Season stats: 2025-26. Updated 6 h ago.
Malachi Smith Joins Raptors Roster After One Season With Brooklyn
newsroom · 37 min agoMalachi Smith is on the Raptors roster for 2026-27 after spending last season with Brooklyn. He is not on the injury report, and the numbers below are all from his rookie year with the Nets in 2025-26.
Where Things Stand
Malachi Smith is a guard on the Raptors roster for the 2026-27 season, wearing No. 18. He stands 6-4 and 205 pounds, he is 26 years old, and he came into the league out of Gonzaga. Last season, his rookie year, he played for the Brooklyn Nets. He is not on the injury report right now, so he heads into the new season healthy. With Toronto opening the year ahead, Smith projects as a guard who can step onto the floor from day one, based on the role he carved out in Brooklyn a year ago.
Last Season By The Numbers
In 2025-26 with Brooklyn, Smith appeared in 15 games, averaging 23.9 minutes. He put up 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, with 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks. He also kept the ball secure, turning it over just 0.9 times a night. Those are rookie-year numbers, and they came in a limited 15-game sample. Still, the per-game workload, nearly 24 minutes a night, shows Brooklyn trusted him with real rotation minutes rather than mop-up duty. Those are the only games on record for him, since this was his first professional season.
Shooting Efficiency
The most notable part of Smith's rookie line is efficiency. He shot 48.5 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from 3-point range last season, both strong marks for a guard. He was perfect at the free-throw line, hitting 100 percent of his attempts. Put together, his true shooting percentage sat at 60.5, well above average. For a player logging under 24 minutes a night, shooting that cleanly from the field and from deep stands out. If he can carry any part of that shooting profile into Toronto, it gives the Raptors a guard capable of scoring efficiently in a smaller role.
Role And Usage
Smith's usage rate last season was 13.6 percent, a low-usage number that fits a complementary role rather than a primary scoring option. He still moved the ball, averaging 3.3 assists to go with his 8.3 points, suggesting some secondary playmaking on top of his scoring. His plus-minus for the season was minus-6.0. That figure reflects his 15-game stretch with Brooklyn last season and is the only on-court impact number available for him. Taken together, the profile is a low-usage guard who shoots efficiently and contributes some ball-handling, rather than a high-volume scorer.
Outlook Heading Into The Season
Smith is not on the injury report, which means he is available as the Raptors build out their roster for 2026-27. With no current-season games played yet, his track record is limited to that 15-game rookie stretch in Brooklyn. There is no reported injury history and no recent-game log to point to beyond last season's averages. The opener is still ahead, and how Toronto uses him will depend on decisions still to come. For now, the numbers fans have to go on are last season's efficient shooting and modest counting stats over a small sample.
Questions fans ask
What team does Malachi Smith play for now?
He is on the Toronto Raptors roster for the 2026-27 season, wearing No. 18.
What team was Malachi Smith on last season?
He played for the Brooklyn Nets in 2025-26, his rookie season.
Is Malachi Smith injured?
No, he is not on the injury report.
What position does Malachi Smith play?
He is a guard, listed at 6-4 and 205 pounds.
What were Malachi Smith's stats last season?
In 15 games with Brooklyn in 2025-26, he averaged 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 23.9 minutes, shooting 48.5% from the field and 43.5% from 3-point range.
Where did Malachi Smith go to college?
He played college basketball at Gonzaga.
Game log
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