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{{short description|Latvian basketball player}}
{{short description|Latvian basketball player}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Rolands Šmits
| name = Rolands Šmits
| image = 2022-03-22 ALBA Berlin gegen FC Barcelona Bàsquet (EuroLeague 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–026.jpg
| image = RS156571 1920 BAR ROLANDS SMITS 12.jpg
| image_size =
| image_size =
| caption = Šmits with [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] in 2022
| caption =
| position = [[Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| number = 10
| height_ft = 6
| position = [[Small forward]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 235
| weight_lbs = 235
| nationality = Latvian
| league = [[Basketbol Süper Ligi|BSL]]<br>[[EuroLeague]]
| nationality = Latvian
| team = Anadolu Efes
| league = [[Liga ACB]]<br />[[EuroLeague]]
| number = 11
| team = FC Barcelona Lassa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|25}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|25}}
| birth_place = [[Valmiera]], Latvia
| birth_place = [[Valmiera]], Latvia
| career_start = 2012
| career_start = 2012
| career_end =
| career_end =
| draft_year = 2017
| years1 = 2012–2017
| years1 = 2012–2017
| team1 = [[Baloncesto Fuenlabrada|Fuenlabrada]]
| team1 = [[Baloncesto Fuenlabrada|Montakit Fuenlabrada]]
| years2 = 2012–2013
| years2 = 2012–2013
| team2 = →[[Óbila CB|Óbila]]
| team2 = → [[Óbila CB|Óbila]]
| years3 = 2013–2014
| years3 = 2013–2014
| team3 = →Fundación Fuenlabrada
| team3 = → Fundacion Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
| years4 = 2014–2015
| years4 = 2014–2015
| team4 = →[[CB Getafe|Getafe]]
| team4 = → [[CB Getafe|Viten Getafe Fuenlabrada]]
| years5 = 2017–present
| years5 = 2017–2022
| team5 = [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]]
| team5 = [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]]
| years6 = 2017–2018
| years6 = 2017–2018
| team6 = →[[Baloncesto Fuenlabrada|Fuenlabrada]]
| team6 = → Montakit Fuenlabrada
| years7 = 2022–2024
| team7 = [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]]
| years8 = 2024–present
| team8 = [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]]
| highlights =
| highlights =
* [[Liga ACB|Liga ACB]] champion ([[2020–21 ACB season|2021]])
* [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian League]] champion ([[2022–23 LKL season|2023]])
* 2× [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Spanish Cup]] winner ([[2019 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2019]], [[2021 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2021]])
* 2× [[Karaliaus Mindaugo Taurė|King Mindaugas Cup]] winner (2023, [[2023–24 King Mindaugas Cup|2024]])
* [[Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup|Turkish Super Cup]] winner ([[2024 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup|2024]])
* [[Liga ACB]] champion ([[2020–21 ACB season|2021]])
* 3× [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Copa del Rey]] winner ([[2019 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2019]], [[2021 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2021]], [[2022 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2022]])
* [[EuroCup Rising Star]] ([[2016–17 EuroCup Basketball|2017]])
* [[EuroCup Rising Star]] ([[2016–17 EuroCup Basketball|2017]])
* [[ACB Best Young Player Award|Spanish League All-Young Players Team]] ([[2016–17 ACB season|2017]])
* [[ACB Best Young Player Award|Spanish League All-Young Players Team]] ([[2016–17 ACB season|2017]])
}}
}}
'''Rolands Šmits''' (born June 25, 1995) is a Latvian professional [[basketball]] player for [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]]. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10"), and a weight of 106.4 kg (235 lbs.),<ref>[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Rolands-Smits-62387/ ROLANDS SMITS HEIGHT: 6'10.0" (208 cm) WEIGHT: 235 lbs (107 kg).]</ref><ref>[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/rolands-smits Rolands Smits Ht: 6-10 Wt: 235.]</ref> he can play at either the [[small forward]] or [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] positions.
'''Rolands''' '''Šmits''' (born June 25, 1995) is a Latvian professional [[basketball]] player for [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]] of the Turkish [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]] and the [[EuroLeague]]. At a height of {{height|m=2.08}}, and a weight of 107 kg (235 lbs),<ref>[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Rolands-Smits-62387/ ROLANDS SMITS HEIGHT: 6'10.0" (208 cm) WEIGHT: 235 lbs (107 kg).]</ref><ref>[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/rolands-smits Rolands Smits Ht: 6-10 Wt: 235.]</ref> he primarily plays at the [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] position, but can also play as [[small ball (basketball)|small ball]] [[center (basketball)|center]].


