Education
Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights, California).
sports commentator basketball player
Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights, California).
As a professional player in the 1990s, he spent two and a half seasons in the National Basketball Association, two and a half in the Liga ACB and one in LEGA Basket. After attending Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, California, Smith was a standout basketball player at Brigham Young University. He excelled in both football and volleyball before concentrating on basketball exclusively.
He finished his collegiate career as Brigham Young University"s all-time leader in rebounds (922) and second to Danny Ainge in career points (2319).
Smith was a first round draft pick of the Boston Celtics in 1989 (13th overall) as a 24-year-old. He played two seasons with the Celtics before being waived in 1991.
He played the following season with Telemarket Brescia in LEGA Basket Serie A2 before returning to the States the following season to play in the College of Business Administration, first for the Capital Region Pontiacs and later, the Oklahoma City Cavalry. The next season, 1993-1994, Smith played for Pamesa Valencia.
He continued in Spain, playing the first part of the following season for Estudiantes Caja Postal.
In January 1995, he left Postal and the following month joined the Los Angeles Clippers, a club he remained under contract with until September. He next joined ACB club Gijón Baloncesto. Smith has been, for a few seasons now, color analyst for the Clippers on Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West with longtime Clipper play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler.
