Greg Smith (basketball, born 1947)
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Smith was born in Princeton, Kentucky, and played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltopper. He was selected by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1968 American Basketball Association draft and by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fourth round of the 1968 NBA draft.[1]
Smith played forward for the Milwaukee Bucks (1968–71), Houston Rockets (1971–72) and Portland Trail Blazers (1972–75).
He helped the Bucks win the 1970–71 NBA Championship and the 1971–72 NBA Midwest Division. He was traded from the Houston Rockets to the Portland Trail Blazers for Stan McKenzie on October 27, 1972.[2]
In 8 seasons Smith played in 524 games and had 12,269 minutes played. He had a .482 field goal percentage (1,737 for 3,607), and a .646 free throw percentage (623 for 965). He recorded 3,249 total rebounds, 969 assists, 1,553 personal fouls and 4,097 points.
NBA career statistics
| 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 |
| † | Won an NBA championship | * | Led the league |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–69 | Milwaukee | 79 | - | 27.9 | .450 | - | .587 | 10.2 | 1.7 | - | - | 8.1 |
| 1969–70 | Milwaukee | 82* | - | 28.9 | .511 | - | .718 | 8.7 | 1.9 | - | - | 9.8 |
| 1970–71† | Milwaukee | 82 | - | 29.6 | .512 | - | .662 | 7.2 | 2.8 | - | - | 11.7 |
| 1971–72 | Milwaukee | 28 | - | 26.3 | .490 | - | .707 | 5.8 | 2.3 | - | - | 8.4 |
| 1971–72 | Houston | 54 | - | 28.1 | .448 | - | .636 | 6.0 | 2.9 | - | - | 9.1 |
| 1972–73 | Houston | 4 | - | 10.3 | .313 | - | .000 | 2.0 | 1.3 | - | - | 2.5 |
| 1972–73 | Portland | 72 | - | 21.8 | .488 | - | .586 | 5.2 | 1.6 | - | - | 7.4 |
| 1973–74 | Portland | 67 | - | 13.1 | .434 | - | .608 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.7 |
| 1974–75 | Portland | 55 | - | 9.4 | .486 | - | .667 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| 1975–76 | Portland | 1 | - | 3.0 | .000 | - | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 524 | - | 23.4 | .482 | - | .646 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.8 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–70 | Milwaukee | 10 | - | 32.9 | .500 | - | .591 | 8.5 | 2.2 | - | - | 10.7 |
| 1970–71† | Milwaukee | 14 | - | 32.4 | .547 | - | .550 | 8.6 | 2.6 | - | - | 11.6 |
| Career | 24 | - | 32.6 | .527 | - | .565 | 8.5 | 2.4 | - | - | 11.2 | |
References
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- ↑ "Personalities: Texas Gets Carty," The New York Times, Saturday, October 28, 1972. Retrieved October 26, 2020
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External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- Pages with script errors
- 1947 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- Houston Rockets players
- Kentucky Colonels draft picks
- Milwaukee Bucks draft picks
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- People from Princeton, Kentucky
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Power forwards
- Small forwards
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball players