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Marcus Smart

Houston Rockets · Rotation
SG6'3"220 lbage 3212 yrs expOklahoma StateFlower Mound, TX
11th best of 14 on HOUworth +0.1 wins to the rotation
OFF65DEF77
High-level perimeter defender & rim protector
HOU
Houston Rockets
Western · Southwest · proj. 60-22 (▲+4.9)
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Defensive Player of the Year3× All-Defensive

A veteran defensive pest who still picks up the best perimeter assignment and creates havoc — 82nd-percentile perimeter D, 1.4 steals a game. The offense has thinned out, though: 39.5% from the field on a 54.3% true shooting clip, so he's a connector and an irritant, not a bucket. Holds a player option.

9.3
PPG
2.8
RPG
3
APG
1.4
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 62MPG 28.5FG% 39.53P% 33.1FT% 82.2TS% 54.3USG% 15.4PER 9.9BPM -2.2VORP -0.1EPM +0.3
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense90
Rim protection84
Shooting71
Scoring69
Playmaking69
Inside finishing67
Rebounding61

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2014-15 to 2025-26 · 12 seasons
10.5
PPG
3.4
RPG
4.4
APG
697
GAMES
Points 7,314Win Shares 36.2Starts 441Best season 2021-22 · 12.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons47%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 29 → 31
▬Steady

Marcus, at 31, has held steady — 1.2 → 1.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 2.8 wins (+1.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 1.8–3.8 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.4 → -2.2+0.226-27 forecast -2.5
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -2.4 · 20 games2024-25: -1.5 · 34 games2025-26: -2.2 · 62 games2026-27: -2.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.2 → 1.0-0.226-27 forecast 2.8
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.2 · 20 games2024-25: 1.4 · 34 games2025-26: 1.0 · 62 games2026-27: 2.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $6.2M vs $6.5M salary−$0.3M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$6.5M salary2023-24: $3.1M · 20 games2024-25: $3.4M · 34 games2025-26: $2.8M · 62 games2026-27: $6.2M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $6,500,000 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$6,500,000Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 10th of 12 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$6,210,000 /yr
Surplus−$290,000
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

2 moves

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.