Charles Smith (basketball, born 1975)

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

Charles Smith

Smith playing with Efes Pilsen.
Nickname(s)	Spider
Position	Shooting Guard
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
League	Serie A Euroleague
Team	Lottomatica Roma
Born	August 22, 1975 (1975-08-22) (age 36) Fort Worth, Texas
Nationality	American
College	New Mexico
Draft	26th overall, 1997 Miami Heat
Pro career	1997–present
Career history	Miami Heat (1997-98) Los Angeles Clippers (1998-99) Rockford Lightning (1999-00) Amatori Basket Udine (2000-01) San Antonio Spurs (2001-02) Portland Trail Blazers (2002-03) Makedonikos Kozani (2003) Virtus Bologna (2003-04) Scavolini Pesaro (2004-05) Portland Trail Blazers (2005-06) Denver Nuggets (2006) Efes Pilsen Istanbul (2006) Real Madrid (2006-08) Efes Pilsen Istanbul (2008-10)
Awards	Alphonso Ford Trophy 2004-05 All-Euroleague Second Team 2004-05 Eurocup Finals MVP 2006-07

Charles Cornelius Smith (commonly known as Charles Smith; born August 22, 1975 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing with Lottomatica Roma in Serie A and Euroleague.

Amateur career

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

Pro career

Smith has played for 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 Top Scorer Trophy as he was the best scorer in the 2004-05 Euroleague season.

He was also named the 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 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

1. ^ Lottomatica Roma signs Charles Smith to a one-year contract.

External links

• NBA.com Profile
• Euroleague.net Profile
• Charles Smith at Basketball-Reference.com
• Basketpedya.com Profile

Awards and achievements
Preceded by New award	Alphonso Ford Trophy 2005	Succeeded by Drew Nicholas

Persondata
Name	Smith, Charles Cornelius
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Date of birth	August 22, 1975
Place of birth	Fort Worth, Texas
Date of death
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