Charles Smith (basketball, born August 1975)

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Charles Smith
Charles Smith Efes Pilsen.jpg
Smith playing with Efes Pilsen in December 2009.
Personal information
Born (1975-08-22) August 22, 1975 (age 48)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Paul Laurence Dunbar
(Fort Worth, Texas)
College New Mexico (1993–1997)
NBA draft 1997: 1st round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the Miami Heat
Playing career1997–2011
Position Shooting guard
Number3, 14, 5, 7
Career history
1997–1998 Miami Heat
19981999 Los Angeles Clippers
1999–2000 Rockford Lightning
2000–2001 Snaidero Udine
2001–2002 San Antonio Spurs
2002–2003 Portland Trail Blazers
2003 Makedonikos
2003–2004 Virtus Bologna
2004–2005 Scavolini Pesaro
2005–2006 Portland Trail Blazers
2006 Denver Nuggets
2006 Efes Pilsen
2006–2008 Real Madrid
2008–2010Efes Pilsen
2010–2011 Lottomatica Roma
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Charles Cornelius Smith (born August 22, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the Alphonso Ford Trophy winner and an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2005.

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High school

Smith played high school basketball at Dunbar High School, in Fort Worth.

College career

Collegiately, Smith was a star at the University of New Mexico, with the Lobos.

Professional career

Smith played with the Denver Nuggets, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Miami Heat, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. A prolific scorer, he starred in European national leagues with Makedonikos Kozani, Virtus Bologna, and Efes Istanbul. With the Italian League team Scavolini Pesaro in 2005, he won the first-ever Alphonso Ford Trophy, as he was the best scorer in the 2004–05 EuroLeague season.

He was also named the Finals MVP of the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) in the 2006–07 season, while playing with the Spanish ACB League club Real Madrid. He moved back to the Turkish Basketball Super League for the 2008–09 season, when he signed with Efes Pilsen. He moved back to Italy for the 2010–11 season, when he signed a one-year contract with Lottomatica Roma. [1]

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