Malachi Smith Profile

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Sam Mack 1996-97	26	-0.6	-1.9, -0.9, -1.7, under 10 games, -2.0	88
Richie Frahm 2003-04	26	-0.3	+0.6, -1.0, under 10 games, -1.4, under 10 games	87
Mike James 2017-18	27	-0.8	under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Brooks Thompson 1996-97	26	-0.7	-0.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Joe Ingles 2014-15	27	-0.9	-0.3, +0.7, +1.2, +1.0, +1.1	86
Charlie Bell 2005-06	27	-0.4	-1.1, -1.8, -1.8, -2.0, -1.7	85
Damion Lee 2018-19	26	-0.3	-0.1, +0.3, -0.7, -1.0, under 10 games	85
Javonte Green 2019-20	27	-0.5	-0.7, +0.3, +1.7, under 10 games, +0.4	85
Dionte Christmas 2013-14	27	-0.9	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Brent Barry 1997-98	26	-0.4	-0.9, +0.1, +0.6, +1.1, +1.0	85

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Malachi's 2026-27 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Around the league

Top 10 comps today

Current players closest to Malachi Smith's current profile, by DARKO ratings, age and projected box-score style.

1 Malachi Smith TOR Self

-0.9DPMDPM Offense -0.8 Defense -0.1 Per 100 possessions:19.3points6.4rebounds6.1assistsP/R/A
100.0
2 Jalen Pickett LAC ↗

-1.1DPMDPM Offense -0.7 Defense -0.4 Per 100 possessions:17.5points6.2rebounds7.6assistsP/R/A
91.8
3 Marcus Sasser DAL ↗

-0.7DPMDPM Offense -0.3 Defense -0.4 Per 100 possessions:20.4points4.3rebounds6.5assistsP/R/A
91.6
4 Quentin Grimes LAL ↗

-0.8DPMDPM Offense -0.2 Defense -0.6 Per 100 possessions:19.9points5.6rebounds5.1assistsP/R/A
90.4
5 Kobe Sanders LAC ↗

-1.0DPMDPM Offense -0.6 Defense -0.4 Per 100 possessions:21.1points5.9rebounds4.8assistsP/R/A
90.1
6 Daniss Jenkins DET ↗

-0.7DPMDPM Offense -0.6 Defense -0.2 Per 100 possessions:22.5points5.9rebounds8.4assistsP/R/A
89.6
7 Vit Krejci POR ↗

-0.6DPMDPM Offense -0.6 Defense 0.0 Per 100 possessions:17.3points6.1rebounds4.3assistsP/R/A
89.1
8 Luguentz Dort ATL ↗

-0.9DPMDPM Offense -1.0 Defense +0.1 Per 100 possessions:17.0points6.4rebounds3.1assistsP/R/A
89.0
9 Baylor Scheierman BOS ↗

-0.5DPMDPM Offense -0.4 Defense -0.1 Per 100 possessions:16.6points8.6rebounds4.5assistsP/R/A
88.6
10 Alijah Martin TOR ↗

-0.6DPMDPM Offense -0.6 Defense 0.0 Per 100 possessions:21.5points6.6rebounds4.1assistsP/R/A
88.1

How these matches work

Each player's latest published profile is compared with today's league. The score uses standardized differences in DPM, offense, defense, age, scoring, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, turnovers, three-point shot share and free-throw rate. DPM and age carry the most weight. Historical trajectory and a same-age cutoff are not used here.

100 is an identical profile, so a current player is his own first match. Scores fall by 8 points per unit of weighted distance, down to zero. This is a similarity index, not a probability. Box-score figures are projections per 100 possessions, so playing time does not distort the comparison.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Malachi Smith's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $4.6M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $1.4M; Actual
Surplus: +$3.3M; Value minus salary
WARP: 0.0; Wins above replacement
Seasons left: 0.9; Projected, within 15
Retires at: 28.2; Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Malachi Smith, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2026-27 so far	TOR	26	2	1.2	-0.59	-0.40	-0.19	—
2025-26	BKN	26	15	23.9	+0.21	+0.17	+0.04	—

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's rest-of-season projections per 100 possessions, and per game at 0.6 projected minutes when he plays and a pace of 97.3.

Malachi Smith, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	19.3	0.2
Rebounds	6.4	0.1
Offensive	1.8	0.0
Defensive	4.7	0.1
Assists	6.1	0.1
Steals	1.7	0.0
Blocks	0.5	0.0
Turnovers	2.5	0.0
3-pt attempts	8.7	0.1
FG attempts	16.9	0.2
FT attempts	2.8	0.0
FG% · 3P% · FT%	42.7% · 36.8% · 80.5%