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Nick Smith Jr.

Los Angeles Lakers
Number #20
Position G
Age 22
Height 6-2
Weight 185LBS
Draft 2023 R1 Pick 27
Nationality USA
Born Apr 18, 2004
College / Team Arkansas

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Key Insights

2025-26
He is at his most dangerous as the pick and roll ball handler

He scores 1.08 points per possession as the pick and roll ball handler, against a 0.88 median for players who run it as often.

2.4 possessions a game, 7 of 160 from the top. 92nd percentile of 160 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
More than anything else, his team has him as the pick and roll ball handler

38% of his offence comes as the pick and roll ball handler, his most frequent action.

2.4 possessions a game over 30 games, 18 of 319 in frequency. 89th percentile of 319 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
The offence runs through his hands rather than around them

70% of his tracked possessions are on ball actions, against a league median of 25%.

isolations, post ups and pick and roll ball handling against cuts, spot ups, screens, handoffs, rolls and putbacks. 91st percentile of 417 players with a tracked action mix, 2025.
When the play goes to him as the pick and roll ball handler, it usually ends in points

47% of his possessions as the pick and roll ball handler end in a score, against a league median of 40%.

2.4 of those possessions a game over 30 games. 78th percentile of 160 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
He has one job and does it over and over, as the pick and roll ball handler

His busiest action is 46% of his tracked offence, against a league median of 34%.

pick and roll ball handling lead his mix at 2.4 possessions a game. 79th percentile of 417 players with a tracked action mix, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB Apr 18, 2004
Birth Country USA
Draft 2023 (R1 / P27)
College Arkansas