Elmore Smith C

Height: 7-0 (213cm)

Weight: 250 lbs (113kg)

Born: May 9, 1949 (77 years old)

Hometown: Macon, Georgia

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1971 Round 1, Pick 3, Buffalo Braves

Pre-Draft Team: Kentucky State (Sr)

High School: Ballard-Hudson High School (Macon, Georgia)

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Elmore Smith Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
4/8/1979	Spurs	10
4/6/1979	Rockets	8
4/4/1979	Pacers	8
4/3/1979	Spurs	4
4/1/1979	Rockets	6

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

8 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1971-72	22	BUF	78	40.8	17.3	15.2	1.4	-	-	-	.454	-	.534
1972-73	23	BUF	76	37.2	18.3	12.4	2.5	-	-	-	.482	-	.558
1973-74	24	LAL	81	36.1	12.5	11.2	1.9	0.9	4.9	-	.457	-	.590
1974-75	25	LAL	74	31.6	10.9	10.9	2.0	1.1	2.9	-	.493	-	.485
1975-76	26	MIL	78	36.0	15.6	11.4	1.2	1.0	3.1	-	.518	-	.632
1976-77	27	CLE, MIL	70	20.9	8.6	6.3	0.6	0.5	2.1	-	.475	-	.549
1977-78	28	CLE	81	24.6	12.5	8.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	1.7	.497	-	.663
1978-79	29	CLE	24	13.8	6.5	4.4	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.8	.531	-	.692
CAREER			562	31.8	13.4	10.6	1.4	0.8	2.9	1.7	.482	-	.579

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1971-72	22	BUF	78	-	40.8	17.3	7.4	16.3	.454	-	-	-	2.5	4.7	.534	-	-	15.2	1.4	-	-	-	3.9
1972-73	23	BUF	76	-	37.2	18.3	7.9	16.4	.482	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	.558	-	-	12.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9
1973-74	24	LAL	81	-	36.1	12.5	5.4	11.7	.457	-	-	-	1.8	3.1	.590	2.5	8.7	11.2	1.9	0.9	4.9	-	3.8
1974-75	25	LAL	74	-	31.6	10.9	4.7	9.5	.493	-	-	-	1.5	3.1	.485	2.8	8.1	10.9	2.0	1.1	2.9	-	3.4
1975-76	26	MIL	78	-	36.0	15.6	6.4	12.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	.632	2.6	8.9	11.4	1.2	1.0	3.1	-	3.4
1976-77 *	27	All Teams	70	-	20.9	8.6	3.4	7.2	.475	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.549	1.6	4.6	6.3	0.6	0.5	2.1	-	3.0
1976-77 *	27	CLE	36	-	18.8	8.7	3.6	7.1	.504	-	-	-	1.6	3.0	.519	1.7	4.7	6.4	0.4	0.4	2.1	-	2.7
1976-77 *	27	MIL	34	-	23.2	8.4	3.3	7.4	.447	-	-	-	1.8	3.1	.581	1.5	4.6	6.1	0.9	0.6	2.0	-	3.2
1977-78	28	CLE	81	-	24.6	12.5	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
1978-79	29	CLE	24	-	13.8	6.5	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
CAREER			562	-	31.8	13.4	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

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1971-72	22	BUF	78	-	3,186	1,352	579	1,275	.454	-	-	-	194	363	.534	-	-	1,184	111	-	-	-	306
1972-73	23	BUF	76	-	2,829	1,388	600	1,244	.482	-	-	-	188	337	.558	-	-	946	192	-	-	-	295
1973-74	24	LAL	81	-	2,922	1,015	434	949	.457	-	-	-	147	249	.590	204	702	906	150	71	393	-	309
1974-75	25	LAL	74	-	2,341	804	346	702	.493	-	-	-	112	231	.485	210	600	810	145	84	216	-	255
1975-76	26	MIL	78	-	2,809	1,218	498	962	.518	-	-	-	222	351	.632	201	692	893	97	78	238	-	268
1976-77 *	27	All Teams	70	-	1,464	599	241	507	.475	-	-	-	117	213	.549	114	325	439	43	35	144	-	207
1976-77 *	27	CLE	36	-	675	312	128	254	.504	-	-	-	56	108	.519	62	169	231	13	16	75	-	98
1976-77 *	27	MIL	34	-	789	287	113	253	.447	-	-	-	61	105	.581	52	156	208	30	19	69	-	109
1977-78	28	CLE	81	-	1,996	1,009	402	809	.497	-	-	-	205	309	.663	178	500	678	57	50	176	141	241
1978-79	29	CLE	24	-	332	156	69	130	.531	-	-	-	18	26	.692	45	61	106	13	7	16	42	60
CAREER			562	-	17,879	7,541	3,169	6,578	.482	-	-	-	1,203	2,079	.579	952	2,880	5,962	808	325	1,183	183	1,941

