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Philip Arnold Smith (April 22, 1952 – July 29, 2002) was an American professional basketball player who played for 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for various teams, including the Golden State Warriors, San Diego Clippers and Seattle SuperSonics. Smith played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons. Collegiate career A 6'4" All-American guard from the University of San Francisco (USF), Smith was not heavily recruited out of George Washington High School. After graduating from high school a semester early, Smith followed his older brother and enrolled in night classes at USF. Having been seen playing in a pickup game on campus, he was recruited by coach Bob Gaillard, who enlisted him on the freshman squad (the NCAA did not allow freshmen to play on varsity at this time) where he averaged 16.7 ppg. He went on to lead the team in scoring in each of his three varsity seasons, 15.0, 18.7, and 20.7 ppg, for a career average of 18.1 ppg and was an all-West Coast Conference selection all three years. The Dons made appearances in the 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament placing 4th in the Western Regional after losing to Weber State, and finished in the elite eight in the 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where they lost both times to UCLA under John Wooden. As a result, he was drafted #1 in the 1973 ABA draft by the Virginia Squires, but declined leaving college early. He was named to the All-American team his senior year. Scoring 1,523 career points, he excelled at USF becoming the ninth-leading scorer in school history. On February 17, 2001, his number 20 was retired at halftime during a home game against the University of San Diego. He is one of only five players to have their number retired by USF. He was named one of the Top-50 WCC athletes of all time in 2001. Professional career After his senior year, Smith was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 11th pick in the 2nd round of the 1974 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft (29th overall), spending six seasons with them. As a rookie during the 1975 season, he averaged 7.7 points on 48 percent shooting in 74 games and was a member of the Golden State Warriors' first NBA championship team. The following year, he stepped into the starting lineup and averaged a career-best 20.0 points while playing in all 82 games. Smith was a two-time NBA All-Star (1976 and 1977), an All-NBA second-team selection in 1976 and a 1976 All-NBA defensive second-team selection. He played for 9 seasons (1974–1983) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the Warriors, the San Diego Clippers, and the Seattle SuperSonics. Smith finished his NBA career with 9,924 total points and a 15.1 ppg career average. A ruptured Achilles tendon prior to the start of the 1979–80 campaign caused the decline of his career. Personal life Was the third of nine children born to Ben and Thelma Smith of San Francisco. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Angela, and their five children: Alicia, Philip, Amber, Martin and Peter, and 11 grandchildren. Martin played collegiately for the California Golden Bears from 2002 to 2006; Peter played for his parents' alma mater, the University of San Francisco before transferring to Concordia University (class of 2012). September 27 is Phil Smith Day in San Francisco, California as decreed by former Mayor Willie Brown. A scholarship endowment in Smith's name and the name of Arthur Zief Jr. was established at the University of San Francisco by Art Zief. Death Philip Smith died at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California from complications with multiple myeloma cancer, after a five-year battle with the disease. He was 50. NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs References College Career Statistics Small Biography Professional Career Statistics News Article upon death Interview with Al Attles about Phil Smith Article about 1974-1975 championship team University of San Francisco article on alumni University of San Francisco article upon death Dons and Warrior Great Phil Smith Passes Away Career Stats. Discover the Phil Smith popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Phil Smith books.
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More Than a Hobby
David GreenThe retail industry has undergone enormous changes during the last thirty years.But there is one retailer that not only has remained consistent in the fluctuating?even tenuous?mark...
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Reckless
Carlton SmithNew York Times bestselling author Carlton Smith, one of the awardwinning journalists who covered the Green River Killer case, examines the rise and fall of a musical legend whose s...
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Tommyland
Tommy LeeI am Tommy Lee, born Thomas Lee Bass in Athens, Greece, on October 3, 1962, and raised in a suburb of California by an American father and a Greek mother. At seventeen, I joined Mö...
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Facing Michael Jordan
Sean Deveney & Kent McDillRelive the magic of the greatest player to ever step on the court.“Air Jordan,” “His Airness,” “MJ.”Whatever you call him, Michael Jeffrey Jordan can be considered one of the great...
