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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8.3PPG

3.4RPG

3.3APG

23.9MPG

+0.6 Impact

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

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IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

+0.6

Scoring +7.9

Points Scored 8.3 PPG = +8.3

Missed Shots difficulty-adjusted = -2.6

Shot Making above expected FG% = +2.2

Creation +0.5

Assists & Self-Creation 3.3 AST/g + self-creation = +0.5

Turnovers -2.0

Turnovers 0.9/g (live + dead blend) = -2.0

Defense +0.8

Steals 0.8/g = +1.8

Blocks 0.3/g = +0.3

Fouls + context committed fouls, matchup adj = -1.3

Hustle & Effort +2.7

Rebounds 3.4 RPG (OREB + DREB) = +1.6

Contested Shots 1.5/g = +0.3

Deflections 1.2/g = +0.8

Charges Drawn 0.0/g = +0.0

Loose Balls 0.1/g = +0.0

Screen Assists 0.0/g = +0.0

Raw Impact +9.9

Baseline (game-average expected) −9.3

Net Impact

+0.6

63th 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 246 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 47th

8.9 PPG

Efficiency 48th

54.3% TS

Playmaking 67th

3.5 APG

Rebounding 68th

3.6 RPG

Defense 26th

+5.2/g

Hustle 61th

+10.2/g

Creation 18th

+1.66/g

Shot Making 39th

+5.83/g

TO Discipline 76th

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 ⚠ Updated 46 days ago

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.