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1971-72	22	BUF	78	-	.471	.454	-	-	-	5.1	-	-	-	-	98.9	-	1.1	-	-	15.1
1972-73	23	BUF	76	-	.498	.482	-	-	-	9.9	-	-	-	-	104.0	-	1.1	-	-	16.6
1973-74	24	LAL	81	-	.479	.457	6.6	21.1	14.2	6.9	-	1.0	6.4	-	104.8	-	1.1	-	91.8	15.4
1974-75	25	LAL	74	-	.500	.493	8.6	24.3	16.5	8.7	-	1.6	4.6	-	97.8	-	1.1	-	93.5	15.9
1975-76	26	MIL	78	-	.545	.518	7.7	24.9	16.6	5.0	-	1.3	4.4	-	115.0	-	1.3	-	93.6	17.4
1976-77 *	27	All Teams	70	-	.499	.475	7.8	23.2	15.4	4.0	-	1.1	5.2	-	102.5	-	1.2	-	95.7	14.9
1976-77 *	27	CLE	36	-	.517	.504	9.0	26.3	17.4	2.8	-	1.1	6.0	-	102.2	-	1.2	-	91.7	18.2
1976-77 *	27	MIL	34	-	.480	.447	6.8	20.6	13.6	4.8	-	1.1	4.4	-	102.8	-	1.1	-	99.5	12.7
1977-78	28	CLE	81	-	.534	.497	8.9	25.6	17.2	4.2	13.0	1.2	4.6	21.6	116.0	-5.3	1.2	103.9	94.0	19.7
1978-79	29	CLE	24	-	.551	.531	14.0	21.4	17.5	5.6	22.9	1.0	2.7	22.0	122.3	-10.3	1.2	96.2	104.8	14.5
CAREER			562	-	.503	.482	8.1	24.5	16.3	6.4	14.4	1.2	5.1	21.7	106.0	-6.2	1.1	103.0	94.8	16.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1971-72	22	BUF	78	-	1	.202	-	-	0.3	22	56	.282	0.4	1.1	1.5
1972-73	23	BUF	76	-	0	.224	-	-	0.3	20	56	.263	3.0	0.9	3.9
1973-74	24	LAL	81	-	0	.165	-	-	0.3	47	34	.580	0.5	5.4	5.9
1974-75	25	LAL	74	-	0	.144	-	-	0.3	29	45	.392	1.0	3.7	4.7
1975-76	26	MIL	78	-	0	.172	-	-	0.4	37	41	.474	4.1	4.7	8.7
1976-77 *	27	All Teams	70	-	0	.094	-	-	0.4	27	43	.386	0.7	2.2	2.9
1976-77 *	27	CLE	36	-	0	.041	-	-	0.4	17	19	.472	0.7	1.4	2.0
1976-77 *	27	MIL	34	-	0	.039	-	-	0.4	10	24	.294	-	0.8	0.8
1977-78	28	CLE	81	-	0	.131	0.4	0.4	0.4	43	38	.531	3.0	3.8	6.8
1978-79	29	CLE	24	-	0	.023	0.3	0.2	0.2	7	17	.292	-	0.3	0.3
CAREER			562	-	1	.126	0.4	0.3	0.3	232	330	.413	12.7	22.1	34.6

