Jabari Smith

For his son, also an NBA player, see Jabari Smith Jr.

Jabari Smith
Personal information
Born (1977-02-12) February 12, 1977 (age 47)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High schoolBooker T. Washington
(Atlanta, Georgia)
College
NBA draft2000: 2nd round, 45th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career2000–2010
PositionCenter / power forward
Number52, 41, 55
Career history
2000–2001Sacramento Kings
2001–2002Philadelphia 76ers
2002CB Granada
2003–2004Sacramento Kings
2004–2005New Jersey Nets
2006–2007Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2007–2008Pardis Mottahed Qazvin BC
2009Vaqueros de Bayamón
2009Conquistadores de Guaynabo
2010Pioneros de Quintana Roo
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Jabari Montsho Smith Sr. (born February 12, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Professional career

After a college career at Louisiana State University, he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft. He has played for the Kings, the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Nets over a span of 5 years, for a total of 108 games and averages of 3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. His final NBA game was played in Game 4 of the 2005 Eastern Conference First Round on May 1, 2005, against the Miami Heat. In that game, Smith only played for 44 seconds (substituting at the very end of the 4th quarter for Vince Carter) and recorded no stats. The Nets would lose the game and get swept by Miami. In that first round series, Smith played in 3 games for a total of 3 minutes.

Smith also played in Spain, Turkey, Iran, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.[1] He last played with Pioneros de Quintana Roo in Mexico.[2]

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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 Sacramento 19 0 10.5 .426 — .667 .9 .7 .4 .0 2.9
2001–02 Sacramento 12 0 5.9 .286 .000 .500 1.2 .5 .2 .3 1.5
2002–03 Sacramento 11 0 10.0 .476 .000 .750 1.3 .5 .4 .2 5.0
2003–04 Sacramento 31 0 5.4 .371 .000 .600 1.0 .4 .1 .2 2.1
2004–05 New Jersey 45 2 14.4 .419 .500 .745 2.5 .8 .6 .3 3.7
Career 108 2 9.8 .413 .125 .690 1.6 .6 .3 .2 3.0

Personal life

His son, Jabari Smith Jr., is an NBA player for the Houston Rockets. He played in college for the Auburn Tigers basketball team.

Smith's cousin Kwame Brown was selected as the first overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft.[3]

References

  1. ^ Jabari Smith. Asia Basket. Retrieved on January 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Llega Jabari Smith a Pioneros Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. pionerosbasket.com. January 27, 2010. Retrieved on January 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "Kwame Brown Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved December 23, 2021.


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