Greg Smith

At 33 years old, Greg Smith has this physical status:

Gregory Smith (born January 8, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Mineros de Zacatecas of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP).

He played basketball for Fresno State in college before starting in the NBA and overseas.

Personal life

Smith is Cheryl Duckworth's uncle and has an older sister, Ashely, and Divante, a younger brother. Steve Shelley, his uncle, a Fresno Statewide receiver who later signed with the San Diego Chargers in 1990, was a child of 1988–89.

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High school career

Smith attended Edison High School in Fresno, California, from 2005 to 2008. He averaged 22 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, and five blocks per game as a junior in 2007. He attended Westwind Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, where he earned All-Arizona State awards and was nominated for the McDonald's All-America Team in 2008, boasting 26 points, 14.4 rebounds, six blocks, four assists, and three steals per game.

College career

Smith was named the 2009–10 WAC Freshman of the Year by CollegeInsider.com, and received an All-American award in his freshman season at Fresno State. He played 11.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.2 blocks in 27.7 minutes per game in 33 games (all starts).

Smith received second-team All-WAC recognition in his sophomore season. In 31 games, he averaged 11.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.1 blocks in 30.4 minutes per game.

Smith declared for the NBA draft in March 2011, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.

Professional career

Smith came from going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft and with the NBA lockout prohibiting players from joining or playing in the summer league, he joined Soles de Mexicali of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) in August 2011. Smith led to a 107-72 victory over the Aguilas Rojas in his first professional appearance. He appeared in 27 games for Soles before he departed the club in late November to return to the United States in the aftermath of the NBA lockout.

Smith was signed by the Houston Rockets on December 13, 2011. However, he was then suspended by the Rockets on December 22, 2011 after appearing in two preseason games. He was signed by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers as an affiliate player on December 28.

Smith re-signed with the Rockets on February 8, 2012, to a multi-year contract. He was sent back to the Vipers on the next day. He was then recalled by the Rockets on February 18 and then recalled on April 8 after the Vipers' season came to an end. Smith played for mainly for the Vipers in his rookie season and was selected to the All-NBA D-League first team and the All-Rookie first team.

Smith was signed by the Rockets in July 2012 for the 2012 NBA Summer League. He had been reassigned to the Vipers on February 10, 2013. He had been recalled by the Rockets four days later. Smith made his first appearance on March 30, 2013. In a 98-81 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, he scored 9 points and 8 rebounds in 30 minutes of action. He stayed in the starting lineup for the remainder of the regular season. Following a huge Game 1 loss, he got off to begin the first game of the Rockets' first round playoff match against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Smith re-joined the Rockets for the 2013 NBA Summer League in July 2013. During a game against the New York Knicks on November 14, 2013, he sustained his right knee, resulting in Smith being aided from the ground and missing a month of action. He returned to the line-up on December 15, a year later. However, he recovered his knee a month later and was kept indefinitely. He was waived by the Rockets on April 10, 2014.

Smith signed with the Chicago Bulls for the remainder of the 2013-2014 season on April 14, 2014. Smith did not appear in a game for the Bulls in 2013–14, missing the team's last two regular season games and all five playoff games against the Washington Wizards, despite being still recovering from the knee injury he suffered from in January.

Smith was traded by the Dallas Mavericks to buy Tadija Dragievi in exchange. In the summer of 2015, he became a free agent.

Smith was acquired by the Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League on January 5, 2016. In a 102–98 loss to the Sioux Falls Skyforce, he made his debut for the team two days later, scoring 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block as a starter.

Smith signed a 10-day deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 2, 2016. In a 104–98 loss to the Washington Wizards, he made his Timberwolves debut later that night, scoring four points, one rebound, and one assist in ten minutes off the bench. On March 12, he began his second 10-day contract with the Timberwolves, as well as a rest-of-season deal on March 23. He was waived by the Timberwolves on June 30, 2016.

Smith signed with stanbul BB of the Turkish League on October 7, 2016. He appeared in seven games for stanbul before being fired from the team in late November.

Smith was a new import for the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup on March 4, 2017. Smith scored 37 points and grabbed a career-high 30 rebounds in a 116-118 2OT loss to the Phoenix Fuel Masters in his PBA debut. In ten games, he averaged 27.7 points, 21.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game.

Smith signed with Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League on August 8, 2017. In December 2017, he left the team. He played 9.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.3 steals per game in 20 games.

Smith averaged 14.3 points, 13.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.2 blocks, and 1.2 blocks in 15 games between November and December 2018. He joined the Puerto Rican team Valiantros de Bayamón in March 2019.

Smith signed with Blackwater Elite on July 15, 2019, marking his second stint with the team ahead of the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs. Smith earned 31 points and 18 rebounds in Game 2 of the Commissioner's Cup Playoffs, triggering a doo-die Game 3 against Rain or Shine.

Smith signed with the Mineros de Zacatecas for the 2019-20 LNBP season on July 12, 2019.

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