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Aaron Nesmith

Guard · Indiana Pacers · #23

Last: @ Miami Heat · Tipped off 8:00 PM ET · this page updates each morning

Injury report: Day-To-Day · Oct 30

NBA / G
Points per game13.34 games
Rebounds per game1.84 games
Assists per game1.34 games
Threes per game2.34 games
Minutes per game21.84 games
2026-27 season

Points by game

Season average13.3
4 games · 4 with data
9
13
13
18
DALOct 23
BKNOct 25
MILOct 26
PHIOct 28
Box score per game · game log through 2026-10-28.

The Edge

Role and usage

Nesmith's profile stands out most on usage rate (86th percentile) and potential assists per game (38th percentile). Latest snapshot 2026-10-30.

Early sample: percentiles among players with 2+ games.

Minutes per game21.8 min
39th percentile of 292 players
Usage rate25.4%
86th percentile of 292 players
True shooting53.8%
37th percentile of 292 players
Touches per game37.0
54th percentile of 307 players
Time of possession per game2.6 min
61st percentile of 307 players
Drives per game6.5
62nd percentile of 307 players
Potential assists per game3.0
38th percentile of 307 players
Pull-up attempts per game2.3
67th percentile of 307 players
Clutch scoring0.0 pts
1.7 clutch minutes per game · 2 games
First basket rate—
3 starts recorded · rates shown after 5 starts
Percentiles are among 292 players with 3+ games and 10+ minutes per game; tracking metrics are ranked among the players tracked for them, a smaller group, and show no percentile until at least 50 players qualify. Clutch: Last five minutes of a game with the score within five points; per-game averages.
OddsIndex analysis

Our pick

Current pick context · independent of season selection
Our pick

No active pick on Aaron Nesmith.

Our graded record on him: 1-0-0 · see every pick below.

Betting context · 2026-27

Points against the line

OverUnder

Recorded line 13.5 · Points · as of Oct 28

13.5
9
13
13
18
MIA
DALOct 23
BKNOct 25
MILOct 26
PHIOct 28
MIAnext
Over 1 of 4 · 25%Under 3 of 42026-27 season vs current line 13.5 · historical frequency, not a forecast
13.5

2026-27 season · all games played, playoffs included · game log · through 2026-10-28

Hit rate by situation · 2026-27 · against the recorded line 13.5

home, away, back-to-back, in wins and in losses splits have fewer than 10 games this season and are not shown yet.

This season's games only · historical frequency, not a forecast.

Shot profile · 2026-27 · 44 FGA

Where he scores

41% of his shots come from threes above the break, where he makes 39%, 4.6 percentage points above the league rate there (18 attempts so far).

  • Restricted area43%▼ 23.3 vs league16% of attempts · 7 FGA · small sample
  • Three-pointers35%level with league59% of attempts · 26 FGA
  • Mid-range33%▼ 6.7 vs league7% of attempts · 3 FGA · small sample
41%39% FG7%33% FG11%20% FG7%33% FG18%50% FG16%43% FG
  • Share of attempts
  • FG% above league
  • below
  • under 20 attempts

Where he shoots from, against the league

  • Restricted area16% / 29%3 of 7 · 43% FG against 66% for the league
  • Paint (non-restricted)18% / 19%4 of 8 · 50% FG against 44% for the league
  • Mid-range7% / 10%1 of 3 · 33% FG against 40% for the league
  • Left corner 37% / 6%1 of 3 · 33% FG against 34% for the league
  • Right corner 311% / 5%1 of 5 · 20% FG against 34% for the league
  • Above-the-break 341% / 31%7 of 18 · 39% FG against 34% for the league
Season to date from the daily league shot-location snapshot dated 2026-10-30; the league figure is every player in that snapshot added together.
Next game · Tipped off 8:00 PM ET · this page updates each morning

Matchup: @ Miami Heat

Miami Heat defense

Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to guards.

Who guards him

Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Andrew Wiggins has guarded him most: 17.1 partial possessions, 5 points on 2 of 7.

2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.

Team defense

Miami Heat: the 25th-best defense at an average pace; generous against guards on points.

Defensive rating116.8
25th-best defense · middling
Pace103.8 poss
average tempo · possessions per 48 minutes
Offensive rating108.4
21st-best offense · points per 100 possessions
Points allowed to guards13.8 per game
generous · per game vs guards
Rebounds allowed to guards4.0 per game
generous · per game vs guards
Assists allowed to guards3.8 per game
generous · per game vs guards
Threes allowed to guards1.9 per game
generous · per game vs guards
PRA allowed to guards21.5 per game
generous · per game vs guards
Pts+Reb allowed to guards17.8 per game
generous · per game vs guards

Allowed-to-guards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 344 guard-games against MIA · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.

2 meetings on record: 10.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists per game (last on Jan 10). The vs MIA window above shows each game.

MIA injury report · Oct 30

Lineup context

Team ratings with him on and off the floor, then points per game with and without his top teammates by minutes.

On and off

The team is 2.9 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).

  • Net rating
    On · 39 min2.4
    Off · 105 min5.3
Offensive and defensive rating
  • Offensive rating
    On · 39 min117.9
    Off · 105 min116.2
  • Defensive rating (lower is better)
    On · 39 min115.5
    Off · 105 min111.0

Points per 100 possessions · 2 games · as of Oct 26.

With and without teammates

Fewer than 5 games with IND this season, so last season (2025-26) is used.

Teammate availability from the injury report as of Oct 30.

Detailed records · both seasons on record

Game log & career

Data availability

Coverage dates show how far the available figures extend.

Clutch

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Observations through 2026-10-29.

Who guards him

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

First basket

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

Game log

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Hit rates by window

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Hustle

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

Injury report

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

Lineup splits

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Matchup

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Next game

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

On and off

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Observations through 2026-10-26.

Picks

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Prop hit rates

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Recent form

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Role and usage

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

Season averages

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Observations through 2026-10-28.

Shot profile

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Observations through 2026-10-30.

Shot quality

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Observations through 2026-10-30.