Joe Smith (basketball)

Joe Smith
	Smith with the Lakers in December 2010
Personal information
Born	July 26, 1975; Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Matthew Fontaine Maury; (Norfolk, Virginia)
College	Maryland (1993–1995)
NBA draft	1995: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career	1995–2011
Position	Power forward
Number	32, 9, 8, 7, 1
Career history
1995–1998	Golden State Warriors
1998	Philadelphia 76ers
1999–2000	Minnesota Timberwolves
2000–2001	Detroit Pistons
2001–2003	Minnesota Timberwolves
2003–2006	Milwaukee Bucks
2006	Denver Nuggets
2006–2007	Philadelphia 76ers
2007–2008	Chicago Bulls
2008	Cleveland Cavaliers
2008–2009	Oklahoma City Thunder
2009	Cleveland Cavaliers
2009–2010	Atlanta Hawks
2010	New Jersey Nets
2010–2011	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996); Naismith College Player of the Year (1995); AP Player of the Year (1995); UPI College Player of the Year (1995); Adolph Rupp Trophy (1995); Consensus first-team All-American (1995); Third-team All-American – UPI (1994); ACC Player of the Year (1995); 2× First-team All-ACC (1994, 1995); ACC Rookie of the Year (1994); Third-team Parade All-American (1993);
Career NBA statistics
Points	11,208 (10.9 ppg)
Rebounds	6,575 (6.4 rpg)
Blocks	868 (0.8 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Joseph Leynard Smith (born July 26, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward, he played for 12 teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during his 16-year career.

Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Smith was the College Player of the Year at Maryland in 1995 and the No. 1 pick of that season's NBA draft, picked by the Golden State Warriors. He was named to the 1995–96 All-Rookie team. Smith was mobile throughout his career, as he was one of the most traded players in league history. In 1998, Smith was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers; he then played for the Minnesota Timberwolves (with a midway pitstop for the Detroit Pistons) until 2003. He later played for the 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. Smith was on the active roster of 12 different teams, which was an NBA record shared with Jim Jackson, Tony Massenburg, Chucky Brown, and Ish Smith; until Ish played with the Denver Nuggets, his 13th team, in the 2022–23 season.

Smith attended Maury High School and played at the University of Maryland.

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