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Greg Smith (basketball, born 1991)

Greg Smith
Greg Smith basketball player.jpg
Smith during his tenure with the Rockets
Free agent
Position Center / Power forward
Personal information
Born (1991-01-08) January 8, 1991 (age 26)
Vallejo, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Edison (Fresno, California)
Westwind Academy (Phoenix, Arizona)
College Fresno State (2009–2011)
NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2011 Soles de Mexicali
2011–2012 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
20122014 Houston Rockets
2012–2013 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2014–2015 Dallas Mavericks
2016 Raptors 905
2016 Minnesota Timberwolves
2016 İstanbul BŞB
2017 Blackwater Elite
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Gregory Stephen Smith (born January 8, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for Fresno State.

Smith attended Edison High School in Fresno, California from 2005 to 2008. As a junior in 2007–08, he averaged 22 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and five blocks per game. In 2008, he transferred to Westwind Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona where as a senior in 2008–09, he earned All-Arizona State honors and was nominated for the McDonald’s All-America Team after he averaged 26 points, 14.4 rebounds, six blocks, four assists and three steals per game.

In his freshman season at Fresno State, Smith was named the 2009–10 WAC Freshman of the Year and earned Freshman All-American honors by CollegeInsider.com. In 33 games (all starts), he averaged 11.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks in 27.7 minutes per game.

In his sophomore season, Smith earned second-team All-WAC honors. In 31 games, he averaged 11.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks in 30.4 minutes per game.

In March 2011, Smith declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.

After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, and with the NBA lockout affecting players from signing with teams or playing in the summer league, Smith joined Soles de Mexicali of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) in August 2011. He appeared in 27 games for Soles before leaving the club in late November to return to the United States in the wake of the NBA lockout concluding.


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