Shakir Smith (basketball)


Shakir Smith is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Sporting CP of the Portuguese Basketball League. He played college basketball at Wyoming from 2011 to 2012, Pima CC from 2013 to 2014 and Adams State from 2014 to 2016.

College career

As a senior at Adams State in 2015-16 Smith averaged 20.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 30.7 minutes in 28 appearances.

Professional career

After graduating, on August 10, 2016, Smith signed with Academic Bultex of Bulgarian League. On April 15, 2017, he was named MVP of Bulgarian League. On February 2, 2018, he signed with Macedonian basketball club Blokotehna. He made his debut for Blokotehna against Macedonian basketball champion MZT Skopje on February 5, 2018, scoring 8 points and two rebounds in 96-88 win over MZT at home. Smith signed for Swedish champions Norrköping Dolphins on July 21, 2018 for the 2018-2019 season.