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Robert Smith

Guard  at Denver Nuggets
Age71
NationalityUSA
Height180 cm (5'11")
Weight75 kg
BornMar 10, 1955
CollegeUNLV
Career
6.6PPG
1.4RPG
1.8APG
335 games · 8 seasons

Career snapshot

8seasons
335games
2,194career pts
9.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Denver Nuggets · 127 games · 1977-78–1978-79

Position rank · 1979-80

#68PPG rank
#73PER rank
#71WS rank
Among 76 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 24.7 2025-26 · DYNA
RPG 2.9 2025-26 · DYNA
APG 3.9 2025-26 · DYNA
PER 11.6 1978-79 · DEN
WS 2.9 1978-79 · DEN

Draft

1977
Round 3 · Pick 65
from UNLV

Career by team

KK Dynamic
2025-26 – 2025-26 · 1 seasons
24.7 PPG 2.9 RPG 3.9 APG
29 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1980-81 – 1984-85 · 2 seasons
3.0 PPG 0.9 RPG 1.3 APG
8 games
Los Angeles Clippers
1982-83 – 1982-83 · 1 seasons
2.2 PPG 0.6 RPG 1.2 APG
5 games
San Antonio Spurs
1982-83 – 1982-83 · 1 seasons
1.7 PPG 0.4 RPG 0.3 APG
7 games
Milwaukee Bucks
1981-82 – 1981-82 · 1 seasons
6.8 PPG 0.8 RPG 2.6 APG
17 games
Brooklyn Nets
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
5.2 PPG 1.3 RPG 1.4 APG
59 games
Utah Jazz
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
2.5 PPG 0.5 RPG 1.2 APG
6 games
Denver Nuggets
1977-78 – 1978-79 · 2 seasons
5.1 PPG 1.4 RPG 1.9 APG
127 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 DEN 45 0 8.4 2.7 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 51.5 0.0 87.5 10.9 0.8
1978-79 DEN 82 0 18.0 6.4 1.8 2.5 0.7 0.2 42.2 0.0 88.3 11.6 2.9
1979-80 NBA 65 0 12.4 5.0 1.2 1.4 0.4 0.1 43.9 30.8 87.0 — —
1979-80 BKN 59 0 12.5 5.2 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.1 44.5 30.8 86.2 — —
1979-80 UTA 6 0 12.2 2.5 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 100.0 9.6 0.1
1980-81 CLE 1 0 20.0 8.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 100.0 7.2 0.0
1981-82 MIL 17 1 18.6 6.8 0.8 2.6 0.6 0.1 47.3 20.0 83.3 10.6 0.6
1982-83 NBA 12 0 5.7 1.9 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.0 29.2 0.0 90.0 — —
1982-83 LAC 5 0 8.6 2.2 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.0 15.4 0.0 87.5 — —
1982-83 SAS 7 0 3.6 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 45.5 0.0 100.0 7.8 0.0
1984-85 CLE 7 0 6.9 2.3 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.0 23.5 0.0 80.0 6.2 0.0
2025-26 DYNA 29 0 30.2 24.7 2.9 3.9 1.2 0.0 42.9 33.7 80.0 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1984 San Antonio Spurs Cleveland Cavaliers offseason From 1982-83 to 1984-85
Oct 1982 Los Angeles Clippers San Antonio Spurs mid season trade From 1982-83 to 1982-83
Jul 1982 Milwaukee Bucks San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 1982 Milwaukee Bucks Los Angeles Clippers season change
Jul 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers Milwaukee Bucks season change
Jul 1980 Utah Jazz Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Jul 1980 Brooklyn Nets Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Oct 1979 Brooklyn Nets Utah Jazz mid season trade From 1979-80 to 1979-80
Jul 1979 Denver Nuggets Utah Jazz season change
Jul 1979 Denver Nuggets Brooklyn Nets season change

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Born on March 10

Dick Murphy 1921 · New York Knicks Eddie Ehlers 1923 Andy O'Donnell 1925 Mark Workman 1930 · Golden State Warriors Leroy Ellis 1940 · Los Angeles Lakers Austin Carr 1948 · Dallas Mavericks Eric Marsh 1954 · Golden State Warriors Tim McCormick 1962 · Oklahoma City Thunder

About Robert Smith

Robert Leroy Smith is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.