==Early career==
==Early career==
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Šmits made his debut in the [[Spanish basketball league system|Spanish top-tier level]] [[Liga ACB]], with [[Baloncesto Fuenlabrada|Fuenlabrada]], during the 2012–13 season, while also seeing action for [[Óbila CB|Grupo Eulen Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila]], in the country’s third-tier division [[LEB Plata]], that same season. From 2013 to 2015, he primarily played for Fuenlabrada's [[reserve team]] in LEB Plata sides Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and the affiliated team [[CB Getafe|Viten Getafe]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=633144&c=1871849|title=Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB|website=competiciones.feb.es|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref> But, he also earned increasing playing minutes in the top-tier level ACB.
Šmits made his debut in the [[Spanish basketball league system|Spanish top-tier level]] [[Liga ACB]], with [[Baloncesto Fuenlabrada|Fuenlabrada]], during the 2012–13 season, while also seeing action for [[Óbila CB|Grupo Eulen Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila]], in the country’s third-tier division [[LEB Plata]], that same season. From 2013 to 2015, he primarily played for Fuenlabrada's [[reserve team]] in LEB Plata sides Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and the affiliated team [[CB Getafe|Viten Getafe]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=633144&c=1871849|title=Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB|website=competiciones.feb.es|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref> But, he also earned increasing playing minutes in the top-tier level ACB.


In the 2016–17 season, Šmits won the [[European professional club basketball system|European-wide 2nd-tier level]] [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]'s [[EuroCup Basketball Rising Star|Rising Star Award]],<ref>[http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/7oxstwyduq99847h 2016-17 7DAYS EuroCup Rising Star Trophy winner: Rolands Smits, Montakit Fuenlabrada.]</ref> after shooting 55.1% from the field overall, 60.4% from 2 point field goal range, and 48.8% from 3 point field goal range, while averaging 9.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, and 0.6 steals per game,<ref>[http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007109&seasoncode=U2016 SMITS, ROLANDS EuroCup 2016-17 STATISTICS.]</ref> with Fuenlabrada during the [[2016–17 EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup season]].
In the 2016–17 season, Šmits won the [[European professional club basketball system|European-wide 2nd-tier level]] [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]'s [[EuroCup Basketball Rising Star|Rising Star Award]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085917/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/7oxstwyduq99847h 2016-17 7DAYS EuroCup Rising Star Trophy winner: Rolands Smits, Montakit Fuenlabrada.]</ref> after shooting 55.1% from the field overall, 60.4% from 2 point field goal range, and 48.8% from 3 point field goal range, while averaging 9.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, and 0.6 steals per game,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210919222344/https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007109&seasoncode=U2016 SMITS, ROLANDS EuroCup 2016-17 STATISTICS.]</ref> with Fuenlabrada during the [[2016–17 EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup season]].


