Position Point guard Nationality Canadian Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg) | League NBL Canada Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
Born March 20, 1989 (age 27)
Toronto, Ontario ( 1989-03-20 ) High school West Hill (Toronto, Ontario) | ||
Dane Smith (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Cape Breton Highlanders of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He has spent most of his career in the NBL Canada with the Saint John Mill Rats and the London Lightning. Smith won the league championship as a rookie in 2013. He also competed with the Colombian club UBC Muiscas in 2015. Smith is the author of Everything Being Said With No Words: Memoir Of A True Canadian Great.
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College career
Smith Played Jr. college basketball at Kilgore College in Texas under Brian Hoberecht for the 2008-10 season. Smith later transferred to played for University of Tennessee at Martin , in the Ohio Vally Conference of the NCAA Division I, from 2010 to 2012. As a senior, he started in 29 games. Smith played against nationally ranked opponents featuring NBA stars such as such as, Jerry Sullener of the Boston Celtics (BIG10), Ohio State University; Will Barton of the Portland Trail Blazers, (SEC) University of Memphis; Tobias Harris of the Detroit Pistons (SEC), University of Tennessee; Isaiah Cannon of the Chicago Bulls Rockets (OVC), Murray State University; Payton Siva of the Detroit pistons; Russ Smith of the New Orleans Pelicans, Louisville University (BIG EAST). During his NCAA Jr. Sr. campaign in 2010-12.
Smith saved his best game as a Skyhawk against undefeated #10 Murray State University with 24 points 11 rebounds 4 assist. Smith also had a Twin Brother that Attended the nationals capital Gorge Washington University Atlantic 10 Dwayne Smith.
Professional career
In his rookie season, Smith signed with the London Lightning of the NBL Canada and played one season under head coach Micheal Ray Richardson. At training camp, he competed with fellow Canadian guards Tyler Murray and Josh Whyte for a roster spot. The team ended up winning the 2013 NBL Canada Finals over the Summerside Storm.
Personal life
Smith appeared in a commercial for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), in which he promoted the team under the motto "We the North." In the video, he is shown playing pick-up basketball with an embroidered Raptors jacket. The campaign was very successful and Smith soon appeared in multiple commercials for the team. In February, Smith participated in the 2016 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Toronto, in which he competed alongside tennis player Milos Raonic, former NBA star Tracy McGrady, rapper Snoop Dogg, and several other celebrities. He said, "It's a pretty exciting thing to be happening to me." Official Verified pages of Dane Smith facebook twitter Instagram website youtube