Andrew Smith (basketball, born 1992)

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Andrew Smith
No. 12–Happy Casa Brindisi
Position Power forward / center
League Lega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born (1992-12-14) December 14, 1992 (age 31)
Pompano Beach, Florida
NationalityAmerican / Latvian
Listed height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
High schoolHighlands Christian
(Pompano Beach, Florida)
College Liberty (2011–2015)
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Jūrmala
2016–2017 Donar
2017–2018 Rasta Vechta
2018–2019 Jämtland
2019 Södertälje Kings
2019–2020Donar
2020–2021 Science City Jena
2021–2022 Luleå
2022–2023 Kleb Basket Ferrara
2023 Soles de Mexicali
2023–2024 Hapoel Eilat
2024–present New Basket Brindisi
Career highlights and awards

Andrew Smith (born December 14, 1992) is an American-Latvian professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. Smith played for the Liberty Flames team for four years as a collegiate.

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College career

Smith attended Liberty University. As a senior, he averaged 9.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Smith scored a career-high 21 points against Longwood on February 17, 2015. He finished his career with 737 points and 558 rebounds. [1]

Professional career

In August 2015, Smith signed with Jūrmala of the Latvian league. [1]

On July 18, 2016, Smith signed a 1-year contract with Donar of the Dutch Basketball League. [2]

In July 2017, Smith signed with Rasta Vechta of the German second division ProA. [3] With Rasta, Smith won the ProA championship and gained promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

On July 3, 2019, Smith was announced by Södertälje Kings for the 2019–20 season. [4]

On November 29, 2019, Smith returned to Donar. [5] The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Smith returned to the United States. In 10 games, he recorded 9.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.0 block per game. On September 10, Smith signed with Science City Jena in Germany. [6]

On July 4, 2021, Smith signed with BC Luleå in the Sweden. [7]

On February 15, 2024, he signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. [8]

Personal

In May 2015, Smith was granted a Latvian passport in order for him to be eligible to play for the Latvian national basketball team. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Smith Inks Deal with Jurmalas Fenikss of Latvia". Liberty Flames . August 25, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Donar contracteert Andrew Smith" (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 18 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "NEUER WEISSER RIESE: SMITH FÜR RASTA" (in German). Rasta Vechta. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ↑ @SodertaljeBBK (July 3, 2019). "BOOM: SMITH KLAR FÖR KINGS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "Donar haalt Smith terug naar Groningen, Freeman vertrekt". RTV Noord. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Andrew Smith (ex Groningen) agreed terms with Jena". Eurobasket. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tuff publikfavorit är klar för BC Luleå". BC Luleå (in Swedish). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Happy Casa Brindisi sign Eric Washington and Andrew Smith". Sportando. February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "U.S. b-baller Andrew Smith granted Latvian passport; could become candidate to play on national team". Baltic-Course.com. 18 May 2015.
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