Charles Smith (basketball, born 1975)

For other people with the same name, see Charles Smith (disambiguation).
Charles Smith

Smith playing with Efes Pilsen in December, 2009.
Personal information
Born (1975-08-22) August 22, 1975
Fort Worth, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Paul Laurence Dunbar
(Fort Worth, Texas)
College New Mexico (1993–1997)
NBA draft 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26th overall
Selected by the Miami Heat
Playing career 1997–2011
Position Shooting guard
Career history
1997–1998 Miami Heat
19981999 Los Angeles Clippers
1999–2000 Rockford Lightning
2000–2001 Snaidero Udine
2001–2002 San Antonio Spurs
2002–2003 Portland Trail Blazers
2003 Makedonikos
2003–2004 Carisbo Castelmaggiore
2004–2005 Scavolini Pesaro
2005–2006 Portland Trail Blazers
2006 Denver Nuggets
2006 Efes Pilsen
2006–2008 Real Madrid
2008–2010 Efes Pilsen
2010–2011 Lottomatica Roma
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Charles Cornelius Smith (born August 22, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player.

College career

Collegiately, Smith was a star at the University of New Mexico with the Lobos, after he played high school ball at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth.

Professional career

Smith played with the Denver Nuggets, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Miami Heat, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. A prolific scorer, he starred in European national leagues with Makedonikos Kozani, Virtus Bologna, and Efes Pilsen SK. With the Italian League team Scavolini Pesaro in 2005, he won the first-ever Alphonso Ford Trophy, as he was the best scorer in the 2004-05 Euroleague season.

He was also named the Eurocup Basketball Finals MVP of the Eurocup in the 2006-07 season, while playing with the Spanish ACB League club Real Madrid. He moved back to the Turkish Basketball Super League for the 2008-09 season, when he signed with Efes Pilsen. He moved back to Italy for the 2010-11 season, when he signed a one-year contract with Lottomatica Roma.[1]

References

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