Chris Smith (basketball, born 1999)

Sean Christian Smith (born December 24, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Ligat Winner Sal.

Undrafted out of college, Smith signed a two-way contract to play with the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and their development team, the Motor City Cruise.

During his first two years at Fort Worth Country Day School, Smith was the quarterback on the football team in addition to playing basketball.

A three-star recruit, Smith signed with UCLA after considering offers from Oregon, TCU, Michigan, Ohio State, North Carolina, and Virginia Tech.

[3] The Los Angeles Times described Smith as "a 6-foot-9, 215-pound string bean" that "played his first slate of nonconference games for the Bruins at 17, sprinkling enticing potential atop a mound of mistakes.

[1] He averaged 6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game as a part-time starter, making 28.1 percent of his three-point field goals.

[19] After going undrafted, Smith was named to the Detroit Pistons roster for the 2021 NBA Summer League, but he was not expected to play because of his injury.

[20] On August 17, 2021, he signed a two-way contract to play with the Pistons and the Motor City Cruise of the G League.