Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967)

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

Charles Smith

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Personal information
Date of birth	November 29, 1967 (1967-11-29) (age 43) Washington, D.C.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
College	Georgetown
Pro career	1989–2001
Career history
Boston Celtics (1989-1990, 1991) Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) (1990-1991) Rockford Lightning (CBA) (1991, 1994, 1997) Hartford Hellcats (CBA) (1994-1995) Omaha Racers (CBA) (1995) Florida Sharks (1995, 1996) Florida Beach Dogs (CBA) (1995, 1996, 1996-1997) Minnesota Timberwolves (1995) BC Red Star (Serbia) (1996) Iraklis (Greece) (1997) La Crosse Bobcats (CBA) (1997-1998, 2000-2001) Ourense (Spain) (1998) Vaqueros de Bayamón (Puerto Rico) (1998) Serapide Pozzuoli/Record Napoli (Italy) (1998-1999, 1999-2000) Obras Sanitarias (Argentina) (1999) Ina Sicilia Barcellona (Italy) (2000) Liège (Belgium) (2001)
Career highlights and awards
No notable achievements
Career NBA statistics
Points	186
Rebounds	76
Assists	115
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men's Basketball
Bronze	Seoul 1988	National team

Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA.

College career

Smith attended All Saints High School in Washington, D.C. At Georgetown University he was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 1988–89 season.

Smith also played for the 1988 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team, the last American team not to feature professional players.

Professional career

After his college career, Smith went undrafted during the 1989 NBA Draft. But he went on to play for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Conviction of vehicular homicide

On March 12, 1992, Smith was convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime, in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students on March 22, 1991.^[1]

Shooting

On October 21, 2010, he was shot in Bowie, Maryland.^[2] The next day, police discovered "large quantity of cocaine and evidence of a gambling operation" in a search of his home.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Smith, a former Celtic, gets a split verdict, abstract The New York Times. March 13, 1992. Accessed August 27, 2007.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-23/sports/bs-sp-digest-1023-20101023_1_field-hockey-jill-reeve-acc

External links

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Name	Smith, Charles
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Date of birth	November 29, 1967
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