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1973-74	24	LAL	5	34.2	19.2	10.6	1.2	1.4	1.6	-	.477	-	.706
1975-76	26	MIL	3	34.7	14.7	7.3	0.3	0.7	3.7	-	.556	-	.667
1976-77	27	CLE	3	18.7	13.7	8.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	-	.545	-	.625
1977-78	28	CLE	2	28.0	12.5	9.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	.458	-	.500
CAREER			13	29.8	15.8	9.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.5	.500	-	.654

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1973-74	24	LAL	5	-	34.2	19.2	8.4	17.6	.477	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.706	3.8	6.8	10.6	1.2	1.4	1.6	-	4.0
1975-76	26	MIL	3	-	34.7	14.7	5.0	9.0	.556	-	-	-	4.7	7.0	.667	1.7	5.7	7.3	0.3	0.7	3.7	-	4.7
1976-77	27	CLE	3	-	18.7	13.7	6.0	11.0	.545	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625	2.0	6.0	8.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	-	3.3
1977-78	28	CLE	2	-	28.0	12.5	5.5	12.0	.458	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500	3.0	6.5	9.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	4.5
CAREER			13	-	29.8	15.8	6.6	13.2	.500	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.654	2.8	6.3	9.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.5	4.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1973-74	24	LAL	5	-	171	96	42	88	.477	-	-	-	12	17	.706	19	34	53	6	7	8	-	20
1975-76	26	MIL	3	-	104	44	15	27	.556	-	-	-	14	21	.667	5	17	22	1	2	11	-	14
1976-77	27	CLE	3	-	56	41	18	33	.545	-	-	-	5	8	.625	6	18	24	1	5	3	-	10
1977-78	28	CLE	2	-	56	25	11	24	.458	-	-	-	3	6	.500	6	13	19	0	3	3	5	9
CAREER			13	-	387	206	86	172	.500	-	-	-	34	52	.654	36	82	118	8	17	25	5	53

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1973-74	24	LAL	5	-	.503	.477	9.6	20.9	14.7	6.7	-	1.9	2.4	-	118.3	-	1.1	-	98.2	20.1
1975-76	26	MIL	3	-	.607	.556	7.1	17.1	13.0	1.3	-	0.9	5.1	-	122.2	-	1.6	-	104.8	15.6
1976-77	27	CLE	3	-	.561	.545	9.1	34.5	20.4	3.4	-	4.1	3.1	-	117.0	-	1.2	-	82.9	26.6
1977-78	28	CLE	2	-	.469	.458	11.6	28.9	19.6	-	15.8	2.5	2.8	21.7	95.8	-9.2	1.0	91.7	108.9	15.0
CAREER			13	-	.529	.500	9.2	22.9	15.7	3.4	15.8	2.0	3.4	21.7	115.4	-9.2	1.2	91.7	98.2	17.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1973-74	24	LAL	5	-	.261	-	-	0.2	1	4	.200	0.2	0.1	0.4
1975-76	26	MIL	3	-	.126	-	-	0.8	1	2	.333	0.1	-	0.2
1976-77	27	CLE	3	-	.154	-	-	0.2	1	2	.333	0.1	0.2	0.3
1977-78	28	CLE	2	-	.129	0.0	0.6	0.2	0	2	.000	-	-	-
CAREER			13	-	.181	0.0	0.6	0.3	3	10	.231	0.3	0.1	0.6

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Mar 29, 1971	The Buffalo Braves selected Elmore Smith in Round 1 with Pick 3 in the 1971 NBA Draft.
Apr 5, 1971	Elmore Smith signed a multi-year contract with the Buffalo Braves.
Sep 17, 1973	Elmore Smith was acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers from the Buffalo Braves in a trade.
Jun 16, 1975	Elmore Smith was acquired by the Milwaukee Bucks from the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade.
Jan 13, 1977	Elmore Smith was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Milwaukee Bucks in a trade.
Jul 1, 1979	Elmore Smith, previously with the Cleveland Cavaliers, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-Rookie First Team	1972

NCAA Career

College: Kentucky State (1971)

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