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Also known as Joshua "Josh" Smith

American basketball player

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Josh Smith was born on 5 December 1985 in College Park, and is an American basketball player. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks and played in the National Basketball Association as a small forward and power forward, with a career beginning in 2004. His teams included the Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, and Los Angeles Clippers. He speaks English.

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Key facts

2016
Houston Rockets
2017
New Orleans Pelicans
Born
( 1985-12-05 ) December 5, 1985 (age 40) , College Park, Georgia , U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
High school
McEachern , ( Powder Springs, Georgia ) Oak Hill Academy , ( Mouth of Wilson, Virginia )
Nba draft
2004 : 1st round, 17th overall pick
Drafted by
Atlanta Hawks
Playing career
2004–2017
Position
Power forward / small forward
Number
5, 6
2004 2013
Atlanta Hawks
2013 2014
Detroit Pistons
2014 2015
Houston Rockets
2015 2016
Los Angeles Clippers
2016 2017
Sichuan Blue Whales
Points
12,996 (14.5 ppg)
Rebounds
6,653 (7.4 rpg)

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Basketball
Position
Power Forward
Nationality
United States

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Smith
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
College Park
Native language
English language
Member of team
Los Angeles Clippers
Position played
power forward
Country for sport
United States
Mass
107
Image
Josh Smith 2014.jpg
Height
206
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Commons category
Josh Smith
date of birth
1985-12-05
drafted by
Atlanta Hawks
start of work period
2004-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Joshua Smith (born December 5, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Entering the NBA straight out of high school, Smith played nine seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, for the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers between 2013 and 2016. His final stint in the NBA came in November 2017 with the New Orleans Pelicans. He is sometimes referred to by his nickname "J-Smoove".

High school career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Josh Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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