Which categories does Nick Smith Jr. help in?

LAL

Nick Smith Jr.

Los Angeles Lakers · SG · Age 22 · 6′2″

Rankings Alijah Martin Jeremy Sochan

Rank 2025-26#504SG #175 · of 582

Value-1.0619-cat, per game

Games3013 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 504 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. His weakest category is rebounds at 0.8 a game.

Stats over time

Steady: between 5.9 and 9.9 for 3 seasons.

Last season6.2

3-season average7.3

Trend a season+0.1

Up and down: lowest in 2023-24, highest in 2024-25.
Per 36 minutes: 14.9 in 2023-24, 17.9 last season, on 14.3 → 12.5 minutes: it has held.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25#186of 26625-26–of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	504	-1.061	30	13	6.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	43.5%	2.3/5.4	73.3%	0.4/0.5	0.7
2024-25	361	-0.736	60	23	9.9	1.7	2.1	2.4	0.3	0.1	39.1%	3.7/9.5	93.5%	0.7/0.8	1.4
2023-24	366	-0.873	51	14	5.9	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	39.1%	2.2/5.7	86.7%	0.3/0.3	0.8

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

6.2-0.92

3PM

1.1-0.22

REB

0.8-1.04

AST

1.0-0.81

STL

0.3-0.86

BLK

0.1-0.75

FG%

43.5%2.3/5.4-0.16

FT%

73.3%0.4/0.5-0.78

TO

0.70.75

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · Los Angeles Lakers

He is not on an NBA depth chart right now.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	LAL	30	12.5	6.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	42.6%	2.3/5.4	80.0%	0.4/0.5	0.7
2024-25	CHA	60	22.8	9.9	1.7	2.1	2.4	0.3	0.1	38.9%	3.7/9.5	87.5%	0.7/0.8	1.4
2023-24	CHA	51	14.3	5.9	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	38.6%	2.2/5.7	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Nick Smith Jr. in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.