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Key facts
- 2020
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Born
- ( 1985-09-09 ) September 9, 1985 (age 40) , Freehold Borough, New Jersey , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 220 lb (100 kg)
- High school
- Lakewood , ( Lakewood, New Jersey ) St. Benedict's Prep , ( Newark, New Jersey )
- Nba draft
- 2004 : 1st round, 18th overall pick
- Drafted by
- New Orleans Hornets
- Playing career
- 2004–2020
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- Number
- 23, 1, 5, 8, 21
- 2004 2006
- New Orleans Hornets
- 2006 2011
- Denver Nuggets
- 2011 2012
- Zhejiang Golden Bulls
- 2012 2015
- New York Knicks
- 2015 2019
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Points
- 12,148 (12.4 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 3,073 (3.1 rpg)
- Assists
- 2,077 (2.1 apg)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Freehold
- Sibling
- Chris Smith
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Sport
- golf
- Member of team
- Zhejiang Golden Bulls
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Mass
- 100
- Official website
- www.teamswish.com
- Image
- J.R. Smith (40627108671) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 198
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- date of birth
- 1985-09-09
- Commons category
- J. R. Smith
- birth name
- Earl Joseph Smith III
- sport number
- 5
- drafted by
- New Orleans Pelicans
- name in native language
- J. R. Smith
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 779186
- different from
- Joseph Smith
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Encyclopedic overview
Earl Joseph "J. R." Smith III (born September 9, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith played high school basketball at New Jersey basketball powerhouse Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark. He entered the NBA out of high school after being selected in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft with the 18th overall pick by the New Orleans Hornets. He has also played for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers as well as for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Smith won two NBA championships, with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.
In 2021, Smith enrolled at North Carolina A&T State University, where he joined their Aggies golf team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “J. R. Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.