Michael John Smith (born May 19, 1965) is an American former basketball player and television commentator.

After retiring from professional basketball, he worked for several years as the television color analyst for the Los Angeles Clippers.

After attending Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, California, Smith was a standout basketball player at Brigham Young University.

Smith served two years (1984–86) as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Argentina before returning to BYU to finish his collegiate basketball career.

They were championship contenders a few years prior to the 1989 offseason, however the team was declining due to the age growth and injury of star player Larry Bird and the roster had been rapidly changing.

Smith played in the CBA for the upcoming season, first for the Capital Region Pontiacs and later, the Oklahoma City Cavalry.

Smith left Estudiantes and the following month on February 20, 1995, he found his way back to the NBA and signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, a club he remained under contract with until September.

On September 28, 2018, the Utah Jazz announced that Smith would be a studio broadcast analyst on select games.