Craig Smith

Craig Smith
Craig Smith
Power forward/center
Personal information
Date of birth November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 28)
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 States
Summer 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

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ Agent: Clippers re-sign Craig Smith As of 2011, Craig is being represented by Ascend Sports and Entertainment Agency.
  4. ^ http://www.nba.com/news/allrookie_070508.html
  5. ^ Six score in double digits to lift short-handed Wizards

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