Marcus Smart projections

Marcus Smart's rating today, where players like him usually go from here, and the players from the past who looked the most like him.

Ratings as of 2026-11-08. The typical path for each age comes from every season since 2005-06.

Marcus Smart Houston · age 32

Overall
+3.2
Offense
+1.2
Defense
+2.0

Past seasons, and the next five

Seasons back
-20+2+4+6age 28age 30age 32Todayage 33age 35age 37−1.5 in 5 seasons

Grey: his rating at the end of each past season. A hollow dot is a season under 500 minutes, so that rating rests on less.

Line: the typical path. Band: where 80% of players this age ended up. Rating is points per 100 possessions compared with an average player.

Still a rotation player
age 3378%age 3462%age 3547%age 3635%age 3723%

Share of players this age who were still playing 500+ minutes that season.

Why Marcus Smart is rated +2.9

  • +2.9 means his teams score about 2.9 more points per 100 possessions with him than with an average player in his spot, after we account for who he plays with and against. That's the 24th best of the 337 players we rate.
  • Most of it is defense: +1.8 there (24th of 337), +1.1 on offense (64th of 337).
  • It's built on 1,900 minutes from this season and last, and the recent games count more.
  • He's about where he started the season (+2.9).
  • He's playing about 23 minutes a game for Houston, and last season he played like a spot-up shooter.

What if he plays better, or worse?

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Our rating: +2.9

Houston wins
55
Playoffs
97%
Title
8%

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Players who looked like him at this age

Closest on offense, defense and playing style, within a year of his age. Their next five seasons:

  • Andre Iguodala 2014-15 · age 31Then+3.3+1+2.8+2+2.6+3+2.3+4+2.0+5+0.9
  • Metta World Peace 2010-11 · age 31Then+2.5+1+1.6+2+2.4+3+2.1+4out+5−0.1
  • Joe Ingles 2019-20 · age 32Then+3.4+1+2.7+2+2.1+3+0.6+4+1.3+5+0.6
  • Patrick Beverley 2019-20 · age 31Then+2.9+1+2.8+2+2.3+3+0.3+4−0.9+5out
  • Thabo Sefolosha 2014-15 · age 31Then+2.7+1+0.7+2−0.4+3+0.3+4+1.3+5+0.8

Playing like him today

The current players closest to him in how they play and how good they are.

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How the forecast works, and how often it's right

How it works: every season-end rating since 2005-06, and what the same players did one to five seasons later. The typical change only counts players still in the league, so the line is a little rosier than reality for older players; the rotation-player row shows how many dropped out. Our ratings, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.