Stevin Smith

Stevin Smith

Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	January 24, 1972 (1972-01-24) Dallas, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College	Arizona State
Pro career	1994–present
Career history
Somontano Huesca (1994–95) Dallas Mavericks (1997) Ironi Nahariya (2003-2004) Dynamo Moscow (2004–06) Scafati Basket (2006–07)

Medal record
Men’s Basketball
Competitor for United States
FIBA U21 World Championship
Gold	1993 Valladolid	National team

Stevin L. Smith (born January 24, 1972) is an American professional basketball player and former college star, who is also known for his involvement in the 1994 Arizona State point-shaving scandal.

Early life

Smith was born in Dallas, Texas and was an outstanding high school basketball player. He played at Arizona State University under head coach Bill Frieder.

College career

Smith was an All-PAC-10 Conference point guard for Arizona State University from 1991 through 1994, twice leading the Sun Devils to the NCAA Tournament. However, he also became involved in the 1994 Arizona State point shaving scandal along with ASU teammate Isaac Burton. Smith allegedly received $20,000 for shaving points in the game against Oregon State on January 28, 1994. He was arrested in the summer of 1997, and in December 1997, Smith and Burton pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, admitting taking bribes to fix four games in 1994. Smith was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

Professional basketball career

After failing to make an NBA team after leaving college in 1994, Smith took his game overseas, playing for the Spanish team Somontano Huesca during the 1994-95 season. Over the next four years, Smith played for teams in Turkey, France and in the CBA.

During the 1997 NBA season, Smith signed two consecutive 10-day contracts with the Dallas Mavericks, and received his only NBA playing time to date. He played 60 minutes over eight games, scoring 14 points for a 1.8 per-game average. Then the point-shaving scandal surfaced, effectively killing Smith's hopes of a career in the NBA.

After his release from prison in 2000, Smith returned to Europe and his professional basketball career, playing for three different teams based in France from 2001–03, in the Israeli League in 2004 and for Dynamo Moscow in Russia for two seasons until 2006. In 2006-07, Smith joined Legea Scafati of the Italian Serie A league.

Post-playing career

Stevin Smith is currently Vice President for the N.O.W. Program, which assists young people in the Dallas area.

External links

• NBA statistics @ basketball-reference.com