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Zhaire Smith Oklahoma City Thunder · #40

Guard · 6'3", 199 lb · Garland, TX · Age 27 · 2nd season

Zhaire Smith is a guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder who has played 13 games over 2 seasons, averaging 1.1 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 2019-20.

MVP race · #626Guard rank · #221Balladex Impact · 50
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Season avg1.1 pts · 0.3 reb · 0.3 ast · .273 fg
Career avg3.7 pts · 1.2 reb · 0.9 ast · .337 fg
Live win probabilityRockets 54%
Balladex model · projected 116–116 · 98.2 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
2.1pts
0.4reb
0.4ast
46%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Zhaire Smith
Oklahoma City Thunder · Guard
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Amen Thompson
Houston Rockets · 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

Zhaire 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 50
Zhaire Smith is a guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder who has played 13 games over 2 seasons, averaging 1.1 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 20
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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 Zhaire 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
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
43%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
7%
5
Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #467 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
14Star score
Career scoring average3.7 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Zhaire 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
1.1 PPG
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Playmaking
0.3 APG
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Rebounding
0.3 RPG
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Shooting
.000 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Zhaire 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 2020-21  45% confidence
1.7
pts
-1.4–4.8
0.5
reb
-1.0–2.0
0.5
ast
-0.7–1.7
8.0
min
proj
30
gp
health
.319
fg%
~base
.125
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 1.1 → projected 1.7 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.8
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.0
Net vs last season+0.6 PPG
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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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
curve
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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: 6 / 7 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Zhaire Smith career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2018-19618.56.72.21.7.412.375
2019-2074.61.10.30.3.273.000
Career1311.03.71.20.9
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.
—raw PPG
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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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Oklahoma City Thunder built to win?

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

70–12proj record
#1conf seed
+12.5net rtg
118.3off rtg
105.8def rtg
99%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Alex Caruso, Chet Holmgren.
How his role moves
Projected 70–12, 1st in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Zhaire Smith

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

1999-06-04

The beginning

Zhaire Smith is a guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Zhaire Smith is a guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Chapter

He has played 13 games over 2 seasons (2018-20), averaging 11.0 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2019-20 he played 7 games, averaging 1.1 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 4.6 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' 3"
Weight
199 lbs
College
Texas Tech
Experience
3rd Season
NBA debut
2018
Born
Garland, TX
Age
27
Jersey
#40
Beyond the game

Zhaire Smith is from Garland, TX, born 1999-06-04, listed at 6'3" and 199 lb. He has 3 seasons 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 11.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth4.6 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 0.0% from three.
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FAQ

Zhaire Smith — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Zhaire Smith, answered.

What position does Zhaire Smith play?
Zhaire Smith is a guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
How many NBA games has Zhaire Smith played?
13 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 11.0 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Zhaire Smith played?
2 seasons (2018-20).
How tall is Zhaire Smith?
6'3", 199 lb
Zhaire 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
9%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
9%
141 games missed
Games missed
141
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
6
18-19
7
19-20

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 9% of games over the last three seasons, low of 7% in 2018-19.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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