In September 2017, he signed a five-year contract with [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]], but will stay on loan at Fuenlabrada until 2018.<ref>https://www.fcbarcelona.com/sections/basketball/first-team/news/2017-2018/agreement-for-the-transfer-of-rolands-smits-to-barca-lassa</ref>
On 18 September 2017, Šmits signed a five-year contract with [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]], but stayed on loan at Fuenlabrada until the summer of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/sections/basketball/first-team/news/2017-2018/agreement-for-the-transfer-of-rolands-smits-to-barca-lassa|title=Agreement for the transfer of Rolands Smits to Barça Lassa|publisher=[[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]]|date=September 18, 2017}}</ref> On 30 June 2022, Šmits parted ways with Barcelona after his contract with the club expired.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/basketball/first-team/news/2654811/smits-davies-and-hayes-davis-to-leave-fc-barcelona|title= Smits, Davies and Hayes-Davis to leave FC Barcelona|publisher=[[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]]|date=June 24, 2022|accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref> Over four seasons with Barça from 2018 to 2022, Šmits averaged 4.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in the [[EuroLeague]], along with 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in the [[Liga ACB]], mostly serving as a backup for [[Nikola Mirotić]].

On 3 July 2022, Šmits signed a two-year contract with [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]] of the [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|LKL]] and the [[EuroLeague]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Barcelona big man Rolands Smits signs with Zalgiris|url=https://zalgiris.lt/en/news/bc-zalgiris/102022/|publisher=[[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]|date=3 July 2022|access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> On 25 May 2023, Šmits agreed on a three-year contract extension until 2026, with opt-out clauses after each season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zalgiris reaches contract extension with Rolands Smits|url=https://zalgiris.lt/en/news/bc-zalgiris/108176/|publisher=[[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]|date=25 May 2023|access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Rolands Smits signs contract extension at Zalgiris until 2026|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/rolands-smits-signs-contract-extension-at-zalgiris-until-2026/|publisher=[[EuroLeague]]|date=25 May 2023|access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref>

On June 15, 2024, he signed with [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]] of the Turkish [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anadoluefessk.org/haber/rolands-smits-anadolu-efes-te|title=Rolands Smits Anadolu Efes’te|last=|first=|date=June 15, 2024|website=anadoluefessk.org|publisher=|language=tr|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>


==International career==
==International career==
Šmits competed with Latvia's junior national teams at the [[2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]], and at the [[2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]] and [[2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]]. He also played with Latvia's junior national team at the [[2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]] and at the [[2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9318.teamID_2134.playerID_85831.html|title=Rolands Smits {{!}} EuroBasket (2015) {{!}} FIBA Europe|website=www.fibaeurope.com|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>[http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/rolands%20smits/pid//_//players.html Rolands SMITS (LAT).]</ref>
Šmits competed with Latvia's junior national teams at the [[2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]], and at the [[2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]] and [[2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]]. He also played with Latvia's junior national team at the [[2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]] and at the [[2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9318.teamID_2134.playerID_85831.html|title=Rolands Smits {{!}} EuroBasket (2015) {{!}} FIBA Europe|website=www.fibaeurope.com|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/rolands%20smits/pid//_//players.html Rolands SMITS (LAT).]</ref>

Šmits received his first [[cap (sports)|cap]] with the senior men's [[Latvian national basketball team]] in 2014. In 2017, Šmits competed with the Latvian national team at the [[EuroBasket 2017]] tournament, averaging 5.6 points and 2.0 rebounds as the team finished 5th overall.

==Awards and accomplishments==
===Club===
;FC Barcelona
* [[Liga ACB]]: ([[2020–21 ACB season|2021]])
* 3× [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Copa del Rey]]: ([[2019 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2019]], [[2021 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2021]], [[2022 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2022]])
;Žalgiris Kaunas
* [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian League]]: ([[2022–23 LKL season|2023]])
* [[Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė|King Mindaugas Cup]]: (2023)

===Individual===
* [[EuroCup Rising Star]]: ([[2016–17 EuroCup Basketball|2017]])
* [[ACB Best Young Player Award|Spanish League All-Young Players Team]]: ([[2016–17 ACB season|2017]])

==Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|*
| Led the league
|}


{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
Šmits received his first [[cap (sports)|cap]] with the senior men's [[Latvian national basketball team]] in 2014.
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018–19 Euroleague|2018–19]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"|[[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|Barcelona]]
| 14 || 0 || 11.5 || .389 || .370 || .909 || 1.6 || .5 || .3 || '''.2''' || 4.4 || 3.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2019–20 EuroLeague|2019–20]]
| 16 || 10 || 9.9 || .442 || '''.474''' || .750 || 1.8 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 3.1 || 2.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2020–21 EuroLeague|2020–21]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''41'''* || 8 || 15.9 || '''.573''' || .396 || .767 || 3.2 || .6 || .4 || '''.2''' || 5.5 || 6.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2021–22 EuroLeague|2021–22]]
| 36 || 3 || 14.8 || .477 || .196 || '''.920''' || 3.1 || .6 || .4 || .1 || 4.4 || 4.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2022–23 EuroLeague|2022–23]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]
| 37 || '''36''' || '''23.3''' || .491 || .383 || .855 || '''4.7''' || 1.1 || .4 || .1 || 9.7 || 9.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2023–24 EuroLeague|2023–24]]
| 31 || 24 || 22.9 || .512 || .375 || .773 || 4.3 || '''1.2''' || '''.6''' || .1 || '''10.5''' || '''10.5'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career
| 175 || 81 || 17.6 || .500 || .361 || .824 || 3.5 || .8 || .4 || .1 || 6.7 || 6.7
{{S-end}}


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Rolands-Smits-62387/ Rolands Šmits] at draftexpress.com
*[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Rolands-Smits-62387/ Rolands Šmits] at draftexpress.com
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Rolands_Smits/Spain/Montakit-Fuenlabrada/214255 Rolands Šmits] eurobasket.com
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Rolands_Smits/Spain/Montakit-Fuenlabrada/214255 Rolands Šmits] eurobasket.com
*[http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007109#!careerstats Rolands Šmits] at eurocupbasketball.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220118113714/http://euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007109&seasoncode=E2021#!careerstats Rolands Šmits] at euroleague.net
*[http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/rolands%20smits/pid//_//players.html Rolands Šmits] at fiba.com (archive)
*[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rolands-smits/007109/ Rolands Šmits] at euroleaguebasketball.com
*[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/rolands%20smits/pid//_//players.html Rolands Šmits] at fiba.com (archive)
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9318.teamID_2134.playerID_85831.html Rolands Šmits] at fibaeurope.com
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9318.teamID_2134.playerID_85831.html Rolands Šmits] at fibaeurope.com
*[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/rolands-smits Rolands Šmits] at nbadraft.net
*[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/rolands-smits Rolands Šmits] at nbadraft.net
*[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rolands-Smits/Summary/27874 Rolands Šmits] at realgm.com
*[https://twitter.com/rsmits95?lang=en Rolands Šmits] at twitter.com
*[https://twitter.com/rsmits95?lang=en Rolands Šmits] at twitter.com


{{FC Barcelona Bàsquet current roster}}
{{Anadolu Efes S.K. current roster}}
{{Eurocup Rising Star}}
{{Eurocup Rising Star}}


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Latest revision as of 10:49, 12 December 2024

Rolands Šmits
Šmits with FC Barcelona in 2022
No. 11 – Anadolu Efes
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueBSL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1995-06-25) June 25, 1995 (age 29)
Valmiera, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2017Montakit Fuenlabrada
2012–2013→ Óbila
2013–2014→ Fundacion Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2014–2015→ Viten Getafe Fuenlabrada
2017–2022FC Barcelona
2017–2018→ Montakit Fuenlabrada
2022–2024Žalgiris Kaunas
2024–presentAnadolu Efes
Career highlights and awards

Rolands Šmits (born June 25, 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague. At a height of 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), and a weight of 107 kg (235 lbs),[1][2] he primarily plays at the power forward position, but can also play as small ball center.

