Phil Smyth
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
11 May 1958 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Listed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Listed weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1982–1995 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1982 | St Kilda Saints |
| 1983–1992 | Canberra Cannons |
| 1993–1994 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 1995 | Sydney Kings |
| As coach: | |
| 1998–2008 | Adelaide 36ers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Philip John Smyth AM (born 11 May 1958) is an Australian former basketball player and four-time Olympian who won three National Basketball League (NBL) championships with the Canberra Cannons before going on to be a three-time championship-winning head coach of the NBL's Adelaide 36ers.
Smyth, an Adelaide junior, was already seen as one of Australia's best point guards when the National Basketball League first started in 1979, yet it took him until 1982 to actually play in the league, despite having represented Australia at the 1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
For personal reasons, Smyth chose not to play in the NBL until 1982 and even then, while still living in Adelaide, he signed to play with the St Kilda Saints, commuting between his home in Adelaide and Melbourne where the Saints were based. He only played for St Kilda for the 1982 NBL season, winning the NBL's Defensive Player of the Year award and selection in the NBL's First Team in the process before signing with the Canberra Cannons from 1983. At this time he also moved from Adelaide to Canberra for what would prove to be 10 seasons in Australia's capital city. During that time he enhanced his reputation as one of the best ever Australian basketball players and helped transform the Cannons into a championship winning team.
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