Shakir Smith (basketball)

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Shakir Smith
Personal information
Born (1992-10-25) October 25, 1992 (age 29)
Tucson, Arizona
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolTucson (Tucson, Arizona)
College
NBA draft2016 / Undrafted
Playing career2016–present
PositionGuard
Career history
2016–2018Academic Bultex
2018Blokotehna
2018–2019Norrköping
2019AV Ohrid
2019–2020Academic Bultex
2020–2021Sporting CP
2021ÍR

Shakir Smith (born October 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Wyoming from 2011 to 2012, Pima CC from 2013 to 2014 and Adams State from 2014 to 2016.

College career[]

As a senior at Adams State in 2015-16 Smith averaged 20.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 30.7 minutes in 28 appearances.[1]

Professional career[]

After graduating, on August 10, 2016, Smith signed with Academic Bultex of Bulgarian League.[2] On April 15, 2017, he was named MVP of Bulgarian League.[3] On February 2, 2018, he signed with Macedonian basketball club Blokotehna.[4] He made his debut for Blokotehna against Macedonian basketball champion MZT Skopje on February 5, 2018, scoring 8 points and two rebounds in 96–88 win over MZT at home.[5] Smith signed for Swedish champions Norrköping Dolphins on July 21, 2018 for the 2018–2019 season.[6]

In August 2021, Smith signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.[7] On September 3, he scored 51 points in a preseason game against Njarðvík.[8] He was released from his contract in end of November 2021[9] after averaging 15.1 points and 8.7 assists in seven games.

References[]

  1. ^ "RealGM stats for Shakir Smith". RealGM.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Shakir Smith will play for Akademik Bulteks 99 Plovdiv (NBL)". final4management.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tucson High grad Shakir Smith named MVP of Bulgarian EuroLeague". tucson.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Шакир Смит за уште појака Блокотехна". sportmedia.mk. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Macedonian League season 2017/2018, round 15". mkf.mk. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Dolphins värvar ny guard". mkf.mk. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ Davíð Eldur (17 August 2021). "Shakir Smith í Breiðholtið". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ Davíð Eldur (4 September 2021). "Æfingaleikur: Njarðvík hafði betur gegn ÍR – Shakir með 51 stig". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ^ Davíð Eldur (24 November 2021). "Jordan Semple til ÍR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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