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Greg Smith (basketball, born 1947)

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Greg Smith
Personal information
Born (1947-06-28) June 28, 1947 (age 77)
Princeton, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolCaldwell County
(Caldwell, Kentucky)
CollegeWestern Kentucky (1965–1968)
NBA draft1968: 4th round, 50th overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career1968–1975
PositionPower forward / small forward
Number4
Career history
1968–1971Milwaukee Bucks
1971–1972Houston Rockets
1972–1975Portland Trail Blazers
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points4,097 (7.8 ppg)
Rebounds3,249 (6.2 rpg)
Assists969 (1.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Gregory Darnell Smith (born January 28, 1947) is an American retired basketball player.

Smith was born in Princeton, Kentucky and played college basketball at Western Kentucky University and was drafted 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

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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
 †  Won an NBA championship  *  Led the league

Regular season

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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

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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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  1. ^ "BasketballReference.com Greg Smith page". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "Personalities: Texas Gets Carty," The New York Times, Saturday, October 28, 1972. Retrieved October 26, 2020
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