Early career

[edit]

Šmits came up through the junior youth ranks of the Latvian club BK Valmiera. He left his native Latvia, for Spain in 2011. He joined the Spanish club Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, and played for their feeder team in the amateur Spanish fourth-tier level Liga EBA, in the 2011–12 season.

Professional career

[edit]

Šmits made his debut in the Spanish top-tier level Liga ACB, with Fuenlabrada, during the 2012–13 season, while also seeing action for Grupo Eulen Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila, in the country’s third-tier division LEB Plata, that same season. From 2013 to 2015, he primarily played for Fuenlabrada's reserve team in LEB Plata sides Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and the affiliated team Viten Getafe respectively.[3] But, he also earned increasing playing minutes in the top-tier level ACB.

In the 2016–17 season, Šmits won the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup's Rising Star Award,[4] after shooting 55.1% from the field overall, 60.4% from 2 point field goal range, and 48.8% from 3 point field goal range, while averaging 9.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, and 0.6 steals per game,[5] with Fuenlabrada during the EuroCup season.

On 18 September 2017, Šmits signed a five-year contract with FC Barcelona, but stayed on loan at Fuenlabrada until the summer of 2018.[6] On 30 June 2022, Šmits parted ways with Barcelona after his contract with the club expired.[7] Over four seasons with Barça from 2018 to 2022, Šmits averaged 4.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in the EuroLeague, along with 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in the Liga ACB, mostly serving as a backup for Nikola Mirotić.

On 3 July 2022, Šmits signed a two-year contract with Žalgiris Kaunas of the LKL and the EuroLeague.[8] On 25 May 2023, Šmits agreed on a three-year contract extension until 2026, with opt-out clauses after each season.[9][10]

On June 15, 2024, he signed with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.[11]

International career

[edit]

Šmits competed with Latvia's junior national teams at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, and at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also played with Latvia's junior national team at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship and at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[12][13]

Šmits received his first cap with the senior men's Latvian national basketball team in 2014. In 2017, Šmits competed with the Latvian national team at the EuroBasket 2017 tournament, averaging 5.6 points and 2.0 rebounds as the team finished 5th overall.

Awards and accomplishments

[edit]

Club

[edit]
FC Barcelona
Žalgiris Kaunas

Individual

[edit]

Career statistics

[edit]
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

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* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2018–19 Barcelona 14 0 11.5 .389 .370 .909 1.6 .5 .3 .2 4.4 3.5
2019–20 16 10 9.9 .442 .474 .750 1.8 .3 .1 .1 3.1 2.2
2020–21 41* 8 15.9 .573 .396 .767 3.2 .6 .4 .2 5.5 6.0
2021–22 36 3 14.8 .477 .196 .920 3.1 .6 .4 .1 4.4 4.8
2022–23 Žalgiris 37 36 23.3 .491 .383 .855 4.7 1.1 .4 .1 9.7 9.4
2023–24 31 24 22.9 .512 .375 .773 4.3 1.2 .6 .1 10.5 10.5
Career 175 81 17.6 .500 .361 .824 3.5 .8 .4 .1 6.7 6.7

References

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  1. ^ ROLANDS SMITS HEIGHT: 6'10.0" (208 cm) WEIGHT: 235 lbs (107 kg).
  2. ^ Rolands Smits Ht: 6-10 Wt: 235.
  3. ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ 2016-17 7DAYS EuroCup Rising Star Trophy winner: Rolands Smits, Montakit Fuenlabrada.
  5. ^ SMITS, ROLANDS EuroCup 2016-17 STATISTICS.
  6. ^ "Agreement for the transfer of Rolands Smits to Barça Lassa". FC Barcelona. 18 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Smits, Davies and Hayes-Davis to leave FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Former Barcelona big man Rolands Smits signs with Zalgiris". Žalgiris. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Zalgiris reaches contract extension with Rolands Smits". Žalgiris. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Rolands Smits signs contract extension at Zalgiris until 2026". EuroLeague. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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