Greg Smith (basketball, born 1947)

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

Greg Smith
Personal information
Born (1947-06-28) June 28, 1947
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
19681971Milwaukee Bucks
19711972Houston Rockets
19721975Portland 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
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

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

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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1968–69 Milwaukee 79-27.9.450-.58710.21.7--8.1
1969–70 Milwaukee 82*-28.9.511-.7188.71.9--9.8
1970–71 Milwaukee 82-29.6.512-.6627.22.8--11.7
1971–72 Milwaukee 28-26.3.490-.7075.82.3--8.4
1971–72 Houston 54-28.1.448-.6366.02.9--9.1
1972–73 Houston 4-10.3.313-.0002.01.3--2.5
1972–73 Portland 72-21.8.488-.5865.21.6--7.4
1973–74 Portland 67-13.1.434-.6082.81.20.60.13.7
1974–75 Portland 55-9.4.486-.6671.60.50.40.13.2
1975–76 Portland 1-3.0.000-.0000.00.00.00.00.0
Career 524-23.4.482-.6466.21.80.50.17.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1969–70 Milwaukee 10-32.9.500-.5918.52.2--10.7
1970–71 Milwaukee 14-32.4.547-.5508.62.6--11.6
Career 24-32.6.527-.5658.52.4--11.2

References

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