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2025-26
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Dru Smith vs Matisse Thybulle

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Smith · Thybulle
Dru Smith
Smith
Heat
2025-26
Thybulle
Lakers
Matisse Thybulle
70
Games
availability
30
16.3
Minutes
per game
16.0
5.6
Points
per game
5.8
2.5
Rebounds
per game
2.0
2.6
Assists
per game
0.9
1.7
Steals + blocks
per game
2.5
0.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.9
41.5%
Field goal %
43.3%
29.5%
Three-point %
1.8 vs 3.1 attempts
39.8%
82.9%
Free throw %
84.0%
53.2%
True shooting
TS%
60.0%
14.2%
Usage
USG%
14.4%
21.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.9%
6.6%
Rebound %
of available
5.9%
-3.2
Net rating
on court
+9.0
9.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.3%
-1.2
Plus-minus
per game
+2.9
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Matisse Thybulle scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (5.8 vs 5.6), on Thybulle's heavier usage (14.4% vs 14.2%).

Thybulle is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.0% to 53.2%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Smith (2.6 vs 0.9 assists), the glass to Smith (2.5 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Smith played 40 more games (70 vs 30 of 82).

With Thybulle on the floor his team outscored opponents by +9.0 per 100 possessions, against -3.2 for Smith; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Smith $2.6M through 2027-28, Thybulle $2.4M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Smith
2025-26
Thybulle
38-32
Record when playing
17-13
5.9
Points at home
7.0
5.4
Points on the road
4.8
6.1
Points in wins
6.2
5.1
Points in losses
5.2
13
Season high
14
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Smith · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at ORL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs BKN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs NOP0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 3 at TOR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thybulle · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs DEN7 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs GSW4 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs SAC3 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at SAC6 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Smith · contract
2026-27$2.6M
2027-28team option$2.9M
Thybulle · contract
2026-27$2.4M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).