Dennis Cliff Smith Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He attended North Carolina State University for one season of college basketball and earned second-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a freshman as well as ACC Freshman of the Year.
Smith was selected ninth overall in the 2017 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks. Smith spent two seasons in Dallas before being traded to the New York Knicks in January 2019. He was traded to the Detroit Pistons in February 2021 and later joined the Portland Trail Blazers as a free agent in September of the same year. He was waived by the Blazers in February 2022 after suffering a right elbow injury and signed with the Charlotte Hornets in the 2022 offseason. He signed with the Brooklyn Nets in July 2023.
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| Gabriel (Panathinaikos, Greece) • Lee (Olympiacos, Greece) • Fournier (Olympiacos, Greece) • Fall (New Zealand Breakers, New Zealand) • Metu (FC Barcelona, Spain) • Bates-Diop (Qingdao Eagles, China) • Nunn (Panathinaikos, Greece) • Marjanović (Zhejiang Lions, China) • Theis (AS Monaco, France) • Garuba (Real Madrid, Spain) • Vezenkov (Olympiacos, Greece) • Parker (FC Barcelona, Spain) • Watanabe (Chiba Jets Funabashi, Japan) • Motley (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel) • W. Hernangómez (FC Barcelona, Spain) • Anderson (FC Barcelona, Spain) • J. Hernangómez (Panathinaikos, Greece) • Satoranský (FC Barcelona, Spain) • Antetokounmpo (UCAM Murcia, Spain) • Wainright (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel) • Ibaka (Real Madrid, Spain) • Osman (Panathinaikos, Greece) • Jones (Zhejiang Golden Bulls, China) • Harrison (LDLC ASVEL, France) • Yurtseven (Panathinaikos, Greece) • Ntilikina (Partizan Belgrade, Serbia) • Washington (Partizan Belgrade, Serbia) • Pokuševski (Partizan Belgrade, Serbia) • Maledon (LDLC ASVEL, France) • Nwora (Anadolu Efes, Turkey) • Hollis-Jefferson (TNT Tropang Giga, Philippines) • Birch (Fenerbahçe Beko, Turkey) • Caboclo (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel) • Bolmaro (Olimpia Milano, Italy) • Brooks (Olimpia Milano, Italy) • Lofton (Shanghai Sharks, China) |