Shakir Smith (basketball)

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Shakir Smith
Personal information
Born (1992-10-25) October 25, 1992 (age 30)
Tucson, Arizona
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Tucson (Tucson, Arizona)
College
NBA draft 2016 / undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Position Guard
Career history
2016–2018 Academic Bultex
2018 Blokotehna
2018–2019 Norrköping
2019 AV Ohrid
2019–2020Academic Bultex
2020–2021 Sporting CP
2021 ÍR

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.

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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.

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References

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