Stevin Smith

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Stevin Smith
Personal information
Born (1972-01-24) January 24, 1972 (age 52)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school H. Grady Spruce (Dallas, Texas)
College Arizona State (1990–1994)
NBA draft 1994: undrafted
Playing career1994–2008
Position Shooting guard
Number1
Career history
1994 Somontano Huesca
1994–1995 Grand Rapids Hoops
1995 Sunkist Orange Juicers
1995–1996Grand Rapids Hoops
1996–1997 Sioux Falls Skyforce
1997 Dallas Mavericks
1997–1998 Olympique Antibes
1998–1999Kuşadası
2000–2001Olympique Antibes
2001–2002 SLUC Nancy
2002–2003 ASVEL Villeurbanne
2003–2004 Ironi Nahariya
2004–2006 Dynamo Moscow Region
2006–2007 Scafati Basket
2007–2008 Lukoil Academic
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
Medals
Men’s Basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA U21 World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Valladolid National team

Stevin L. "Hedake" Smith (born January 24, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player, who is also known for his involvement in the 1994 Arizona State point-shaving scandal. [1]

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Early life

Smith was born in Dallas, Texas, the only son of Eunice Smith. He was an outstanding high school basketball player. He played at Arizona State University under head coach Bill Frieder. His "Hedake" nickname originally came from his mother, who called her rambunctious child "Headache", but had to shorten the spelling for a personalized license plate. [2]

College career

Stevin “Hedake” Smith played point guard for Arizona State University from 1991 through 1994, and was a two-time All-Pac-10 selection. However, he also became involved in the 1994 Arizona State point-shaving scandal along with ASU teammate Isaac Burton. Smith would bet on his own games that he was fixing and received $20,000 for shaving points in the game against Oregon State on January 28, 1994. [3] He was arrested in the summer of 1997, and in December 1997, Smith and Burton pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, admitting taking bribes to fix four games in 1994 [4] Smith was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. [3]

Smith holds the Arizona State career records for most three-point shots attempted and most three-point shots made. He shares the career record for most steals with Fat Lever. [5]

Professional basketball career

After failing to make an NBA team after leaving college in 1994, Smith took his game overseas, playing for the Spanish team Somontano Huesca during the 1994–95 season. Over the next four years, Smith played for teams in the Philippines, Turkey, France and in the CBA.

During the 1997 NBA season, Smith signed two consecutive 10-day contracts with the Dallas Mavericks, and received his only NBA playing time. He played 60 minutes over eight games, scoring 14 points for a 1.8 per-game average.

After his release from prison in 2000, Smith returned to Europe and his professional basketball career, playing for three different teams based in France from 2001 to 2003, in the Israeli League in 2004 and for Dynamo Moscow in Russia for two seasons until 2006. In 2006–07, Smith joined Legea Scafati of the Italian Serie A league. [6]

Post-playing career

Stevin Smith later became the Vice President of the N.O.W. Program, a mentoring program for young people in the Dallas area. [7] [3]

Smith is the subject of an episode of the 2021 Netflix documentary series Bad Sport . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Richie Whitt (20 May 2020). "Mavs Ex 'Headake' Smith Offers Cautionary Tale on Sports Gambling". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Whitt, He died (2019). "The lifetime 'headake' of Stevin Smith". Press Box DFW. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  3. 1 2 3 Bradburd, Rus (2010-10-06). "Hard Knock Life..." SLAM . Retrieved 2011-03-09– via SLAM online "Old School" feature.
  4. ↑ "Point-Shaving Scandal Hits Arizona State". Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. 1997-12-06. Archived from the original on 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  5. ↑ "Arizona State's Top-25 Basketball Players". scout.com. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  6. ↑ EUROBASKET - Legea Scafati Basket basketball - team details, stats, news, roster
  7. ↑ thenowprogram.org [ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Roeper, Richard (2021-10-02). "Scandals in the wins: A review of Netflix's 'Bad Sport'". Chicago Sun Times . Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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