Russ Smith (basketball)

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Russ Smith
Smith in 2013
No. 3 – Pallacanestro Nardò
PositionPoint guard
LeagueSerie A2
Personal information
Born (1991-04-19) April 19, 1991 (age 33)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight166 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school
College
Guizhou White Tigers
2021–2022Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2022Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2022–presentPallacanestro Nardò
Career highlights and awards
*Later vacated
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Russ Antoin Smith (born April 19, 1991) is an American professional

Sporting News.[1][2] As a senior at Louisville, he was named a consensus first-team All-American. As of March 5, 2023, his 65-point performance remains the NBA G League
single game scoring record.

High school career

Smith was born in New York City at NY Presbyterian Hospital to Paulette A. O'Neal and Russell Smith. He went to Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, N.Y. and played basketball for head coach Jack Curran. He led the New York City Catholic league (CHSAA) in scoring as a junior averaging 24.5 points a game and as a senior averaging 29.6 points,[3] he also had a 7.3 rebound and 3.2 assist average his final season for the Molloy Stanners. His career high in points was 47, which he reached twice as a senior against St. Francis Prep and Christ the King. Smith was named to the 2009 New York State Sportswriters Association all-state team, made the first-team all-CHSAA "AA", and New York Daily News All-Queens first team as a senior. He played in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game at Madision Square Garden on April 18. Where he scored 27 points and earned co-MVP honors as his City team beat the Suburban team 129–120. Russ played prep school basketball at South Kent School in 2010 averaging 19.7 points and 3.9 assists a game as South Kent went 20–12 on the season.[4]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Russ Smith
G 		Brooklyn, NY Archbishop Molloy High School, NY
South Kent School, CT 		6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Nov 15, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 88

College career

Recruitment

Louisville overlooked Smith at first. Assistant coaches Ralph Willard and Steve Masiello were on a recruiting trip in South Kent in September 2009, looking at another player. They saw Smith, who they thought would be perfect for their system. Masiello had also known Smith's father since he was 15. Louisville started looking at Smith seriously, and Smith liked Louisville so much that he tried to commit before he had a scholarship offer.[3]

Freshman year

Upon coming to school, Smith chose uniform #2. Injuries limited Smith's playing time as a freshman. He had a broken foot, concussion, strained foot, and sore knee during the season and only saw action in 17 games.

2011 NCAA tournament where they were upset in the second round by #13 seeded Morehead State 61–62.[7]

Sophomore year

During his sophomore year in

2012 NCAA tournament, upsetting #1 seed Michigan State 57–44 in the sweet sixteen and defeating #7 seed Florida in the regional final, where Smith led Louisville with 19 points in the game.[10] Before losing in the national semifinals to arch-rival and eventual national champion Kentucky. Smith averaged 11.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 2.2 steals a game for the Cardinals, who finished the season with a 30–10 record.[11]

Junior year

2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
trophy.

Before the start of the

Syracuse by a score of 78–61 after trailing by 13 at halftime.[17]

Louisville, with a 29–5 record, was selected the #1 overall seed for the

Duke, Smith recorded 23 points and was subsequently named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament's Midwest Region. During the Duke game Smith witnessed Kevin Ware suffer a horrible broken leg accident that left the team very emotional. Ware said "Just go win this game for me. Just go win this game. Don't worry about me, I'm fine." while being attended to by medical staff who was preparing him for a trip to the hospital. Louisville outscored Duke 64 to 43 after the Ware injury and credited Ware's positive attitude about his injury for their win.[22] In Louisville's next game Smith had 21 points in a 72–68 win over Wichita State in the Final Four.[23] Smith averaged 18.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals this season for the Cardinals who won the national championship over Michigan with a 35–5 record.[24]

Senior year

On April 24, 2013, Smith announced he would stay at Louisville for his senior year in an attempt to improve his draft stock the upcoming year.[25] On February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year.[26]

Louisville finished the season with a 31–6 record, earning a 4 seed in the tournament. Louisville opened against Manhattan in the second round, Smith led the game in scoring with 18 points.[27] After Manhattan, Louisville advanced 66–51 against Saint Louis. Smith tallied up 11 points and tied for the most assists with 7.[28] Smith ended his college career with 23 points in the Sweet Sixteen, losing against Kentucky.[29]

Smith was selected on the Associated Press First Team All American list.[30] On January 22, 2022, his No. 2 jersey was retired by the Cardinals.[31]

College honors

  • 2013 NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player
  • 2013 Big East All-Tournament Team[32]
  • 2013 Big East All-Conference First Team[33]
  • 2013 Lute Olson All-America Team[34]
  • 2013 Sporting News All-American Third Team
  • 2013 NABC All-America Third Team
  • 2013 College Sports Madness All-America First Team[1]
  • 2014 John Wooden Award All-American team[35]

Professional career

New Orleans Pelicans (2014–2015)

On June 26, 2014, Smith was selected with the 47th overall pick in the

NBA Development League.[40]

Memphis Grizzlies (2015)

On January 12, 2015, Smith was traded to the

Iowa Energy in his rookie season.[40] Smith made his playoff debut on May 3, 2015, in a 101–86 loss to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semi-finals.[42]

On December 17, 2015, Smith was reassigned to the Iowa Energy,[43] but was recalled later that day.[44] He was reassigned again on December 22,[45] and recalled two days later.[46] On December 29, he was waived by the Grizzlies.[47]

Delaware 87ers (2016)

On January 13, 2016, Smith was acquired by the

Canton Charge.[52][53] As of March 3, 2022, the record still stood as did his record of 105 points in consecutive games.[54] On March 29, he was waived by the 87ers after being deemed to have a season-ending injury.[55]

Europe (2016)

On July 27, 2016, Smith signed a one-year contract with

Turkish BSL and EuroLeague.[56] In December 2016, he parted ways with Galatasaray.[57]

Return to the Delaware 87ers (2017)

On January 20, 2017, Smith was re-acquired by the Delaware 87ers.[58]

China (2017–2021)

On June 3, 2017, Smith signed with Luoyang Zhonghe of China for the 2017 NBL season.[59] In his debut with Luoyang, Smith scored 62 points (including 7 3-pointers made) and recorded 3 steals in a 138–123 loss to the Anhui Lightning.[60] On July 5, 2017, Smith scored a career-high 81 points to go along with 8 rebounds and 7 assists in a 142–130 win over the Henan Golden Elephants.[61]

After that summer league's campaign wrapped up, he signed with the Fujian Sturgeons for the 2017-18 CBA season.[62][63]

Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2021–2022)

On December 30, 2021, Smith was acquired and activated by the

Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League.[64] On January 7, 2022, in his first game in the G League since 2017, Smith scored 43 points in a 94–103 loss to the Raptors 905.[65] On January 31, he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. Smith averaged 16.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.[66]

Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2022)

On September 2, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[67]

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

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 New Orleans 6 0 4.8 .200 .167 — .5 .3 .0 .0 .8
2014–15 Memphis 6 0 6.0 .400 .200 .923 .5 1.0 .5 .0 4.2
2015–16 Memphis 15 0 4.4 .318 .200 .615 .6 .7 .3 .1 1.5
Career 5 0 5.4 .250 .000 1.000 .2 .2 .2 .0 1.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 Memphis 2 0 1.5 — — — .0 1.0 .0 .0 .8
Career 2 0 1.5 — — — .0 1.0 .0 .0 .8

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