Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967)
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Born | Washington, D.C. | November 29, 1967|||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | All Saints (Washington, D.C.) | |||||||||||||
College | Georgetown (1985–1989) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1989 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1989–2001 | |||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
Number | 3, 13 | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Rapid City Thrillers | |||||||||||||
1991 | Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||
1991 | Rockford Lightning | |||||||||||||
1994 | Rockford Lightning | |||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Hartford Hellcats | |||||||||||||
1995 | Omaha Racers | |||||||||||||
1995 | Florida Sharks | |||||||||||||
1995 | Florida Beach Dogs | |||||||||||||
1995 | Minnesota Timberwolves | |||||||||||||
1996 | Florida Beach Dogs | |||||||||||||
1996 | Florida Sharks | |||||||||||||
1996 | Red Star Belgrade | |||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Florida Beach Dogs | |||||||||||||
1997 | Iraklis | |||||||||||||
1997 | Rockford Lightning | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | La Crosse Bobcats | |||||||||||||
1998 | Ourense | |||||||||||||
1998 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | |||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Serapide Pozzuoli | |||||||||||||
1999 | Obras Sanitarias | |||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Record Napoli | |||||||||||||
2000 | Media Broker Messina | |||||||||||||
2000–2001 | La Crosse Bobcats | |||||||||||||
2001 | Liège Basket | |||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | ||||||||||||||
Points | 186 | |||||||||||||
Rebounds | 76 | |||||||||||||
Assists | 115 | |||||||||||||
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Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith was also a member of the bronze medal-winning 1988 United States Olympic team and was an All-American college player at Georgetown.
College career[]
Smith was born in Washington, D.C., where he attended All Saints High School. At Georgetown University he was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 1988–89 season.
Smith also played for the 1988 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team, the last American team not to feature NBA players.
Professional career[]
After his college career, Smith went undrafted during the 1989 NBA draft, but he went on to play for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Conviction of vehicular homicide[]
On March 12, 1992, Smith was convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime, in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students on March 22, 1991.[1] He subsequently served time in prison.[2]
Shooting[]
On October 21, 2010, Smith was shot twice in the chest at his home in Bowie, Maryland.[3] Smith underwent surgery and survived. The next day, police discovered "large quantity of cocaine and evidence of a gambling operation" in a search of his home.[4]
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References[]
- ^ Smith, a former Celtic, gets a split verdict, abstract The New York Times. March 13, 1992. Accessed August 27, 2007.
- ^ Charles E. Smith, former Hoya, NBA player, shot in Bowie; drugs found in home | TBD.com Archived October 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Report: Former Boston Celtic Charles Smith shot, hospitalized – ESPN Boston
- ^ "Ex-Hoyas star Smith shot at Bowie home, police say". The Baltimore Sun. October 23, 2010.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- All-American college men's basketball players
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- American men's basketball players
- American people convicted of manslaughter
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- Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni
- Basket Napoli players
- Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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- Boston Celtics players
- Club Ourense Baloncesto players
- Connecticut Pride players
- Florida Beachdogs players
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- Hartford Hellcats players
- Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
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- La Crosse Bobcats players
- Liège Basket players
- Liga ACB players
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- Obras Sanitarias basketball players
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in basketball
- Omaha Racers players
- Point guards
- Rapid City Thrillers players
- Rockford Lightning players
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- United States men's national basketball team players
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