Mobile Site You Are Here > BBR > Players > S > J.R. Smith

News: Features: BBR Draft Section »post

J.R. Smith

Earl Smith III

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-6 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1985 in Freehold, New Jersey
High School: Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey
Draft: New Orleans Hornets, 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall), 2004 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 2004

23 23  1   1   5 

Player News

Add Your Blog Posts Here

Totals

 ▪ 
 ▪ 
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
2004-05 19 NOH NBA 76 56 1859 295 748 .394 81 281 .288 111 161 .689 39 113 152 142 55 11 109 135 782
2005-06 20 NOK NBA 55 25 989 144 366 .393 52 140 .371 83 101 .822 19 91 110 58 37 4 54 90 423
2006-07 21 DEN NBA 63 24 1471 284 644 .441 149 382 .390 102 126 .810 30 113 143 91 49 9 85 147 819
2007-08 22 DEN NBA 74 0 1421 311 674 .461 157 390 .403 128 178 .719 43 109 152 128 62 12 112 144 907
2008-09 23 DEN NBA 81 18 2245 424 950 .446 180 453 .397 205 272 .754 43 254 297 227 78 14 150 190 1233
2009-10 24 DEN NBA 75 0 2076 428 1033 .414 158 467 .338 142 201 .706 28 206 234 183 99 20 139 174 1156
2010-11 25 DEN NBA 79 6 1968 341 784 .435 124 318 .390 163 221 .738 45 277 322 175 92 16 100 173 969
Career NBA 503 129 12029 2227 5199 .428 901 2431 .371 934 1260 .741 247 1163 1410 1004 472 86 749 1053 6289

Per Game

 ▪ 
 ▪ 
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
2004-05 19 NOH NBA 76 56 24.5 3.9 9.8 .394 1.1 3.7 .288 1.5 2.1 .689 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.8 10.3
2005-06 20 NOK NBA 55 25 18.0 2.6 6.7 .393 0.9 2.5 .371 1.5 1.8 .822 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.6 7.7
2006-07 21 DEN NBA 63 24 23.3 4.5 10.2 .441 2.4 6.1 .390 1.6 2.0 .810 0.5 1.8 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.1 1.3 2.3 13.0
2007-08 22 DEN NBA 74 0 19.2 4.2 9.1 .461 2.1 5.3 .403 1.7 2.4 .719 0.6 1.5 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.2 1.5 1.9 12.3
2008-09 23 DEN NBA 81 18 27.7 5.2 11.7 .446 2.2 5.6 .397 2.5 3.4 .754 0.5 3.1 3.7 2.8 1.0 0.2 1.9 2.3 15.2
2009-10 24 DEN NBA 75 0 27.7 5.7 13.8 .414 2.1 6.2 .338 1.9 2.7 .706 0.4 2.7 3.1 2.4 1.3 0.3 1.9 2.3 15.4
2010-11 25 DEN NBA 79 6 24.9 4.3 9.9 .435 1.6 4.0 .390 2.1 2.8 .738 0.6 3.5 4.1 2.2 1.2 0.2 1.3 2.2 12.3
Career NBA 503 129 23.9 4.4 10.3 .428 1.8 4.8 .371 1.9 2.5 .741 0.5 2.3 2.8 2.0 0.9 0.2 1.5 2.1 12.5

