Craig Smith (born November 10, 1983) is an American former professional

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player. After playing at

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from 2002–2006, he was selected by the

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in the 2006 NBA draft.

High school and college

Smith attended

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, a preparatory school in

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, for a year as a post-graduate student before college. He went on to score 2,349 points in his collegiate career, placing him second on Boston College's career scoring list (behind

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). In his senior season, he had per-game averages of 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.8 blocked shots.

Professional career

Smith was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 36th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft. On August 30, 2006, he signed a multi-year deal with the Timberwolves. Smith averaged 7.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in his rookie year (2006–07) with the Timberwolves. He earned a starting role for the last five games of the season and averaged 12.0 points and 10.2 rebounds while logging an average 34.4 minutes. He had an increased role in the 2007–08 season after a strong rookie performance and a Vegas Summer League performance during which he averaged 21.8 points and 6.0 rebounds. On December 11, 2007, Smith scored 36 points in an 88–102 loss to the

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, logging 38 minutes and making 14 of his 22 field goal attempts. On July 17, 2008, he re-signed with the Timberwolves on a multi-year deal. On July 20, 2009, Smith was traded, along with Mark Madsen and

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, to the

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for

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. On July 19, 2010, Smith re-signed with the Clippers on a one-year deal. On December 15, 2011, Smith signed with the

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. On August 11, 2012, Smith signed with

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of Israel for the 2012–13 season. On March 15, 2013, he was released by Hapoel. He later joined the Hong Kong Bulls for the 2013 NBL season. On March 14, 2014, Smith was acquired by the

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of the

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. On September 23, 2014, Smith signed with Israeli club

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for the 2014–15 season. In 2019 Craig Smith signed with the Enemies of the Big3. Entering his first season with the BIG3, Craig Smith was selected with the 10th pick in the second round of the 2019 BIG3 draft.

The Basketball Tournament

Craig Smith played for Team CitiTeam Blazers in the

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edition of

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. CitiTeam Blazers made it to the Second Round before falling to Team Challenge ALS.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Craig 1983 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Hong Kong American expatriate basketball people in Israel American men's basketball players Basketball players from Inglewood, California Big3 players Boston College Eagles men's basketball players Fairfax High School (Los Angeles) alumni Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Ironi Nes Ziona B.C. players Los Angeles Clippers players Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks Minnesota Timberwolves players Portland Trail Blazers players Power forwards (basketball) Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball Worcester Academy alumni Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade American men's 3x3 basketball players