Terry Smith (basketball)

Terry Smith
No. 6 – Lions de Genève
Position Point guard
League Swiss Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1986-02-10) February 10, 1986
Syracuse, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school Bishop Ludden (Syracuse, New York)
College Mercyhurst (2004–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008 NVV Lions Mönchengladbach
2009–2011 BC Kolin
2011–2012 BBC Monthey
2012–2013 Rilski Sportist
2013–2014 Cherkaski Mavpy
2014 Jolly Jadranska Banka Šibenik
2014–2015 Lukoil Academic Sofia
2015–2016 Sakarya BB
2016 ASVEL Villeurbanne
2016 Urartu
2016–2017 Joventut Badalona
2017–2018 HTV Basket
2018–present Lions de Genève
Career highlights and awards
  • Bulgarian champion (2015)

James Terry Smith (born February 10, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Lions de Genève in Switzerland.

College career

Smith attended NCAA Division II school Mercyhurst University from 2004 to 2008, where he scored a total of 1,384 points in 105 contests, placing him as the sixth all-time leading scorer in Mercyhurst history at the time of his graduation.[1]

Professional career

After concluding his college career, Smith launched his professional career with the NVV Lions Mönchengladbach in Germany’s second-tier league 2. Bundesliga, before embarking on a journey through European basketball with stops in several countries. He played in the Czech Republic (BC Kolin), Switzerland (BBC Monthey), Bulgaria (Samakov, Sofia), Ukraine (SK Cherkasy Monkeys) and Croatia (Sibenik), earning himself a reputation as a scoring point guard with the ability to get his teammates involved. In 2015, Smith joined Sakarya Isik Koleji of Turkey, before moving on to French powerhouse ASVEL Villeurbanne in January 2016.

He played for Armenian side BC Urartu, a member of the Russian Superleague, in the early stages of the 2016-17 campaign and was picked up by Joventut Badalona of the Spanish top-flight Liga ACB in December 2016.[2]

Smith moved to the French LNB Pro A for the 2017–18 campaign, signing with HTV Basket.[3] He averaged 10.4 points, 4.1 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game. He signed with Lions de Genève of the Swiss league on August 9, 2018.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Smith Having Stellar Pro Hoops Career Overseas". Mercyhurst Athletics. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  2. ↑ "L'ancien villeurbannais Terry Smith poursuit sa carrière en Espagne". obuzzer.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Basket - Pro A: une nouvelle recrue pour Hyères-Toulon". Var-Matin (in French). 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  4. ↑ "Terry Smith inks with Lions de Geneve". Sportando. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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