Josh Smith

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Josh Smith
Position	Guard/Forward
Nickname	J. Smoove
Height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Team	Atlanta Hawks
Nationality	United States
Born	December 5, 1985 (age 21) College Park, Georgia
High school	McEachern High School Powder Springs, Georgia Oak Hill Academy, Virginia
Draft	17^th overall, 2004 Atlanta Hawks
Pro career	2004–present
Awards	All-Rookie Second Team 2004-05 2005 Slam Dunk Champion

Joshua (Josh) Smith (born December 5, 1985 in College Park, Georgia, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.

He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft. He played one year of high school basketball (as a senior) at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, after leaving McEachern High School, in Powder Springs, Georgia.^[1] He decided to forgo a college career at Indiana and jumped straight to the pros.

Smith won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest his rookie year during the 2005 NBA All-Star Weekend. He averaged 9.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.95 blocks per game for the 2004-2005 season and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. For the 2005-06 season, Smith averaged 2.25 blocks per game, which was seventh in the NBA.

After the NBA All-Star Weekend he would continue his steady development. He finished 2nd in the NBA in total blocks, 4th in bpg and averaged 15.0 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 4.1 apg, 3.1 bpg and 1.0 spg after the All-Star break and his contribution helped the Hawks double their win total of 13 wins from the previous season to finish 26-56.

On 3rd March 2007, he broke the 500 block mark, making him the youngest player to do so in NBA history.

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NBA.com Profile - Josh Smith

2004 NBA Draft
First Round Dwight Howard \| Emeka Okafor \| Ben Gordon \| Shaun Livingston \| Devin Harris \| Josh Childress \| Luol Deng \| Rafael Araújo \| Andre Iguodala \| Luke Jackson \| Andris Biedriņš \| Robert Swift \| Sebastian Telfair \| Kris Humphries \| Al Jefferson \| Kirk Snyder \| Josh Smith \| J.R. Smith \| Dorell Wright \| Jameer Nelson \| Pavel Podkolzin \| Viktor Khryapa \| Sergei Monia \| Delonte West \| Tony Allen \| Kevin Martin \| Sasha Vujačić \| Beno Udrih \| David Harrison
Second Round Anderson Varejão \| Jackson Vroman \| Peter John Ramos \| Lionel Chalmers \| Donta Smith \| Andre Emmett \| Antonio Burks \| Royal Ivey \| Chris Duhon \| Albert Miralles \| Justin Reed \| David Young \| Viktor Sanikidze \| Trevor Ariza \| Tim Pickett \| Bernard Robinson \| Ha Seung-Jin \| Pape Sow \| Ricky Minard \| Sergei Lishouk \| Vassilis Spanoulis \| Christian Drejer \| Romain Sato \| Matt Freije \| Rickey Paulding \| Luis Flores \| Marcus Douthit \| Sergei Karaulov \| Blake Stepp \| Rashad Wright