Rocky Smith (born October 24, 1954) is an American retired professional

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player.

High school

Born in

Oroville, California Oroville (''Oro'', Spanish for "Gold" and ''Ville'', French for "town") is the county seat of Butte County, California, United States. The population of the city was 15,506 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 13,004 in the 200 ...

, Smith graduated from

Oroville High School Oroville High School is a public high school located in the rural north valley at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, about seventy miles north of Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1892, Oroville High School is the oldest hi ...

, where he played basketball, in 1973. He was an All-Star, all four years that he played for the Tigers.

College career

Smith started his

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career at

Butte Community College Butte College is a public community college in the Butte-Glenn Community College District in Chico and Orland, California. History After the passage of the 1960 Donahoe Act, the voters of Butte County created a local community college d ...

, where he played from 1973 to 1975. He then played college basketball at

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

, with the

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, where he was named first-team All-Pac-8 Conference in 1977. Smith led the Beavers in scoring in his final two seasons.

Professional career

After his college career, Smith was selected in the 4th round, number 84 overall, by the

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, in the

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. Smith went on to play professional basketball in

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, where he played with the

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, in the National Basketball League. While with the Saints, he was voted the NBL Most Valuable Player in 1980, and was also named the NBL Grand Final MVP in that same year. The following season, he was named to the All-NBL First Team. He also played one season in the

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(CBA), with the

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, in the 1982–83 season. During that season, he averaged 7.3 points per game. Smith also played in Brazil, being the country's highest paid basketball player in the 80's. In Brazil, he played with some of the most traditional Brazilian basketball teams, such as: C.A. Monte Líbano, in the 1981–82 season, S.C. Corinthians Paulista, from 1983 until 1987,

Limeira Limeira is a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population is 308,482 (2020 est.) in an area of 581 km2. The elevation is 588 m. It is 154 km from São Paulo, the state capital, and 1011 km from ...

, in 1987–88,

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, in 1988–90, and

Franca Franca is a municipality in the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northeastern portion of the state, distant 401 km (249 mi) from the state capital (São Paulo), and 676 km (420 mi) from Brasília, Brasil ...

, in 1990–91.História do Basquete Masculimo .
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References

External links

Latinbasket.com ProfileNBL Australia Stats
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