Ish Smith’s trip through the Statistical Doppelgänger Machine yielded thoroughly predictable results. He’s a small, veteran point guard whose production is around league average. With, let’s say this politely, other than orthodox shooting technique, he doesn’t launch many threes, which means he should draw comps from before the boom in three-point shooting.
Sure enough, the doppelgänger machine produced small, veteran point guards who by this point in their careers were useful, average-ish players who didn’t shoot many threes. And, there were “throwback” names high on the list — a couple among the 10 most similar, and more just outside that range.