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Elmore Smith

Elmore Smith

Position: Center
Height: 7-0    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: May 9, 1949 in Macon, Georgia
High School: Ballard-Hudson in Macon, Georgia
College: Kentucky State University

Drafted by the Buffalo Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1971 NBA draft.

3
Buffalo Braves
1972-1973		 3
Los Angeles Lakers
1974-1975		 3
Milwaukee Bucks
1976-1977		 3
Cleveland Cavaliers
1977-1979

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 22 BUF NBA 78 3186 579 1275 .454 194 363 .534 1184 111 306 1352
1972-73 23 BUF NBA 76 2829 600 1244 .482 188 337 .558 946 192 295 1388
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 81 2922 434 949 .457 147 249 .590 204 702 906 150 71 393 309 1015
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 74 2341 346 702 .493 112 231 .485 210 600 810 145 84 216 255 804
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 78 2809 498 962 .518 222 351 .632 201 692 893 97 78 238 268 1218
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 70 1464 241 507 .475 117 213 .549 114 325 439 43 35 144 207 599
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 34 789 113 253 .447 61 105 .581 52 156 208 30 19 69 109 287
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 36 675 128 254 .504 56 108 .519 62 169 231 13 16 75 98 312
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 81 1996 402 809 .497 205 309 .663 178 500 678 57 50 176 141 241 1009
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 24 332 69 130 .531 18 26 .692 45 61 106 13 7 16 42 60 156
Career NBA 562 17879 3169 6578 .482 1203 2079 .579 952 2880 5962 808 325 1183 183 1941 7541

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 22 BUF NBA 78 40.8 7.4 16.3 .454 2.5 4.7 .534 15.2 1.4 3.9 17.3
1972-73 23 BUF NBA 76 37.2 7.9 16.4 .482 2.5 4.4 .558 12.4 2.5 3.9 18.3
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 81 36.1 5.4 11.7 .457 1.8 3.1 .590 2.5 8.7 11.2 1.9 0.9 4.9 3.8 12.5
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 74 31.6 4.7 9.5 .493 1.5 3.1 .485 2.8 8.1 10.9 2.0 1.1 2.9 3.4 10.9
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 78 36.0 6.4 12.3 .518 2.8 4.5 .632 2.6 8.9 11.4 1.2 1.0 3.1 3.4 15.6
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 70 20.9 3.4 7.2 .475 1.7 3.0 .549 1.6 4.6 6.3 0.6 0.5 2.1 3.0 8.6
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 34 23.2 3.3 7.4 .447 1.8 3.1 .581 1.5 4.6 6.1 0.9 0.6 2.0 3.2 8.4
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 36 18.8 3.6 7.1 .504 1.6 3.0 .519 1.7 4.7 6.4 0.4 0.4 2.1 2.7 8.7
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 81 24.6 5.0 10.0 .497 2.5 3.8 .663 2.2 6.2 8.4 0.7 0.6 2.2 1.7 3.0 12.5
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 24 13.8 2.9 5.4 .531 0.8 1.1 .692 1.9 2.5 4.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.8 2.5 6.5
Career NBA 562 31.8 5.6 11.7 .482 2.1 3.7 .579 2.3 7.1 10.6 1.4 0.8 2.9 1.7 3.5 13.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 22 BUF NBA 78 3186 6.5 14.4 .454 2.2 4.1 .534 13.4 1.3 3.5 15.3
1972-73 23 BUF NBA 76 2829 7.6 15.8 .482 2.4 4.3 .558 12.0 2.4 3.8 17.7
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 81 2922 5.3 11.7 .457 1.8 3.1 .590 2.5 8.6 11.2 1.8 0.9 4.8 3.8 12.5
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 74 2341 5.3 10.8 .493 1.7 3.6 .485 3.2 9.2 12.5 2.2 1.3 3.3 3.9 12.4
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 78 2809 6.4 12.3 .518 2.8 4.5 .632 2.6 8.9 11.4 1.2 1.0 3.1 3.4 15.6
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 70 1464 5.9 12.5 .475 2.9 5.2 .549 2.8 8.0 10.8 1.1 0.9 3.5 5.1 14.7
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 34 789 5.2 11.5 .447 2.8 4.8 .581 2.4 7.1 9.5 1.4 0.9 3.1 5.0 13.1
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 36 675 6.8 13.5 .504 3.0 5.8 .519 3.3 9.0 12.3 0.7 0.9 4.0 5.2 16.6
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 81 1996 7.3 14.6 .497 3.7 5.6 .663 3.2 9.0 12.2 1.0 0.9 3.2 2.5 4.3 18.2
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 24 332 7.5 14.1 .531 2.0 2.8 .692 4.9 6.6 11.5 1.4 0.8 1.7 4.6 6.5 16.9
Career NBA 562 17879 6.4 13.2 .482 2.4 4.2 .579 2.9 8.7 12.0 1.6 1.0 3.6 2.8 3.9 15.2

