensive motor revved up, such as his +1.8 impact on 12/27 vs CLE despite scoring just three points. In that contest, textbook positional defense and flawless switchability anchored the second unit. Otherwise, he spent far too much time floating on the perimeter as a harmless decoy.

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Feb 21 | -15.7 impact

PATTERNS

Struggling. Finney-Smith has posted negative impact in 86% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 17% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

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

Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -4.1, second-half -5.1. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 12 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 43 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.