Charles Cornelius Smith

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Basketball player
Charles Smith
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Player information
Full name Charles Cornelius Smith
Nickname The Spider
birthday 22nd August 1975
place of birth Fort Worth , United States
size 193 cm
position Shooting Guard /
Small Forward
college New Mexico
NBA draft 1997 , 26th pick, Miami Heat
Club information
society Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
league Lega Basket Serie A
Jersey number 7th
Clubs as active
1997–1998 Miami Heat 1998–1999 Los Angeles Clippers 1999–2000 Rockford Lightning 2000–2001 Snaidero Udine 2001–2002 San Antonio Spurs 2002–2003 Portland Trail Blazers 2003 Makedonikos 2003–2004 Virtus Bologna 2004–2005 Scavolini Pesaro 2005–2006 Portland Trail Blazers 2006 Denver Nuggets 2006 Efes Pilsen Istanbul 2006–2008 Real Madrid 2008–2010 Efes Pilsen Istanbul Since 2010 Pallacanestro Virtus RomaUnited StatesUnited States
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Charles Cornelius Smith (born August 22, 1975 in Fort Worth , Texas ) is an American basketball player . His positions are those of the shooting guard or small forward . He currently plays for Virtus Roma in the Italian basketball league . His greatest strength are the distance throws.

Career

Charles Smith began his career at the University of New Mexico , with which he played three seasons in the NCAA . In the 1997 NBA Draft , Miami Heat selected him in the first round (No. 26), but swapped him in the middle of the following season for Brent Barry , of the Los Angeles Clippers . He stayed in California for another season and finally moved to the CBA at Rockford Lightning in 1999 .

In 2000, Charles Smith finally decided to move to Europe, where he was the second best scorer in the Italian league with Snaidero Udine . He then returned to the NBA, where he played one season each with the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trail Blazers . In 2003, after a short stopover at the Greek club Makedonikos , he returned to Italy , where he played for Virtus Bologna and Scavolini Pesaro , especially with the latter he attracted attention with his strong performances and won the Alphonso Ford Trophy for the best scorer of the ULEB Euroleague 2004/05 . The Portland Trail Blazers brought him back to the roster in 2005, but traded him to the Denver Nuggets during the season . In the latter, he played only one game before he went abroad again, this time to the Turkish club Efes Pilsen Istanbul . Real Madrid signed him in the summer of 2006 , with whom he promptly won the ULEB Cup and was elected MVP of the final. On June 19, 2008 he got another contract with Efes Pilsen Istanbul. In the 2008/09 season he succeeded in winning the championship, the cup and the President's Cup with the Turks. In the summer of 2010, Smith moved to the Lega Basket Serie A for Virtus Roma .

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