3024 - Josh Smith - GSW, CHI, PHX, MEM, BOS, NYK (429 views)

[eric]

SF Josh Smith

Warriors (3006-3010)
Bucks (3010)
Clippers (3011)
Bulls (3012-3013, 3015)
Suns (3014)
Jazz (3014)
Bobcats (3014, 3018, 3019)
Celtics (3016, 3017)
Magic (3017)
Pacers (3018)
Kings (3019)
New York Knicks (3020-3023)

At a Glance
-All-Rookie and All-Sophmore
-Then nothing happened for 10 years
-Showed flashes of defensive brilliance for the 3017 Celtics
-Ignominiously dumped by Dump (for the second time)
-Was on the Bobcats on three separate occasions
-Just needed someone to believe in him
-And that someone was James "Do It Big" Dolan
-Made All-Defense 1st team four times in a row, one of only four players to do so, and one of two to do so with one team (Shareef Abdur-Rahim)
-One of five players to make five All-Defense 1st teams, one of three small forwards (Lonnie Shelton, Stanley Robinson)
-One of three small forwards to finish top 10 in blocks in a season (Lonnie Shelton, Magic Johnson)
-Only small forward in TMBSL history to post 4+ blocks per game in a season
-Did it twice
-Holds the New York Knicks franchise record with 14 blocks in a single game


Honors
3006 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
3006 - All-Rookie Team
3007 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
3007 - All-Defensive Second Team
3010 - All-Defensive Second Team
3011 - All-Defensive Second Team
3017 - All-Defensive Team
3020 - All-Defensive Team
3021 - All-Defensive Team
3022 - All-Defensive Team
3023 - All-Defensive Team


Career Stats
Years played: 18
Games played: 1257
Points per game: 7.7
Rebounds per game: 9.5
Assists per game: 1.3
Steals per game: 0.9
Blocks per game: 2.9
Turnovers per game: 0.9
FG%: .423
FT%: .849
3pt%: .378


Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 26
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 268
Triple Doubles: 0


Career Highs
Points: 28
Rebounds: 22
Assists: 7
Steals: 7
Blocks: 14


Biography
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 220
College: Oak Hill Academy


Transactions
Selected 1.5 in the 3006 draft by the Golden State Warriors
Traded with a pile of poop to the Bucks for Don Buse
Traded back to the Warriors for i guess Scott May
Signed by the Warriors in 3010 for $43 million over 4 yrs
Traded to the Clippers for Grant Hill
Traded with many players to the Bulls to get under the HC
Signed by the Suns in 3014 for $60 million over 6 yrs
Traded with another pile of poop to the Jazz for Marques Johnson
Traded with a similar pile of poop to the Bobcats for Yinka Dare
Traded with yet another pile of poop to the Bulls for Neon Boudeaux
Bought out by the Bulls in 3016
Assigned to the Celtics after no team in the league bid on him
Signed by the Magic in 3017 for $1m over 1 year
Traded to the Celtics for nothing
Signed by the Bobcats on a free transfer
Traded with Montrezl Harris to the Pacers for Tom Chambers
Signed by the 76ers on a free transfer
Traded with Jameer Nelson to the Bobcats for Pee Wee Kirkland
Cut by the Bobcats
Signed by the Kings after the Myles Turner trade with the Bobcats
Signed by the Knicks in 3020 to the MLE
Extended two years
Retired
Signed by the Knicks in 3023 for $4.6 million over 1 yr anyway
Retired for real this time (...so far)

[Druce]

gonna go ahead and say no

[Bruns]

No but was a great SF for me.

[Buster 5000]

"At a Glance" cracked me up.

Voted Yes as a Knick.

[20s Navidad]

Where is his career stats table?

[eric]

Nov 22, 2015 11:01:45 GMT -6 20s Navidad said:

Where is his career stats table?

there's more to a man than stats and numbers, 20 20 20 20.

[[Account Deleted]]

Played for 12 teams. That should disqualify him for HOF consideration alone.

[Odin]

should have been so much better.

[eric]

crazy how well he shot 3s given the starting point, and given that his name is Josh Smith

[Odin]

Nov 22, 2015 12:50:26 GMT -6 eric said:

crazy how well he shot 3s given the starting point, and given that his name is Josh Smith

they can shoot a pretty decent percentage starting at about 45

[Deleted]

voted no

[Heebs]

Nope

[gbgalla24]

No

[MistleTacoe]