Robert Smith (basketball)

Robert Leroy Smith (born March 10, 1955) is an American retired basketball player. A 5'11" point guard born in Los Angeles, California and from UNLV, where as a member of the fabled "Hardway Eight" coached by the legendary Jerry Tarkanian, took UNLV to its first NCAA Final Four. Smith played for seven NBA teams in as many seasons from 1977 to 1984.

Robert Smith
Personal information
Born (1955-03-10) March 10, 1955
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrenshaw
(Los Angeles, California)
College
NBA draft1977 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65th overall
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career1977–1992
PositionPoint guard
Number5, 10, 9
Career history
19771979Denver Nuggets
1979Utah Jazz
1979–1980New Jersey Nets
1980Cleveland Cavaliers
1981–1982Montana Golden Nuggets
1982Milwaukee Bucks
1982San Diego Clippers
1982–1983Montana Golden Nuggets
1983San Antonio Spurs
1983–1984Toronto Tornados
1984Cleveland Cavaliers
1984–1985Toronto Tornados
1985–1989AS Monaco
1989–1992Olympique Antibes
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

He was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the 1977 NBA Draft in the third round.

On November 17, 1978, while playing for the Denver Nuggets, Smith scored a career-high 19 points vs the Boston Celtics. In October 1979 he was traded by the Denver Nuggets to Utah Jazz and in November he was signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets

Smith currently was coaching AAU basketball at the Bill and Lilly Heinrich YMCA in Las Vegas, NV with fellow UNLV teammate and lifelong friend, "Sudden" Sam Smith. Suffered a stroke in 2019 and is still recovering.


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