Joseph Leynard Smith (born July 26, 1975) is an American former professional

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player, who mostly played at

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, for 12 teams in the

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during his 16-year career. Born and raised in

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia B ...

, Smith was the College Player of the Year at

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in 1995 and the No. 1 pick of that season's NBA draft, picked by the

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...

. He was named to the 1995–96 All-Rookie team. Smith was mobile throughout his career, as he was one of the most traded players in league history. In 1998, Smith was traded to the

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; he then played for the

Minnesota Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. Founded in 19 ...

(with a midway pitstop for the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...

) until 2003. He later played for the

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, the

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, the 76ers again, the

Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January ...

, the

Oklahoma City Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays i ...

, the

Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central ...

, the

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

, the

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, and the

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. Smith attended

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and played at the

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Collegiate career

Smith played for Maryland for two seasons. As a sophomore, Smith averaged 20.8 points and 10.6 rebounds a game, and was named to the AP NCAA All-America Team. On March 2, 1995, Smith scored a collegiate career high 40 points and made a game winning tip in shot during a 94-92 victory over Duke.

NBA career

Golden State Warriors (1995–1998)

In the

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, Smith was selected by the

as the first overall pick, before fellow power forwards

Kevin Garnett Kevin Maurice Garnett ( ; born May 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed KG by his initials, and the "Big Ticket" for his emphatic dunki ...

Antonio McDyess Antonio Keithflen McDyess (born September 7, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. Listed at 6'9" (2.06 m) and 245 lb (111 kg), McDyess played as a power forward. Early life McDyess was born in Quitman, Missis ...

and

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, as well as guard

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. On November 30, 1995, Smith scored his highest single game point total of his rookie season, with 30 points in a 125-121 loss to the

. On January 20, 1996, Smith grabbed a career high 20 rebounds, while also scoring 21 points, during a 110-102 loss to the

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. At the end of the year, after starting all 82 games, Smith was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team for the 1995–96 season and finished third in the Rookie of the Year voting to

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and

Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Romas Sabonis (; born December 19, 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time, he won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He p ...

. The following season, Smith would average a career best 18.7 points per game, second on the team only to

Latrell Sprewell Latrell Fontaine Sprewell (born September 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Du ...

's 24.2 points per game. On January 8, 1997, Smith scored a career high 38 points in a 109-95 loss to the

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. For the second season in a row, however, the Warriors would again miss the postseason, this time with a 30-52 record. Smith would play two-and-a-half years for the Warriors before being traded to the

with

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for

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and Jim Jackson midway through the 1997–98 season. The trade was engineered by Golden State as Smith had made clear his desire to return to the east coast, and he was approaching free agency (halfway through the final year of his 3-year rookie contract). Smith turned down a multi year $80+ million contract with the Warriors. He made a reported $61 million over his career.

Minnesota Timberwolves (1999–2001)

Despite a drop in production, Smith was seen still as a hot commodity in the free agency blitz that followed the strike in lockout 1998. In what seemed at the time like a bizarre move, Smith signed for very little money with the

. For the next two years, Smith played very productively at

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alongside All-Star

Timberwolves salary cap scandal

Following the 1999–2000 season, it was discovered that Smith was involved in a

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-evading scandal involving Timberwolves owner

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and general manager Kevin McHale. Smith was allegedly promised a future multimillion-dollar deal if he signed with the team for below

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, allowing the team to make some additional player moves in the short term. As part of the deal, Smith signed three one-year contracts for less than $3 million apiece, allowing the Timberwolves to retain his " Bird rights" and exceed the cap to re-sign him. At the end of the last one-year contract, Smith could have signed a new long-term contract that would have paid as much as $86 million. The beginning of the end for the illicit deal came when Smith's agent, Andrew Miller, left the sports marketing firm helmed by Eric Fleisher and retained Smith and Garnett as clients. Fleisher sued, and details of the illegal contract came to light in discovery. NBA Commissioner

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severely punished the Timberwolves in response. He fined the team $3.5 million and voided all three short-term contracts—and with them, Smith's "Bird rights." He also barred Taylor from having any role in the Timberwolves' operations until August 31, 2001, and forced McHale to take an unpaid leave of absence through July 31, 2001. More seriously in the long run, Stern stripped the Timberwolves of their first-round draft picks in

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and

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(though the 2003 and 2005 picks were ultimately returned). The team still found success, culminating in

when the Timberwolves finished with the best record in the Western Conference, and advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals.

