Josh Smith Biography

Josh Smith or “J-Smoove” is an African-American pro-basketball player. He played in NBA for teams like the ‘New Orleans Pelicans’, ‘Atlanta Hawks’, ‘Detroit Pistons’, and ‘Los Angeles Clippers’. He has also played for teams of other countries, such as the ‘Sichuan Blue Whales’ of China and ‘Maccabi Haifa B.C.’ of Israel. Although he is not retired, he has found himself out of NBA for the past few years. He is working towards a comeback, but is yet to find a team. He is known for playing as a “power forward” and “small forward”. He is particularly famous for his blocking and his offense. That added to his talent for adding vertical spacing to attacks; makes him a lethal weapon on the court. Josh Smith has also been part of all-star teams like the ‘McDonald’s All-American’, ‘NBA All-Rookie Second Team’, and the ‘NBA All-Defensive Second Team’. As an active professional basketball player, his career stats speak for his on-court talent. He averages 14.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 28.5 3-point field goal percentage, and 1.9 blocks per game. If that weren’t enough, he has won the ‘NBA Slam Dunk Contest’ once.