Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967)

Charles Smith
Personal information
Born	November 29, 1967 (age 57); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	All Saints (Washington, D.C.)
College	Georgetown (1985–1989)
NBA draft	1989: undrafted
Playing career	1989–2001
Position	Point guard
Number	3, 13
Career history
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
Career highlights and awards
	CBA assists leader (1996); Second-team All-American – AP, UPI (1989); Big East Player of the Year (1989); First-team All-Big East (1989); Second-team All-Big East (1988);
Career NBA statistics
Points	186
Rebounds	76
Assists	115
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games

Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith was also a member of the bronze medal-winning 1988 United States Olympic team and was an All-American college player at Georgetown.

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 NBA 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.^[1] He subsequently served time in prison.^[2]

Shooting

On October 21, 2010, Smith was shot twice in the chest at his home in Bowie, Maryland.^[3] 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.^[4]

References

^ Smith, a former Celtic, gets a split verdict, abstract The New York Times. March 13, 1992. Accessed August 27, 2007.
^ Charles E. Smith, former Hoya, NBA player, shot in Bowie; drugs found in home | TBD.com Archived October 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Report: Former Boston Celtic Charles Smith shot, hospitalized – ESPN Boston
^ "Ex-Hoyas star Smith shot at Bowie home, police say". The Baltimore Sun. October 23, 2010.

[1] Smith, a former Celtic, gets a split verdict, abstract The New York Times. March 13, 1992. Accessed August 27, 2007.

[tbd-2] Charles E. Smith, former Hoya, NBA player, shot in Bowie; drugs found in home | TBD.com Archived October 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Report: Former Boston Celtic Charles Smith shot, hospitalized – ESPN Boston

[4] "Ex-Hoyas star Smith shot at Bowie home, police say". The Baltimore Sun. October 23, 2010.

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