Devin Smith (basketball)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American basketball player
Is Athlete 
Basketball player 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 12 April 1983, New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.
Age: 37 years
Stats
Height: 198
Weight: 111

Devin Michael Smith (born April 12, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays mainly at the small forward position and he was an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2015.

College career

After playing high school basketball at William Penn High School, Smith played college basketball at Coffeyville Community College in 2001–02, and at the University of Virginia with the Virginia Cavaliers from 2002–05.

Professional career

Early years

After going undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft, Smith signed a contract with the Spanish team Bruesa GBC. With them, he won the LEB Oro, the 2nd-tier Spanish League in 2006. He stayed in the club for two season, before moving to the Italian team Air Avellino in the summer of 2007. With them, he won the Italian Cup in 2008 and was named the MVP of the Italian Cup.

After breakthrough season, in the summer of 2008, he signed a contract with the Turkish team Fenerbahçe Ülker. With them, he played in the EuroLeague for the first time in his career. Over 14 games in the EuroLeague, he averaged 7.9 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. However, they went short of all the trophies and Smith didn’t extend his contract with the team.

In 2010, he signed with the Greek team Panellinios where he stayed for one season.

Benetton Treviso

On July 22, 2010, Smith signed a one-year deal with Italian team Benetton Treviso. Over the season, he averaged 15.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in the EuroCup, and 13.7 points and 4.8 rebounds in the Italian League. He was also named to the All-Eurocup First Team for the performances he showed over the season. This was his second consecutive nomination, after also being selected the season before while playing for Panellinios.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On June 23, 2011, Smith signed a two-year deal with the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv.

On April 1, 2013, he was named the EuroLeague MVP of the month of March, his first such monthly award. Over the month, he helped his team win 4 straight games after having 2–5 score in its Top 16 group. He averaged 15.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2 steals per game. He had statistically the best season since coming in the club, having the averages of 11.5 points, 4 rebounds and 1.6 assists over 25 EuroLeague games played. Maccabi however went short of all the trophies.

On June 26, 2013, he signed a new two-year contract with Maccabi. With the first half of the season ended, team’s performances showed very little hope that the season would be better than the previous. However, Maccabi finished the season by winning the triple crown. Maccabi eventually won its sixth EuroLeague championship, Smith’s first, by defeating Real Madrid in an overtime 98–86 finals game. Smith was one of the key Maccabi players, averaging 9.9 points and career-high 5.6 rebounds with career-high shooting percentages.

In the summer of 2014, Maccabi’s roster changed dramatically with the departure of head coach David Blatt, and some key players from the previous season like David Blu, Tyrese Rice, Ricky Hickman and Joe Ingles. His role in the team as being one of the best and most experienced players was left unchanged, as he had many touches. He was named the EuroLeague MVP of the month of December, his second monthly MVP award. Over the month of December, he averaged 20.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals per game. Maccabi was eventually stopped in the quarter-final series, after being swept by Fenerbahçe Ülker. In May 2015, he was chosen to the All-EuroLeague Second Team for the performances he put up over the season. He had his best season since coming into the club, averaging all career-highs of 15 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1 steal, over 25 games in the EuroLeague.

On April 7, 2015, he signed a new three-year contract with Maccabi.

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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

† Denotes season in which Smith won the EuroLeague

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2008–09 Fenerbahçe 14 3 24.5 .411 .234 .667 3.4 1.0 .5 .6 7.9 5.6
2011–12 Maccabi 21 19 27.0 .419 .286 .857 4.8 .8 .6 .6 8.3 8.6
2012–13 Maccabi 25 24 28.5 .436 .377 .844 4.0 1.6 .7 .7 11.5 10.5
2013–14† Maccabi 28 27 28.0 .498 .411 .853 5.6 1.0 .5 .5 9.9 10.8
2014–15 Maccabi 25 25 31.8 .458 .376 .833 6.1 2.5 1.0 .6 15.0 16.1
Career 113 98 28.3 .450 .356 .826 4.9 1.4 .7 .6 10.8 10.9

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 Bruesa GBC LEB Oro 39 32.1 .526 .322 .664 5.9 1.2 .9 .6 16.2
2006–07 Liga ACB 32 29.4 .482 .340 .702 3.8 1.3 1.0 .3 11.9
2007–08 Air Avellino LBA 39 29.0 .642 .362 .790 5.3 1.7 2.2 .7 18.7
2008–09 Fenerbahçe Ülker BSL 38 22.7 .584 .384 .683 4.7 1.7 1.0 .7 11.1
2009–10 Panellinios B.C. GBL 33 27.9 .566 .350 .634 5.2 1.7 1.0 .6 13.5
2010–11 Benetton Treviso LBA 37 28.4 .596 .347 .689 4.8 1.3 1.5 .8 13.7
2011-12 Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Adriatic League 26 22.3 .633 .484 .872 3.7 1.3 .9 .5 10.8
IBSL 21 23.9 .638 .435 .757 4.4 1.5 1.0 .5 13.4
2012–13 31 25.5 .599 .489 .806 5.6 2.0 1.5 .6 13.4
2013–14 27 26.3 .675 .387 .808 5.9 1.4 1.0 .5 12.5
2014–15 33 26.7 .618 .446 .845 6.7 2.2 .8 .5 14.9

Personal

Smith’s wife is Danielle Greene, with whom he has 2 daughters.

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