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Lydia In The Harem
Philippa MastersThe Boer War has erupted in Africa and Lydia must sail for England. She looks forward to her voyage with a crew of lusty mariners. When the ship is forced to dock in Arabia, a Prin...
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Tales from the New York Giants Sideline
Paul Schwartz, Wellington Mara & John MaraFew sports franchises can match the long, stories history, rich tradition, and legion of passionate, loyal fans of the New York Giants. In this newlyupdated edition of Tales from t...
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How to Lead
David M. RubensteinThe New York Times Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal BestsellerThe essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bade...
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Walking, Writing and Performance
Roberta MockThis collection charts three projects by performancemakers who generate autobiographical writing by taking walks. It includes performance texts and photographs, as well as essays b...
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Hedley Verity
Alan HillThe name of Hedley Verity, the master bowler of unyielding menace, is one to be cherished more than 50 years after his death. Allan Hill tells the story of a magnificent sporting o...
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Rugby Head
Greg BruceIn this brutally honest, hilarious and forensic examination of both himself and the game he loves, Greg Bruce tells the story of his life growing up and becoming a man in a country...
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June the Hunter
Phil SmithAn arrival and the usual between father and son. Then the meeting with June, the woman of the young mans dreams. Their coming together and the life they lead in this new world.The ...
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With the Word
Warren W. WiersbeA fresh approach which not only offers trustworthy exposition, but also provides a bookbybook, chapterbychapter tour through the glory of the Bible. This highly readable personal &...
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The Wrecking Crew
Kent HartmanWinner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller"It makes good music sound better."Janet Maslin in The New York Times"A fascinating look into...
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Withdrawn Traces
Sara Hawys Roberts & Leon NoakesNew discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archiveOn 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went mis...
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles DickensCharles Dickens's final, unfinished novel has inspired generations of speculation ...Choirmaster John Jasper is a man of deep hypocrisy. His public reputation is flawless yet priva...
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A Genius for Failure
Paul O'KeeffeHaydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low calibre bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain. His second attempt also failed: a...
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A Diary of The Lady
Rachel JohnsonRachel Johnson takes on the challenge of saving The Lady, Britain's oldest women's weekly, in her hilarious diary, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year and a Half as Editor.'The whol...
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Paul Weller - The Changing Man
Paolo HewittPaolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking, through his ascent to fame with The Jam, the halcyon years of The Style Council and for a...
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Booty Boys
Jay RussellHardboiled, hardbodied black British private eye Alton Davies can't believe his eyes or his luck when he finds muscular AfricanAmerican gangsta rapper BanjiB lounging in his office...
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LIV and Let Die
Alan Shipnuck“A terrific history…gossipy as hell…the writing is classic Shipnuck…he will never bore you.” Golf DigestThe New York Times bestselling author of Phil and “master of both the art an...
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Human Happiness
Blaise PascalCreated by the seventeenthcentury philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find sati...
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Jerry Garcia
Insight EditionsMore than a musician, the Grateful Dead’s founder Jerry Garcia was also a prolific artist who created hundreds of paintings, drawings, and prints. Get to know another side of this ...
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Die kurze und schreckliche Regentschaft von Phil
George SaundersManBookerPreisträger George Saunders erzählt eine aufrüttelnde Geschichte von der Zerstörungswut eines Populisten. »Der Schriftsteller für unsere Zeit.« The New York TimesWillkomm...
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Losing My Voice to Find It
Mark StuartThe incredible story of a lead singer's rise to fame and his crushing fall when he lost his singing voice, his career, and his marriageand then found a new calling more in tune wit...
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Flash Point
Matt Croucher GCDan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and...
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Life Is A Rollercoaster
Ronan Keating'Brilliant' OK! 'Engagingly warm' Heat 'Sensational' The Mirror'Ronan Keating demolishes his 'Mr Perfect of Pop image in a new wartsandall book of his amazing ride to stardom.' ...
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The Fresh Prince Project
Chris PalmerThis “oneofakind” (Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author) cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardomThe Fresh Prince of Bel...