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Craig Smith 
Power forward/center Personal information Date of birth November 10, 1983 Place of birth Inglewood, California Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg) Career information College Boston College NBA Draft 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves Pro career 2006–present Career history Minnesota Timberwolves (2006-2009)
Los Angeles Clippers (2009-2011)Career highlights and awards 2006-07 NBA Rookie All Second-Team Stats at NBA.com Medal record Men’s Basketball Competitor for 
United StatesSummer Universiade Gold 2005 Izmir Team competition Craig Smith (born November 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American professional basketball player who was most recently member of the Los Angeles Clippers. After playing for Boston College from 2002–2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA Draft.
Smith, nicknamed "Rhino",[1] 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] On July 19, 2010 Smith's agent confirmed that Smith had signed a one-year deal to return to the Clippers.[3]
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Achievements
On May 8, 2007, Craig Smith was named to the 2006–07 All-Rookie Second Team.[4]
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.[5]
NBA career statistics
Legend 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 Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 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 2009–10 L.A. Clippers 75 2 16.4 .569 .200 .635 3.8 1.1 .4 .3 7.8 2010–11 L.A. Clippers 48 0 12.2 .553 .000 .735 2.4 .6 .3 .2 5.4 Career 356 49 17.9 .556 .038 .658 4.1 .9 .5 .2 8.2 See also
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds
Notes
- ^ Romy Aquino. "The Lesser Known Nicknames of the NBA". http://www.hoopheadsnorth.com/2009-articles/march-2009/the-lesser-known-nicknames-of-the-nba.html.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Agent: Clippers re-sign Craig Smith As of 2011, Craig is being represented by Ascend Sports and Entertainment Agency.
- ^ http://www.nba.com/news/allrookie_070508.html
- ^ Six score in double digits to lift short-handed Wizards
External links
- Craig Smith Official Website With Blog
- Craig Smith at NBA.com
- Craig Smith at Basketball-Reference.com
2006 NBA Draft First round Andrea Bargnani · LaMarcus Aldridge · Adam Morrison · Tyrus Thomas · Shelden Williams · Brandon Roy · Randy Foye · Rudy Gay · Patrick O'Bryant · Mouhamed Sene · J. J. Redick · Hilton Armstrong · Thabo Sefolosha · Ronnie Brewer · Cedric Simmons · Rodney Carney · Shawne Williams · Oleksiy Pecherov · Quincy Douby · Renaldo Balkman · Rajon Rondo · Marcus Williams · Josh Boone · Kyle Lowry · Shannon Brown · Jordan Farmar · Sergio Rodríguez · Maurice Ager · Mardy Collins · Joel FreelandSecond round James White · Steve Novak · Solomon Jones · Paul Davis · P. J. Tucker · Craig Smith · Bobby Jones · Kosta Perović · David Noel · Denham Brown · James Augustine · Daniel Gibson · Marcus Vinicius · Lior Eliyahu · Alexander Johnson · Dee Brown · Paul Millsap · Vladimir Veremeenko · Leon Powe · Ryan Hollins · Cheikh Samb · Guillermo Diaz · Yotam Halperin · Hassan Adams · Ejike Ugboaja · Edin Bavčić · Loukas Mavrokefalidis · J. R. Pinnock · Damir Markota · Will BlalockCategories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- Basketball players from California
- Boston College Eagles men's basketball players
- Los Angeles Clippers players
- Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- People from Inglewood, California
- Power forwards (basketball)
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