Marcus Smart's strongest evidenced functions are passing, creation, event creation; the weakest available areas are rim pressure, interior finishing, rebounding. These are full-season values across multiple teams, so team-specific fit is withheld.
Medium Mixed Coverage
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
12 of 12 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample440 possessions
LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Jake LaRavia produced 116.8 offense and 121.7 defense over 440 possessions (-2.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample341 possessions
LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves produced 119.9 offense and 107.4 defense over 341 possessions (5.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample219 possessions
Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Rui Hachimura, Austin Reaves produced 115.5 offense and 92.7 defense over 219 possessions (6.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
1Back / spine1Right quadriceps+1 episode(s) without a named body part
Injury
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 24resolved player: trueseason profiles: 12medical episodes: 3lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
75
Rim pressure
43
Shooting
55
Passing
76
Screening*—
Interior finish
45
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection*
49
Event creation
70
Rebounding
45
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
On/off evidence unavailable for this team-season.
RAPM (single season)
+0.5 per 100
2,468 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+1.4 per 100
O +1.0 / D +0.5 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
169 possessions
LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Luke Kennard, Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura produced 106.9 offense and 108.9 defense over 169 possessions (-0.5 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
Al Horford, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White produced 119.6 offense and 112.3 defense over 1262 possessions (5.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
BOS · 2022-23Small lineup sample341 possessions
Al Horford, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Malcolm Brogdon, Jayson Tatum produced 117.4 offense and 105.0 defense over 341 possessions (5.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
BOS · 2022-23Small lineup sample339 possessions
Al Horford, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Grant Williams produced 112.9 offense and 115.3 defense over 339 possessions (-1.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
BOS · 2022-23Small lineup sample286 possessions
Al Horford, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Robert Williams III produced 110.5 offense and 117.5 defense over 286 possessions (-2.6 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
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* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2016-17
cap hit
$3.58M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$4.54M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$11.2M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$12.6M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$12.9M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$13.8M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$17.2M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$18.6M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$20.2M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$5.13M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$19.9M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$19.9M
provisional
+
illness
Nov 15, 2025 → Nov 15, 2025
+ Injuryleft back spasmOct 31, 2025 → Dec 7, 2025
+ Injuryright right quadriceps contusionOct 27, 2025 → back Oct 31, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
