Jamar Smith
| No. 15 – Unicaja | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League |
Liga ACB Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 7, 1987 Peoria, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Richwoods (Peoria, Illinois) |
| College |
Illinois (2005–2007) Southern Indiana (2008–2010) |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2011 | Maine Red Claws |
| 2011 | Guaiqueríes de Margarita |
| 2011–2012 | Prostějov |
| 2012–2013 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| 2013–2014 | Brose Baskets |
| 2014–2015 | Limoges CSP |
| 2015–present | Unicaja |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Jamar Smith (born April 7, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays the shooting guard position. He played collegiate basketball at Illinois and then at Southern Indiana.
On January 8, 2004, Smith, a three-star recruit out of Peoria (Illinois) Richwoods High School committed to the University of Illinois basketball program under then-Head Coach Bruce Weber.
Smith began playing for Illinois in the 2005-2006 season. Illinois had just played in the NCAA National Championship game the previous March, and then lost junior guard Deron Williams to the NBA, so the natural shooter Smith seemed to be in a perfect position to step into a vacuum and become a team leader. Even though he was a bench player as a freshman, Smith still managed to be the fifth-highest Illinois scorer that year, appearing in 32 of 33 games; he led the Big Ten Conference in three-point shooting percentage (48.2%), and was a Big Ten All-Freshmen team selection.
The 2006-2007 sophomore season for Smith began with trouble, as he suffered a high ankle sprain in the season opener against Austin Peay when an opposing player stepped on his ankle. Smith missed the next six games, and also injured the other ankle compensating for the sprained ankle; Smith was never at full strength that season. On February 10, 2007, the Fighting Illini lost to basketball arch-rival Indiana University by a score of 61-65 in a game played at Bloomington, Indiana. It would be the last game Jamar Smith ever played in an Illinois jersey. (See DUI Arrest)
On December 30, 2008, after a nearly two-year absence from college basketball, Smith stepped onto the court as a member of the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. Rusty skills, nerves and embarrassment over having to play while wearing an ankle monitor led to a slow start in his first game for USI, but Smith was soon back to his old form, leading his team to a #2 national ranking in Division II, and was given Honorable Mention Division II All-American, and finished the season averaging 18.5 points per game. As a senior in 2010 Smith was named the Basketball Times Division II Player of the Year, with a career-high 21.6 points per game average.
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