NETS Sign Free-Agent Forward Joe Smith

Release: Nets Waive Sean May
September 10, 2010
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—The New Jersey Nets have signed free agent forward Joe Smith, Nets General Manager Billy King announced today. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not released.

Smith, 6’10”/225, is a 15-year NBA veteran with career averages of 11.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists over 1,014 games with Golden State, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Detroit, Milwaukee, Denver, Cleveland, Chicago, Oklahoma City and Atlanta. He has shot .455 (4,322-9,496) from the field and .790 (2,526-3,198) from the line. The Norfolk, VA native was the first overall selection in the 1995 NBA Draft by Golden State. The best season of his career came during the 1996-97 campaign with Golden State, when he appeared and started in 80 games and averaged a career-best 18.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 blocks in 38.6 minutes. In 57 career postseason contests, Smith holds averages of 5.9 points and 4.2 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per game. Last season in Atlanta, Smith appeared in 64 games, one start, averaging 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 9.3 minutes per contest
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After a quite start to their offseason I think the Nets have done a nice job. Murphy, Lopez, Favors, and Smith is a pretty impressive front line. I think they will be better than expected.

Nets building a contender! Reminds me of the Knicks not so long ago.

People sleep on the Nets but if you get healthy Lopez, Murphy and Harris along with improvements from Lee and Terrence Williams, they could really make some noise. Morrow and Outlaw are all solid, if overpaid, NBA players. The Nets will see an immediate improvement this season. Plus, unlike a certain Tri-State basketball team that plays in MSG, they still have their draft picks

loweyecue wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:People sleep on the Nets but if you get healthy Lopez, Murphy and Harris along with improvements from Lee and Terrence Williams, they could really make some noise. Morrow and Outlaw are all solid, if overpaid, NBA players. The Nets will see an immediate improvement this season. Plus, unlike a certain Tri-State basketball team that plays in MSG, they still have their draft picks

Considering they had only ONE direction they could possibly go (that being up), I don't think this is quite so impressive.

True. I guess things depend on Avery's ability to motivate that team. They played hard last season, they just made a lot of mental lapses.