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1971-72 22 BUF NBA 78 3186 15.0 .471 .454 18.0 5.1
1972-73 23 BUF NBA 76 2829 16.5 .498 .482 15.6 9.9
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 81 2922 14.5 .479 .457 6.6 21.1 14.2 6.9 1.0 6.4 92 0.7 17.8 18 14 2.0
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 74 2341 15.9 .500 .493 8.6 24.3 16.5 8.7 1.6 4.6 93 2.2 10.7 13 13 0.0
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 78 2809 17.7 .545 .518 7.7 24.9 16.6 5.0 1.3 4.4 94 11.3 14.6 26 8 9.0
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 70 1464 14.9 .499 .475 7.8 23.2 15.4 3.9 1.1 5.2 96 1.7 6.4 8 10 -1.0
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 34 789 12.6 .480 .447 6.8 20.6 13.6 4.8 1.1 4.4 100 0.0 2.2 2 7 -2.5
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 36 675 17.6 .517 .504 9.0 26.3 17.4 2.8 1.1 6.0 92 1.7 4.1 6 3 1.5
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 81 1996 19.9 .534 .497 8.9 25.6 17.2 4.2 1.2 4.6 13.0 21.6 104 94 9.1 11.9 21 5 8.0
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 24 332 14.5 .551 .531 14.0 21.4 17.5 5.6 1.0 2.7 22.9 22.0 96 105 0.1 0.8 1 4 -1.5
Career NBA 562 17879 16.2 .503 .482 8.0 23.7 16.3 6.4 1.2 5.0 14.4 21.6 103 94 25.0 62.2 87 54 16.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 5 171 42 88 12 17 19 53 6 7 8 20 96 .477 .706 34.2 19.2 10.6 1.2
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 3 104 15 27 14 21 5 22 1 2 11 14 44 .556 .667 34.7 14.7 7.3 0.3
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 3 56 18 33 5 8 6 24 1 5 3 10 41 .545 .625 18.7 13.7 8.0 0.3
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 2 56 11 24 3 6 6 19 0 3 3 5 9 25 .458 .500 28.0 12.5 9.5 0.0
Career NBA 13 387 86 172 34 52 36 118 8 17 25 5 53 206 .500 .654 29.8 15.8 9.1 0.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1971-72 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1972-73 NBA 0.007 (13)

Field Goal Pct

1975-76 NBA .518 (6)

Defensive Rebounds

1973-74 NBA 702 (8)
1975-76 NBA 692 (7)

Total Rebounds

1971-72 NBA 1184 (7)
1975-76 NBA 893 (8)

Blocks

1973-74 NBA 393 (1)
 1974-75 NBA 216 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 238 (2)
1976-77 NBA 144 (10)
1977-78 NBA 176 (6)
Career NBA 1183 (47)
Career 1183 (49)

Personal Fouls

1971-72 NBA 306 (3)
1972-73 NBA 295 (8)
1973-74 NBA 309 (3)

Rebounds Per Game

1971-72 NBA 15.2 (6)
1975-76 NBA 11.4 (8)
Career NBA 10.6 (30)
Career 10.6 (34)

Blocks Per Game

1973-74 NBA 4.9 (1)
 1974-75 NBA 2.9 (2)
1975-76 NBA 3.1 (2)
1976-77 NBA 2.1 (10)
1977-78 NBA 2.2 (8)
Career NBA 2.9 (5)
Career 2.9 (5)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1974-75 NBA 24.3 (9)
1975-76 NBA 24.9 (7)

Total Rebound Pct

1971-72 NBA 18.0 (7)
1975-76 NBA 16.6 (10)
Career NBA 16.3 (43)
Career 16.3 (43)

Block Pct

1973-74 NBA 6.4 (1)
 1974-75 NBA 4.6 (2)
1975-76 NBA 4.4 (4)
1976-77 NBA 5.2 (2)
1977-78 NBA 4.6 (4)
Career NBA 5.0 (18)
Career 5.0 (18)

Defensive Rating

1973-74 NBA 91.6 (7)
1977-78 NBA 94.0 (6)
Career NBA 93.7 (1)
 Career 93.7 (1)

Defensive Win Shares

1973-74 NBA 17.8 (6)
1975-76 NBA 14.6 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (377)