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**Craig Smith**
	Los Angeles Clippers – No. 5
	Power forward/center
Born	November 10, 1983 (age 26); Inglewood, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
League	NBA
Salary	$2,300,000
College	Boston College
Draft	2nd round, 36th overall, 2006; Minnesota Timberwolves
Pro career	2006–present
Former teams	Minnesota Timberwolves (2006-2009)
Awards	2006-07 NBA Rookie All Second-Team
Profile	Info Page

For articles on people named Craig Smith, see Craig Smith (disambiguation).

Craig Smith (born November 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. After playing for Boston College from 2002–2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA Draft.

Smith scored 2,349 points in his collegiate career, placing him second on Boston College's career scoring list (behind Troy Bell). In his senior season, he had per-game averages of 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.8 blocked shots. He also attended Worcester Academy, a preparatory school in Worcester, Massachusetts for a year as a post-graduate student before college.

Craig Smith averaged 7.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in his rookie year (2006–07) with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He earned a starting role for the last five games of the season and averaged 12.0 points and 10.2 rebounds while logging an average 34.4 minutes. He had an increased role in the 2007–08 season after a strong rookie performance and a Vegas Summer League performance during which he averaged 21.8 points and 6.0 rebounds.

On July 20, 2009, Smith was traded, along with Mark Madsen and Sebastian Telfair, to the Los Angeles Clippers for Quentin Richardson.^[2]

[edit] Achievements

On May 8, 2007, Craig Smith was named to the 2006–07 All-Rookie Second Team.^[3]

On December 11, 2007, Smith scored 36 points in a 88–102 loss to the Washington Wizards, logging 38 minutes and making 14 of his 22 field goal attempts.^[4]

[edit] 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

[edit] Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Minnesota	82	5	18.7	.531	.000	.624	5.1	.6	.6	.2	7.4
2007–08	Minnesota	77	11	20.1	.563	.000	.665	4.6	.8	.5	.2	9.4
2008–09	Minnesota	74	31	19.7	.562	.000	.677	3.8	1.1	.4	.3	10.1
Career		233	47	19.5	.553	.000	.658	4.5	.8	.5	.2	8.9

[edit] See also

List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds

[edit] Notes

^ [1]
^ "Clippers Acquire Telfair, Smith and Madsen from Minnesota for Richardson". NBA.com. 2009-07-20. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090720.html. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
^ http://www.nba.com/news/allrookie_070508.html
^ Six score in double digits to lift short-handed Wizards[

[edit] External links

Craig Smith Info Page at NBA.com

Craig Smith Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com

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[1] "Clippers Acquire Telfair, Smith and Madsen from Minnesota for Richardson". NBA.com. 2009-07-20. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090720.html. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

[2] ttp://www.nba.com/news/allrookie_070508.html

[3] Six score in double digits to lift short-handed Wizards[

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