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Donta Lamont Smith (born November 27, 1983) is an American-Venezuelan professional basketball player for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Playing for Maccabi Haifa, he was named the 2014 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.

Donta Smith

Smith with Hapoel Jerusalem, 2015
Free agent
Position	Small forward
Personal information
Born	(1983-11-27) November 27, 1983 (age 38) Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality	American / Venezuelan
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Oldham County (Buckner, Kentucky)
College	Southeastern Illinois (2002–2004)
NBA draft	2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	2004–present
Career history
2004–2006	Atlanta Hawks
2005–2006	→Arkansas RimRockers
2007	Academic Sofia
2008	Shanxi Zhongyu
2008–2009	South Dragons
2009	Gigantes de Carolina
2009–2010	Shanxi Zhongyu
2010	Marinos de Anzoátegui
2010	Vaqueros de Bayamón
2010	Espartanos de Margarita
2010–2011	Liaoning Dinosaurs
2011	Marinos de Anzoátegui
2011	Fuerza Regia
2012	Indios de Mayagüez
2012–2014	Maccabi Haifa
2014–2016	Hapoel Jerusalem
2017	Bucaneros de La Guaira
2017	Piratas de Quebradillas
2017–2018	Brindisi
2018	Santeros de Aguada.
2018–2019	Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2019–2020	Levallois Metropolitans
2020–2021	Maccabi Haifa
2021	Cangrejeros de Santurce
Career highlights and awards
2× LPB champion (2011, 2021) LPB Grand Final MVP (2011) All-LPB Second Team (2021) Israeli Super League MVP (2014) 2× Israeli Super League Quintet (2014, 2016) 2× Israeli Super League champion (2013, 2015) BSN champion (2012) BSN Most Valuable Player (2012) BSN First Team (2012) BSN Defensive First Team (2012) BSN All-Star (2012) NBL champion (2009) NBL Grand Final MVP (2009) First-team NJCAA All-American (2004)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school

Smith played his high school basketball at Oldham County High School, in Buckner, Kentucky, where he was a standout forward on the high school team, and also a record-setting wide receiver on the football team. He also played on the Kentucky (high school) All-Stars in their annual two-game series against the Indiana All-Stars.

College career

After two years of playing junior college basketball at Southeastern Illinois College, Smith was rated as one of the top JUCO prospects, and he committed to play NCAA Division I college basketball for Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville, with the Louisville Cardinals. However, Smith backed out of the commitment, and entered the 2004 NBA Draft instead.

Professional career

Smith was taken by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 2004 NBA draft, after playing JUCO college basketball at Southeastern Illinois College, and he averaged 3.3 points per game for the Hawks during his two-season stint. On December 2, 2005, the Hawks assigned Smith to their NBA Development League affiliate, the Arkansas RimRockers.[1]

In January 2007, Smith signed a one-month contract with Bulgarian champions Academic Sofia, which could possibly be extended to five months. On December 24, 2008, Smith signed with the South Dragons of the Australian National Basketball League. He had previously been with the Chinese Basketball Association's Shanxi Zhongyu but was waived to make roster space available for Bonzi Wells.[2]

In 2009, Smith went on to win the 2009 NBL championship with the South Dragons, and was named Finals MVP after starring for the team in the 5-game series. After one season with the South Dragons, Smith would return to the Shanxi Zhongyu for the 2009–10 season. In December 2010 he signed with the Liaoning Dinosaurs.[3]

In 2011, Smith signed with Fuerza Regia in Mexico.[4] He later played for the Indios de Mayaguez of Puerto Rico,[5] and Maccabi Haifa of Israel.[6]

Smith led Haifa to its first Israeli Super League title ever during the 2012–13 season, his first with his team, along with teammate Gal Mekel. In the following season, 2013–14, Smith was awarded the Israeli Basketball League's Most Valuable Player Award, after leading Haifa to the finals for the second time in a row. Haifa, however, could not win the title again, after losing the finals to EuroLeague superpower Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2014, he was chosen the MVP of the Israeli All-Star game.

In June 2014, after two successful seasons with Haifa, Smith signed a three-year contract with Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem. In his first season with the team, he was instrumental in its winning its first ever national championship. He left Hapoel Jerusalem in July 2016 after losing the opportunity for a second title to Maccabi Rishon LeZion BC.

On November 23, 2017, Smith signed with New Basket Brindisi for the rest of the 2017–18 LBA season.[7]

On June 4, 2018, Smith signed with Santeros de Aguada for the rest of the 2018 BSN Season.[8]

On July 9, 2018, Smith signed with the French team Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez for the 2018–19 season.[9]

On August 31, 2019, he has signed 3-months deal with Levallois Metropolitans of the LNB Pro A.[10] Smith averaged 8.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.

On July 15, 2020, he signed with Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League.[11] On March 8, 2021, he was released by the team. In 2020-21 he was third in the Israel Basketball Premier League in three-point field goal percentage (46.0 per cent), but third in turnovers per game (3.0).[12]

On September 23, Smith signed with Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.[13]

National team career

In August 2013, Smith was naturalized as a Venezuelan, in order for him to be able to play with the Venezuelan national basketball team.[14] He played with Venezuela at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship.

References

External links

• Twitter
• NBA Profile
• Profile at Eurobasket.com
• Israeli stats

На других языках

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[de] Donta Smith

Donta Lamont Smith (* 27. November 1983 in Louisville, Kentucky) ist ein US-amerikanisch-venezolanischer Basketballspieler. Smith wurde, was relativ ungewöhnlich ist, 2004 direkt aus dem Junior College für die am höchsten dotierte Profiliga NBA ausgewählt. Hier konnte er jedoch in den folgenden zwei Jahren nicht voll überzeugen und spielte anschließend für professionelle Mannschaften in bis auf Afrika nahezu allen Erdteilen, insbesondere in China, Puerto Rico und Venezuela, wo er 2013 eingebürgert und Nationalspieler wurde. In der NBL Australasiens gewann er als „Finals-MVP“ 2009 die Meisterschaft mit den Melbourne South Dragons sowie mit Lukoil Akademik zweimal das bulgarische Double. Neben einer venezolanischen Meisterschaft mit den Marinos de Anzoátegui gewann er auch 2012 eine Meisterschaft in der BSN Puerto Ricos. Seit 2012 spielt er in der israelischen Ligat ha’Al für Maccabi Haifa, die 2013 überraschend die ansonsten national dominierende Mannschaft von Maccabi Tel Aviv entthronen konnten und erstmals die Meisterschaft gewannen.

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- [en] Donta Smith

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[es] Donta Smith

Donta Lamont Smith (nacido en Louisville, Kentucky el 27 de noviembre de 1983) es un jugador de baloncesto profesional que posee tanto la nacionalidad estadounidense como la nacionalidad venezolana[1] que pertenece a la plantilla de los Trotamundos de Carabobo de la Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, y que ha sido convocado a la Selección de baloncesto de Venezuela. Con 2,01 metros de altura y 98 kilos de peso, ocupa la posición de alero.

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