Andre Smith (basketball, born 1985)

Andre Jermaine Smith ( born February 21, 1985 in St. Paul, Minnesota ) is an American professional basketball player. After studying in his native Smith joined as a professional in 2007 to Europe. After a bumpy career start, he knew, especially in the season of 2011/12, to persuade and was wearing the jersey of the Italian first division JuveCaserta Basket scorer of the Lega Basket Serie A. Smith then moved to the Russian Samara Krasnye Krylia about the club.

Career

Smith began his studies in 2003 at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton. At this junior college he played for the high school team Wildcats in the National Junior College Athletic Association and has twice won the regional finals of the Division I this league, in 2005 we also qualified for the national final tournament this league. After two years, in 2005 he moved to the North Dakota State University in Fargo, where he played for the Bison in the NCAA Division I. This team was only one season before moved up to Division I and took first as " independent" in championship games this league. After two years, Smith has finally turned pro and subsequently moved to Europe.

2007 Smith got a " try-out " agreement with the German first division TBB Trier. Since Smith coach Joe Whelton not a convincing performance, this sample contract was canceled before the season starts again. Smith then moved to the Swiss national basketball league, had already worked in the coach Whelton previously, the club Hérens Basket from Vex in the near Sion in the canton of Valais. After eight games, he moved in 2008 to the Japanese Super League club Albirex from the Niigata. For the season 2008 /09, Smith returned to Europe and played in the British Basketball League for the Everton Tigers from Liverpool. With the Tigers, he won early in the season the BBL Cup, but lost the final game for the championship against Newcastle Eagles against which it was eliminated already in the semifinals of the BBL Trophy.

For the following season 2009 /10, Smith was able to recommend for a contract in the higher-rank Türkiye Ligi Basketbol. With the club Pınar Karşıyaka from Izmir he reached the play-offs to the Turkish league, in which one was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In his second season for this club Smith was at the average values ​​of the third-best scorer and ninth best rebounder in the league, which resulted in the second highest average effectiveness value of all the players. Then he got for the season 2011/12 a contract with the Italian first division of Caserta. In the expanded 17-team championship at the club only reached the second to last place in the table and was able to keep the class just because of withdrawals and Lizenzentzügen other clubs. Smith, however, could be characterized as top scorer with 18 points per game and also one of the best five Reboundern this season, which earned him the highest effectiveness value of all players this season.

In the season 2012/13, Smith received a contract with the Russian first division Krasnye Krylia from Samara. After just two games for this club he had to stop due to an injury for several weeks. However, at the end of the season he was with the team the Euro Challenge 2012/13 win after a victory in the finals over his former club and host Pınar Karşıyaka.

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