Joe Smyth (basketball)

Joseph George Smyth (May 22, 1929 – June 10, 1999) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He was drafted with the seventy-seventh overall pick in the ninth round of the 1953 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. He made his NBA debut on December 30, 1953 for the Knicks and played eight games with them. Joe finished the 1953-54 NBA season with the Baltimore Bullets averaging career totals of 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.[1]

Joe Smyth
Personal information
Born(1929-05-22)May 22, 1929
New York City, New York
DiedJune 10, 1999(1999-06-10) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
CollegeNiagara (1948–1951)
NBA draft1953: 9th round, 77th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
PositionSmall forward
Number17
Career history
1953–1954New York Knicks
1954Baltimore Bullets
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

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

NBA

Source[1]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1953–54 New York 8 7.4 .333 .556 1.3 .3 1.9
1953–54 Baltimore 32 13.6 .350 .536 2.8 1.5 3.6
Career 40 12.4 .348 .538 2.5 1.2 3.3

References

  1. "Joe Smyth NBA statistics". [[[Basketball Reference]]. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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