Per 36 Minutes

 ▪ 
 ▪ 
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
2004-05 19 NOH NBA 76 56 1859 5.7 14.5 .394 1.6 5.4 .288 2.1 3.1 .689 0.8 2.2 2.9 2.7 1.1 0.2 2.1 2.6 15.1
2005-06 20 NOK NBA 55 25 989 5.2 13.3 .393 1.9 5.1 .371 3.0 3.7 .822 0.7 3.3 4.0 2.1 1.3 0.1 2.0 3.3 15.4
2006-07 21 DEN NBA 63 24 1471 7.0 15.8 .441 3.6 9.3 .390 2.5 3.1 .810 0.7 2.8 3.5 2.2 1.2 0.2 2.1 3.6 20.0
2007-08 22 DEN NBA 74 0 1421 7.9 17.1 .461 4.0 9.9 .403 3.2 4.5 .719 1.1 2.8 3.9 3.2 1.6 0.3 2.8 3.6 23.0
2008-09 23 DEN NBA 81 18 2245 6.8 15.2 .446 2.9 7.3 .397 3.3 4.4 .754 0.7 4.1 4.8 3.6 1.3 0.2 2.4 3.0 19.8
2009-10 24 DEN NBA 75 0 2076 7.4 17.9 .414 2.7 8.1 .338 2.5 3.5 .706 0.5 3.6 4.1 3.2 1.7 0.3 2.4 3.0 20.0
2010-11 25 DEN NBA 79 6 1968 6.2 14.3 .435 2.3 5.8 .390 3.0 4.0 .738 0.8 5.1 5.9 3.2 1.7 0.3 1.8 3.2 17.7
Career NBA 503 129 12029 6.7 15.6 .428 2.7 7.3 .371 2.8 3.8 .741 0.7 3.5 4.2 3.0 1.4 0.3 2.2 3.2 18.8

Advanced

 ▪ 
 ▪ 
Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2004-05 19 NOH NBA 76 1859 10.9 .478 .449 2.4 7.5 4.8 14.6 1.6 0.5 11.7 23.2 95 110 -0.7 0.9 0.2 .006
2005-06 20 NOK NBA 55 989 12.7 .515 .464 2.2 11.3 6.6 10.3 2.0 0.3 11.6 21.9 101 108 0.4 0.8 1.2 .060
2006-07 21 DEN NBA 63 1471 15.6 .585 .557 2.3 8.5 5.5 10.2 1.6 0.4 10.8 22.8 112 109 2.5 1.1 3.7 .120
2007-08 22 DEN NBA 74 1421 18.1 .603 .578 3.3 8.1 5.8 14.7 2.1 0.6 13.0 25.8 111 109 2.5 1.3 3.7 .126
2008-09 23 DEN NBA 81 2245 16.8 .576 .541 2.3 12.8 7.7 17.3 1.8 0.5 12.3 24.2 111 109 3.6 2.2 5.8 .124
2009-10 24 DEN NBA 75 2076 15.1 .515 .491 1.6 11.3 6.5 15.1 2.4 0.7 11.0 26.9 101 108 0.6 2.1 2.7 .062
2010-11 25 DEN NBA 79 1968 16.4 .550 .514 2.7 15.8 9.4 14.2 2.3 0.6 10.2 22.2 109 106 2.7 2.3 5.0 .121
Career NBA 503 12029 15.2 .547 .515 2.4 11.0 6.7 14.2 2.0 0.5 11.5 24.0 106 108 11.6 10.8 22.3 .089

Playoffs

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
2006-07 21 DEN NBA 4 47 6 22 0 12 6 6 1 9 2 4 1 3 6 18 .273 .000 1.000 11.8 4.5 2.3 0.5
2007-08 22 DEN NBA 4 108 23 43 7 22 20 24 1 7 7 4 0 5 12 73 .535 .318 .833 27.0 18.3 1.8 1.8
2008-09 23 DEN NBA 16 435 88 194 38 106 25 46 11 53 45 17 4 26 51 239 .454 .358 .543 27.2 14.9 3.3 2.8
2009-10 24 DEN NBA 6 159 21 57 11 31 14 16 5 23 10 4 2 6 17 67 .368 .355 .875 26.5 11.2 3.8 1.7
2010-11 25 DEN NBA 5 76 16 45 9 21 8 11 1 10 5 2 0 8 8 49 .356 .429 .727 15.2 9.8 2.0 1.0
Career NBA 35 825 154 361 65 192 73 103 19 102 69 31 7 48 94 446 .427 .339 .709 23.6 12.7 2.9 2.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2006-07 21 DEN NBA 4 47 9.3 .365 .273 2.5 19.3 11.0 7.4 4.7 1.6 10.9 27.2 80 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.037
2007-08 22 DEN NBA 4 108 22.8 .681 .616 0.9 6.1 3.4 11.3 1.8 0.0 8.5 22.5 136 120 0.5 0.0 0.5 .206
2008-09 23 DEN NBA 16 435 16.9 .558 .552 3.0 11.7 7.3 18.0 2.0 0.8 10.8 25.2 109 109 0.6 0.4 1.0 .109
2009-10 24 DEN NBA 6 159 12.5 .523 .465 3.8 14.3 8.9 9.7 1.3 1.0 8.6 19.5 110 116 0.2 0.0 0.2 .058
2010-11 25 DEN NBA 5 76 12.0 .492 .456 1.5 13.2 7.3 14.0 1.3 0.0 13.8 34.8 87 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.076
Career NBA 35 825 15.9 .549 .517 2.7 12.0 7.3 14.6 1.9 0.7 10.6 24.7 108 112 1.0 0.5 1.5 .086

