Jason Smith (basketball, born 1986)

Jason Smith
No. 14   New Orleans Hornets
Forward/Center
Personal information
Date of birth March 2, 1986 (1986-03-02) (age 26)
Place of birth Kersey, Colorado
Nationality American
High school Platte Valley
Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College Colorado State
NBA Draft 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20th overall
Selected by the Miami Heat
Pro career 2007–present
Career history
Philadelphia 76ers (2007-2010)
New Orleans Hornets (2010-)
Career highlights and awards
2007 Mountain West Conference First Team
Stats at NBA.com

Jason Victor Smith (born March 2, 1986, in Kersey, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing power forward for the National Basketball Association's New Orleans Hornets. Smith prepped at Platte Valley High School in Colorado, where he was a two-time state player of the year. He then went on to play collegiately at Colorado State University.

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College highlights

NBA career

Philadelphia 76ers

Smith was drafted by the Miami Heat but traded subsequently to the Philadelphia 76ers for shooting guard Daequan Cook on June 28, 2007 on a draft night trade. Smith played a total of nine games in the 2007 NBA Summer League and the Rocky Mountain Revue, averaging 9.9 points (43.0% FGs, 72.4% FTs), 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 26.1 minutes per game. On August 8, 2008, Sixers GM Ed Stefanski announced that Jason tore the ACL in his left knee during a Sixers camp in Las Vegas.[1]

New Orleans Hornets

Smith was traded to New Orleans with guard Willie Green in exchange for forward Darius Songaila and rookie forward Craig Brackins on September 23, 2010.[2] On February 1, 2011 Smith had a career high of 20 points vs the Washington Wizards. On December 16th, 2011, Smith signed a 3 year, $7.5 million dollar deal to remain with the Hornets.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Philadelphia 76 1 14.6 .455 .286 .659 3.0 .3 .3 .7 4.5
2009–10 Philadelphia 56 2 11.8 .431 .345 .690 2.4 .6 .4 .5 3.4
2010-11 New Orleans 77 6 14.3 .443 .000 .843 3.1 .5 .3 .4 4.3
Career 209 9 13.7 .445 .311 .732 2.9 .4 .3 .5 4.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Philadelphia 6 0 13.7 .444 .000 1.000 2.5 .5 .2 .8 3.3
2010–11 New Orleans 6 0 9.7 .467 .000 .000 1.2 .2 .3 .0 2.3
Career 12 0 11.6 .455 .000 1.000 1.8 .3 .2 .4 2.8

References

  1. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3525461
  2. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5607517

External links

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