Joe Smith (Basketball): Biography in Details
Who is Joe Smith?
Joe Smith is a former American Professional basketball player. During his 16-year-long spell, he played at the power forward position for 12 different teams in the NBA.
Presently, he is serving as a Coach.
Joe Smith: Net Worth 2024, Salary
This player has earned more than $60 million in his playing career. He is now in debt and has spent most of his money on cars, a costly divorce, and bad investments. So he has now an estimated net worth of -$100,000.
Body Stats: Height, Weight
Joe Smith is tall with a height of 6 ft 10 inches and weighs around 102 kg. His eyes and hair are black. Besides this, there is no information about his shoe size and dress size.
Joe Smith: Age, Parents, Education, Ethnicity
Joe Smith was born on 26 July 1975, in Norfolk, Virginia, US. He is an American nationality and his ethnicity is All-American.
His birth name is Joseph Leynard Smith, however, he is also called Jow Beast, Boring Joe, and Joe Blow. Joe was born to Joe McFarland (father) and Letha Smith (mother). He was raised with six siblings and he was the youngest among them.
Joe Smith was educated through Maury Fontaine High School and later attended the University of Maryland.
Joe Smith: Professional Life, Career
Joe Smith started playing Basketball at the college level and was a college player of the year at Maryland in 1995. Later that year he was drafted into the NBA by the Golden State Warriors as a No.1 pick of the season.
Joe Smith is one of the most transferred players in the NBA. Smith was transferred to the Philadelphia 76ers and then to the Minnesota Timberwolves until 2003 before playing a season with the Detroit Pistons.
He has shown off his basketball forward skills in various teams including Milwaukee Bucks, the Denver Nuggets, the 76ers again, the Chicago Bulls, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Atlanta Hawks, the New Jersey Nets, and the Los Angeles Lakers. He retired from his NBA career in 2011 with career averages of 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds a game.
During his glorious career, he was named to the All-Rookie First Team in 1995–96 and honored with various awards like the Naismith Award Adolph Rupp Award, and many others. Besides basketball, he has sung in a solo Rap album, Joe Beast. It includes the title track “Murda Kapital” and “I Does This”
Joe Smith: Rumors, Controversy
There are no rumors regarding his life. He is also away from any desperate scandals.
Social Media
Joe Smith is active on Instagram with over 4.7k followers and 20.4k followers on Twitter. However, he is not active on Facebook.
Joe Smith (Basketball)’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | July | Friday |
| 2025 | July | Saturday |
| 2026 | July | Sunday |
| 2027 | July | Monday |
| 2028 | July | Wednesday |