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Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967)

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Nationality
  
American

NBA draft
  
1989 / Undrafted

Weight
  
73 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Name
  
Charles Smith

Education
  
Georgetown University

Listed weight
  
160 lb (73 kg)

Role
  
Basketball player

Positions
  
Basketball positions

College
  
Georgetown (1985–1989)

Height
  
1.85 m


Ex-Knick Charles Smith Starts Program to Help Former N.B.A. Players - The  New York Times

Born
  
November 29, 1967 (age 56) Washington, D.C. (
1967-11-29
)

High school
  
All Saints (Washington, D.C.)

Olympic medals
  
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament


Playing career
  
1989–2001

1989–1990
  
Boston Celtics

1990–1991
  
Rapid City Thrillers

1991
  
Boston Celtics

1991
  
Rockford Lightning

1994
  
Rockford Lightning

1994–1995
  
Hartford Hellcats

1995
  
Omaha Racers

1995
  
Florida Sharks

1995
  
Florida Beach Dogs

1995
  
Minnesota Timberwolves

1996
  
Florida Beach Dogs

1996
  
Florida Sharks

1996
  
Red Star Belgrade

1996–1997
  
Florida Beach Dogs

1997
  
Iraklis

1997
  
Rockford Lightning

1997–1998
  
La Crosse Bobcats

1998
  
Ourense

1998
  
Vaqueros de Bayamón

1998–1999
  
Serapide Pozzuoli

1999
  
Obras Sanitarias

1999–2000
  
Record Napoli

2000
  
Media Broker Messina

2000–2001
  
La Crosse Bobcats

2001
  
Liège Basket

Similar
  
Dan Majerle, Willie Anderson (basketball), Stacey Augmon

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Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA.

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College career

Smith was born in Washington, D.C., where he attended All Saints High School. At Georgetown University he was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 1988–89 season.

Smith also played for the 1988 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team, the last American team not to feature professional players.

Professional career

After his college career, Smith went undrafted during the 1989 NBA draft. But he went on to play for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Conviction of vehicular homicide

On March 12, 1992, Smith was convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime, in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students on March 22, 1991. He subsequently served time in prison.

Shooting

On October 21, 2010, Smith was shot twice in the chest at his home in Bowie, Maryland. Smith underwent surgery and survived. The next day, police discovered "large quantity of cocaine and evidence of a gambling operation" in a search of his home.

References

Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967) Wikipedia