Detroit Pistons (2000–2001)

Joe Smith was released by the Timberwolves and signed with the

for the 2000–01 season as a backup. Smith produced good numbers for the Pistons and, at the end of the season, he re-signed with his former team the Timberwolves where he played for two more seasons until the end of the 2002-03 NBA season.

Milwaukee Bucks (2003–2006)

In 2003, Smith and teammate Anthony Peeler were traded to the

for

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and

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. Smith spent three seasons with the Bucks. During the 2004 NBA Playoffs, Smith averaged postseason career highs of 13.2 points and 10 rebounds per game during a 4-1 first round loss to the Pistons.

NBA journeyman (2007–2011)

Prior to the 2006–07 season, Smith was traded to the Nuggets for

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, where he only played in 11 games before being traded, along with

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, back to the 76ers for former teammate

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. Despite being considered an add-in on the deal, Smith averaged over 25 minutes per game with the 76ers, during the team's ultimately unsuccessful second-half battle to make the

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. For the 2007–08 season, Smith signed with the

. Smith averaged over 11 points and 5 rebounds per game for the Bulls, but the team managed only 33 wins the whole season. Smith was traded in a three-team deal at the trade deadline to the

. On August 13, 2008, Smith was traded to the

in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Thunder, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers that sent Milwaukee's

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to Cleveland, Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, and Cleveland's

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and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee. The Thunder traded Smith to the

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along with

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and draft rights to

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on February 17, 2009 for

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but on February 18, 2009 the trade was rescinded after Chandler failed a physical with Oklahoma City. On March 1, 2009, the Thunder bought out the remainder of Smith's contract and released him. Two nights later, he agreed to terms to rejoin the Cavaliers. On August 25, 2009, he signed a one-year contract with the

. On March 17, 2010, Smith became the 92nd player in NBA history to reach 1,000 games played, in a victory over the

. On September 10, 2010, Smith signed a deal with the New Jersey Nets. On December 15, 2010, Smith was traded to the

in a three-team trade involving the Nets and

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. On January 2, 2011, Smith made his debut for the Lakers. Two days later, he scored his first points as a member of the team.

Coaching career

Smith wound up participating in one of the

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' pre-draft practices on June 9, 2015 as someone to help out center

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during practice. He was initially considered a candidate to take on one of the Suns' player development coaching roles, but he was ultimately not hired for the position. Smith continues to coach in the greater Atlanta area with the private coaching service,

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

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Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

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Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee i ...

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Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

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Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...

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L.A. Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

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Playoffs

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, 5 , , 5 , , 35.0 , , .491 , , .000 , , .923 , , 10.0 , , .4 , , .8 , , 2.0 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2006 , style="text-align:left;",

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Highlights

* Was named to the All-Rookie First Team in 1995–96 after being chosen first overall in the 1995 NBA draft. * In 1995, was named National Collegiate Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club ( Naismith Award), the Associated Press (

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Award), United Press International, Basketball America and Eastern Basketball. * Portrayed

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in the movie ''Rebound''. * He shares the record (with

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and Jim Jackson) for the most franchises played for in an NBA career. He played for 12 out of 30 franchises in the NBA.

Music career

Smith has recorded a solo rap album under the pseudonym 'Joe Beast'. Included on the album are tracks titled "Murda Kapital" and "I Does This". The album was produced in Oklahoma City, by Tommy Switch and Lorin Roberts, while Smith was playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

References

External links

TheDraftReview.com – Smith's NBA Draft History Page
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