Shakir Smith (basketball)
Academic Bultex | |
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Position | Guard |
League | NBL |
Personal information | |
Born | Tucson, Arizona | October 25, 1992
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Tucson (Tucson, Arizona) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2018 | Academic Bultex |
2018 | Blokotehna |
2018–2019 | Norrköping |
2019 | AV Ohrid |
2019–present | Academic Bultex |
Shakir Smith (born October 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Academic Bultex of the NBL. He played college basketball at Wyoming from 2011 to 2012, Pima CC from 2013 to 2014 and Adams State from 2014 to 2016.
College career
As a senior at Adams State in 2015-16 Smith averaged 20.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 30.7 minutes in 28 appearances.[1]
Professional career
After graduating, on August 10, 2016, Smith signed with Academic Bultex of Bulgarian League.[2] On April 15, 2017, he was named MVP of Bulgarian League.[3] On February 2, 2018, he signed with Macedonian basketball club Blokotehna.[4] He made his debut for Blokotehna against Macedonian basketball champion MZT Skopje on February 5, 2018, scoring 8 points and two rebounds in 96-88 win over MZT at home.[5] Smith signed for Swedish champions Norrköping Dolphins on July 21, 2018 for the upcoming 2018-2019 season.[6]
References
- ^ "RealGM stats for Shakir Smith". RealGM.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Shakir Smith will play for Akademik Bulteks 99 Plovdiv (NBL)". final4management.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Tucson High grad Shakir Smith named MVP of Bulgarian EuroLeague". tucson.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Шакир Смит за уште појака Блокотехна". sportmedia.mk. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Macedonian League season 2017/2018, round 15". mkf.mk. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Dolphins värvar ny guard". mkf.mk. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Adams State Grizzlies men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
- American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
- American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
- American men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Norrköping Dolphins players
- Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona
- Wyoming Cowboys basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1990s birth stubs