Charles E. Smith (basketball)
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Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.
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[edit] College career
Smith attended All Saints High School in Washington, D.C. At Georgetown University he was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 1988-1989 season.
Smith also played for the 1988 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team, the last American team not to feature professional players.
[edit] Professional career
After his college career, Smith went undrafted during the 1989 NBA Draft. But he went onto play for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
[edit] Conviction of vehicular homicide
On March 12, 1992, Smith was convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime, in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students on March 22, 1991.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Video interview with Charles Smith @ fiba.com
- Charles E. Smith's NBA statistics at basketball-reference.com
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