Zhaire Smith

Cleveland Cavaliers, Shooting Guard
Age: 25y-8m-13d (Jun 09, 1999)
Exp: 3 Years
Country: US
College: Texas Tech
Drafted: Round 1 (#16 overall), 2018
INACTIVE
2024-2024 exhibit-10
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,162,606
Average Salary:
$2,162,606
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Signed Using:
Minimum
Free Agent:
2025 / UFA
2023-2023 ten-day
Contract Terms:
10 yr(s) / $139,290
Average Salary:
$13,929
GTD at Sign:
$139,290
Total GTD:
$139,290
Signed Using:
Minimum
2023-2023 exhibit-10
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,019,706
Average Salary:
$2,019,706
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Signed Using:
Minimum
Free Agent:
2024 / RFA
2020-2020 Camp Invite
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $1,620,564
Average Salary:
$1,620,564
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Signed Using:
Minimum
Free Agent:
2021 / RFA
2018-2020 Rookie
Contract Terms:
4 yr(s) / $13,791,056
Average Salary:
$3,447,764
GTD at Sign:
$5,670,600
Total GTD:
$13,791,056
Signed Using:
rookie-scale-exception
Free Agent:
2022 / RFA
Seasons
3 Years
Career Earnings thru 2024
$8,823,315
Earnings w/ Different Teams
3 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 19 |
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Active
|
$2,611,800 |
$2,611,800 |
|
2019 | 20 |
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Active
|
$2,867,625 |
$5,479,425 |
|
2020 | 21 |
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Retained
|
$1,068,200 |
$6,547,625 |
|
2021 | 22 |
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Retained
|
$1,068,200 |
$7,615,825 |
|
2022 | 23 |
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Retained
|
$1,068,200 |
$8,684,025 |
|
2023 | 24 |
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Retained
|
$139,290 |
$8,823,315 |
|
Total |
$8,823,315 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
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$5,479,425 | - | - | $5,479,425 |
3 |
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$3,204,600 | - | - | $3,204,600 |
1 |
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$139,290 | - | - | $139,290 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 |
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19 |
$2,611,800
|
$2,611,800 |
$2,611,800 |
||
2019 |
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20 |
$2,867,625
|
$2,867,625 |
$5,479,425 |
||
2020 |
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21 |
$1,068,200
|
$1,068,200 |
$6,547,625 |
||
2021 |
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22 |
$1,068,200
|
$1,068,200 |
$7,615,825 |
||
2022 |
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23 |
$1,068,200
|
$1,068,200 |
$8,684,025 |
||
2023 |
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24 |
$139,290
|
$139,290 |
$8,823,315 |
||
Total |
$8,823,315 |
$8,823,315 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
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$5,479,425 | - | - | $5,479,425 |
3 |
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$3,204,600 | - | - | $3,204,600 |
1 |
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$139,290 | - | - | $139,290 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Games Missed | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019-20 |
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Dec 07, 2019 - Dec 11, 2019 | 3 | Leg |
2018-19 |
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Oct 16, 2018 - Mar 18, 2019 | 70 | Foot |
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Oct 15, 2024 Waived by Cleveland (CLE)
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Sep 24, 2024 Signed a contract with Cleveland (CLE) - Exhibit 10
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Feb 11, 2024 Signed a 10-day contract with Cleveland (CLE)
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Oct 21, 2023 Waived by Cleveland (CLE)
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Sep 15, 2023 Signed a contract with Cleveland (CLE) - Exhibit 10
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Dec 16, 2020 Waived by Memphis (MEM)
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Dec 15, 2020 Signed a contract with Memphis (MEM) - training camp
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Nov 23, 2020 Waived by Detroit (DET)
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Nov 23, 2020 Traded to Detroit (DET) from Philadelphia (PHI) as part of a 3-team trade: Detroit (DET) traded Tony Bradley to Philadelphia (PHI); Detroit (DET) traded $250,000, 0 to Utah (UTA)
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Oct 16, 2019 Philadelphia (PHI) exercised $3.2 million option for 2020-21
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Jul 02, 2018 Signed a 4 year $13.79 million rookie scale contract with Philadelphia (PHI)
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Jun 21, 2018 Traded to Philadelphia (PHI) from Phoenix (PHX) with 2021 1st round pick [unprotected] for Mikal Bridges
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Jun 21, 2018 Drafted by Phoenix (PHX): Round 1 (#16 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | Min/Gm | Pt/Gm | Reb/Gm | Ast/Gm | Stl/Gm | Blk/Gm | FG% | 3PT% | FT% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | CLE | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | |||
2019 | PHI | 7 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .273 | .500 | |||
2018 | PHI | 6 | 2 | 18.3 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .412 | .375 | .750 |