American basketball player (born 1985)
JaJuan Smith (born December 24, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Muba Hangtuah Sumatera Selatan of the Indonesian Basketball League . He is an Athens, Tennessee native although he is noted by the press as a Cleveland, Tennessee native.
College career
Smith was a collegiate basketball player who formerly played for the Tennessee Volunteers at the University of Tennessee .[ 1] He was named All-SEC 2nd Team for the 2007–2008 season.[ 2]
Professional career
Smith was cut by the NBA club the Dallas Mavericks on October 22, 2008.[ 3] At the end of October 2008, he signed a contract with the Slovenian League club, Union Olimpija of the Euroleague , through the end of 2008–09 season,[ 4] but he left the team in less than a week for personal reasons.[ 5] On December 26, 2008, he signed a short-term contract with French League club Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez .[ 6]
In February 2011, JaJuan Smith was signed to play for the Air21 Express in the Philippine Basketball Association .[ 7]
In September 2014, Smith signed with Glasgow Rocks of the British Basketball League for the 2014–15 season.[ 8] [ 9] On January 21, 2015, the Glasgow Rocks announced that JaJuan had left the franchise.[ 10] On March 24, 2015, he signed with GKK Šibenik of Croatia for the rest of the season .[ 11] [ 12]
References
^ "JaJuan Smith College Stats" . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved March 8, 2024 .
^ "Men's All-Southeastern Conference Winners" . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved October 30, 2024 .
^ Cox, Wes (October 22, 2008). "Mavs Cut Smith, Gadson, and Terry" . Mavs Moneyball . Retrieved October 30, 2024 .
^ Olimpija adds two rookies
^ Union Olimpija, Smith part ways
^ JAJUAN SMITH JOINED PAU ORTHEZ
^ Joble, Rey (February 1, 2011). "Express to parade Smith as Commissioner's Cup import" . GMA News Online . Retrieved October 30, 2024 .
^ JaJuan Smith Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Basketball: Rocks' new boy JaJuan Smith reveals big ambitions" . The Herald . September 28, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2024 .
^ ROCKS HAVE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
^ VIDEO: 30-godišnji JaJuan Smith novi je playmaker ‘građana’ (in Croatian)
^ GKK Sibenik tabs JaJuan Smith, ex Glasgow Rocks
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