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Malachi Smith Toronto Raptors · #18

Q: What position does Malachi Smith play?

Malachi Smith is a guard for the Toronto Raptors.

Q: How many NBA games has Malachi Smith played?

15 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 23.9 minutes.

Guard · 6'4", 205 lb · Belleville, IL · Age 27 · 1st season

Malachi Smith is a guard for the Toronto Raptors who has played 15 games over 1 season, averaging 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 2025-26.

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Toronto Raptors · #18 · Guard

Malachi Smith

Season avg8.3 pts · 3.4 reb · 3.3 ast · .485 fg

Career avg8.3 pts · 3.4 reb · 3.3 ast · .485 fg

Live win probabilityKnicks 61%

Balladex model · projected 117–115 · 97.9 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

8.0pts

2.6reb

3.2ast

39%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Malachi Smith

Toronto Raptors · Guard

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OG Anunoby

New York Knicks · Strong defender

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.

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Scouting report

Malachi Smith — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 56

Malachi Smith is a guard for the Toronto Raptors who has played 15 games over 1 season, averaging 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 2025-26.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Malachi Smith stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #282 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

<1%MVP odds

56Impact index

27Star score

Career scoring average8.3 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Malachi Smith — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

8.3 PPG

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Playmaking

3.3 APG

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Rebounding

3.4 RPG

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Shooting

.435 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Malachi Smith

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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1 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 27 — applied per stat

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 15 → games & confidence

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The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Malachi Smith career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	15	23.9	8.3	3.4	3.3	.485	.435
Career	15	23.9	8.3	3.4	3.3

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Toronto Raptors built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

48–34proj record

#7conf seed

+2.8net rtg

115off rtg

112.1def rtg

85%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Jakob Poeltl, Jamal Shead.

How his role moves

Projected 48–34, 7th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

56 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Malachi Smith

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-12-06

The beginning

Malachi Smith is a guard for the Toronto Raptors.

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Malachi Smith is a guard for the Toronto Raptors.

Chapter

He has played 15 games over 1 season (2025-26), averaging 23.9 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 15 games, averaging 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 23.9 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Smith goes from here.

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Smith's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: Gonzaga
Experience: 1st Season
Born: Belleville, IL
Age: 27
Jersey: #18

Beyond the game

Malachi Smith is from Belleville, IL, born 1999-12-06, listed at 6'4" and 205 lb. He has 1 season of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A guard on 23.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular23.9 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 43.5% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Malachi Smith — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Malachi Smith, answered.

What position does Malachi Smith play?

Malachi Smith is a guard for the Toronto Raptors.

How many NBA games has Malachi Smith played?

15 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 23.9 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Malachi Smith played?

1 season (2025-26).

How tall is Malachi Smith?

6'4", 205 lb

Malachi Smith career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Malachi Smith Toronto Raptors · #18

Malachi Smith — the report card

Where Malachi Smith stands

Malachi Smith — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Malachi Smith

Malachi Smith career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Toronto Raptors built to win?

The Ballad of Malachi Smith

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Malachi Smith — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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