Russ Antoin Smith (born April 19, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Nardò of Serie A2 in Italy.

He went to Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, N.Y. and played basketball for head coach Jack Curran.

Assistant coaches Ralph Willard and Steve Masiello were on a recruiting trip in South Kent in September 2009, looking at another player.

[4] Smith was so miserable with the injuries and lack of playing time he decided to leave Louisville and go back home.

The Cardinals reached the championship game of the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament but lost to Connecticut.

Smith averaged 11.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 2.2 steals a game for the Cardinals, who finished the season with a 30–10 record.

[14] Smith learned about the death of his high school coach Jack Curran before the start of the 2013 Big East tournament.

Louisville played Villanova in their first game of the tournament, Smith scored 28 points and said "Today was definitely Coach Curran Day for me, and it will be the rest of my life" in postgame interview that aired live on ESPN.

[18] In his first two games of the NCAA tournament at Rupp Arena he had 23 points versus North Carolina A&T and had 27 against Colorado State.

During the Duke game Smith witnessed Kevin Ware suffer a horrible broken leg accident that left the team very emotional.

[23] Smith averaged 18.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals this season for the Cardinals who won the national championship over Michigan with a 35–5 record.

[39] During his rookie season with the Pelicans, he had multiple assignments with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.

[40] On January 12, 2015, Smith was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in a three-team deal involving the Pelicans and the Boston Celtics.

[40] Smith made his playoff debut on May 3, 2015, in a 101–86 loss to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semi-finals.

[48] Two days later, he made his debut for the 87ers in a 119–104 win over Raptors 905, scoring a team-high 37 points in 28 minutes of action off the bench.

He helped Delaware to a 2–1 week, averaging 28.7 points (fifth in the league) on 48 percent shooting (28-for-58) to go with a league-leading 8.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals.

[51] On March 23, he set a D-League scoring record with 65 points on 24-of-42 shooting from the field in a 140–129 loss to the Canton Charge.

[59] In his debut with Luoyang, Smith scored 62 points (including 7 3-pointers made) and recorded 3 steals in a 138–123 loss to the Anhui Lightning.

[60] On July 5, 2017, Smith scored a career-high 81 points to go along with 8 rebounds and 7 assists in a 142–130 win over the Henan Golden Elephants.

[62][63] On December 30, 2021, Smith was acquired and activated by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League.