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
J.R. Smith 5.8 5.0 3.7 3.7 2.7 1.2 0.2
Bimbo Coles 92.3 5.7 5.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 1.1 0.5
Eric Snow 91.1 6.1 5.5 3.8 3.8 1.9 1.3 0.5
Kevin Grevey 90.3 5.8 4.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 0.7 0.1
Hubert Davis 90.0 5.6 4.8 4.2 3.4 1.6 1.2 0.1
Gerald Henderson 89.8 6.2 5.3 3.7 3.6 2.3 1.7 1.3
Quentin Richardson 89.4 5.8 5.6 3.5 3.0 2.4 1.0 0.7
Chris Duhon 89.0 5.2 4.8 4.2 4.1 2.3 1.9 0.2
John Long 88.9 5.3 4.7 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.4 0.2
John Paxson 88.6 6.0 4.8 4.2 3.3 2.3 2.2 0.6
Luke Ridnour 88.4 6.2 5.4 4.4 3.4 2.3 1.2 0.9
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
J.R. Smith 5.8 5.0 3.7 3.7 2.7 1.2 0.2
Vincent Askew 89.3 6.0 4.6 4.3 2.9 2.7 1.5 0.2 0.2 -0.2
Chris Duhon 89.0 5.2 4.8 4.2 4.1 2.3 1.9 0.2
Jarrett Jack 87.5 4.8 4.8 4.1 3.2 2.4 1.2
Raymond Felton 86.3 6.5 5.4 4.3 3.4 2.6 2.3
Ron Williams 84.3 6.1 5.8 4.4 2.6 2.6 1.9 0.1 0.0
Eddie Miles 83.8 6.0 5.9 4.0 3.7 2.4 2.0 1.2 0.0 -0.9
George Senesky 83.7 6.2 4.4 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.0 0.5 0.3
Darwin Cook 83.1 6.0 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.7 1.6 1.2 0.9
Delonte West 83.0 6.4 5.7 3.7 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9
Gene Littles 82.4 7.7 4.8 4.2 3.6 1.6 1.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Monthly Awards
Jan 2005: Western Conference Rookie of the Month
Feb 2005: Western Conference Rookie of the Month
Mar 2005: Western Conference Rookie of the Month
Honors
2004 McDonald's All American
3-Pt Field Goals
2008-09 NBA 180 (5)
2009-10 NBA 158 (9)
Career NBA 901 (87)
Career 901 (87)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
2008-09 NBA 453 (5)
2009-10 NBA 467 (3)
Career NBA 2431 (86)
Career 2431 (86)
Effective Field Goal Pct
2007-08 NBA .578 (9)
Career NBA .515 (98)
Steal Pct
2009-10 NBA 2.4 (10)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (631)
 

Transactions

June 24, 2004: Drafted by the New Orleans Hornets in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft.

July 14, 2006: Traded by the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets with P.J. Brown to the Chicago Bulls for Tyson Chandler.

July 20, 2006: Traded by the Chicago Bulls to the Denver Nuggets for Howard Eisley, a 2007 2nd round draft pick (JamesOn Curry) and a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Aaron Gray).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2004-05 New Orleans Hornets NBA $1,206,600
2005-06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets NBA $1,297,080
2006-07 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,387,560
2007-08 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,134,067
2008-09 Denver Nuggets NBA $4,985,001
2009-10 Denver Nuggets NBA $5,508,426
2010-11 Denver Nuggets NBA $6,757,851
Career (may be incomplete) $23,276,585

Links

Error? Google Search WhatIfSports: J.R. Smith