Steve Smith
Birth Name:
Steven Delano Smith
Birth Place:
Highland Park, Michigan, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- In honor of his late mother, he donated $2․5 million to his alma mater, Michigan State University, the largest donation from a professional athlete to their university in history, to build the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center
- Was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2015
- Played for Michigan State University for four years from 1987 to 1991
- Was drafted by the Miami Heat as the fifth overall pick of the 1991 NBA Draft
- Best known as a former professional basketball player who played shooting guard for the Atlanta Hawks
- In addition to playing for the Atlanta Hawks, he also played for the Miami Heat, the Portland Trail Blazers, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Orleans Hornets and the Charlotte Bobcats
- After retiring from basketball, he began working as a color commentator for the Atlanta Hawks and later became an analyst for NBA TV's "NBA GameTime․"