Craig Smith
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| Los Angeles Clippers – No. 5 | |
| Power forward/center | |
| Born | November 10, 1983 Inglewood, California |
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| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Salary | $2,300,000[1] |
| College | Boston College |
| Draft | 2nd round, 36th overall, 2006 Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
| Former teams | Minnesota Timberwolves (2006-2009) |
| Awards | 2006-07 NBA Rookie All Second-Team |
| Profile | Info Page |
Craig Smith (born November 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. After playing for Boston College from 2002–2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA Draft.
Smith scored 2,349 points in his collegiate career, placing him second on Boston College's career scoring list (behind Troy Bell). In his senior season, he had per-game averages of 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.8 blocked shots. He also attended Worcester Academy, a preparatory school in Worcester, Massachusetts for a year as a post-graduate student before college.
Craig Smith averaged 7.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in his rookie year (2006–07) with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He earned a starting role for the last five games of the season and averaged 12.0 points and 10.2 rebounds while logging an average 34.4 minutes. He had an increased role in the 2007–08 season after a strong rookie performance and a Vegas Summer League performance during which he averaged 21.8 points and 6.0 rebounds.
On July 20, 2009, Smith was traded, along with Mark Madsen and Sebastian Telfair, to the Los Angeles Clippers for Quentin Richardson.[2]
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[edit] Achievements
On May 8, 2007, Craig Smith was named to the 2006–07 All-Rookie Second Team.[3]
On December 11, 2007, Smith scored 36 points in a 88–102 loss to the Washington Wizards, logging 38 minutes and making 14 of his 22 field goal attempts.[4]
[edit] NBA career statistics
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| 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 | Bold | Career high |
[edit] Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2006–07 | Minnesota | 82 | 5 | 18.7 | .531 | .000 | .624 | 5.1 | .6 | .6 | .2 | 7.4 |
| 2007–08 | Minnesota | 77 | 11 | 20.1 | .563 | .000 | .665 | 4.6 | .8 | .5 | .2 | 9.4 |
| 2008–09 | Minnesota | 74 | 31 | 19.7 | .562 | .000 | .677 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .4 | .3 | 10.1 |
| Career | 233 | 47 | 19.5 | .553 | .000 | .658 | 4.5 | .8 | .5 | .2 | 8.9 |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Clippers Acquire Telfair, Smith and Madsen from Minnesota for Richardson". NBA.com. 2009-07-20. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090720.html. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ http://www.nba.com/news/allrookie_070508.html
- ^ Six score in double digits to lift short-handed Wizards[
[edit] External links
- Craig Smith Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
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