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Tony Smith (basketball)

Charles Anton "Tony" Smith (born June 14, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Smith began his career playing high school basketball at Wauwatosa East High School. He then played basketball at the collegiate level for Marquette University from 1986 to 1990. During his time at Marquette he set the schools all-time record for points per game, 23.8 which he achieved during the 1989–90 season. Smith's scoring record was eclipsed by Markus Howard in the 2018–19 season. Smith graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Organizational Leadership. He was inducted into Marquette's Hall of Fame in September 2006.

He was selected with the 24th pick of the 2nd round in the 1990 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and played his first five seasons with the Lakers. He then played with five different NBA teams from 1995 to 2001, and last played in 2002 with the Phoenix Eclipse of the American Basketball Association.

In 2016, Smith began working as an analyst and studio host for broadcasts of Milwaukee Bucks basketball on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin. In 2018, Smith became the radio color analyst for Marquette University Basketball. Then, in June 2019, Smith was named an on-air personality for WKTI-FM in Milwaukee.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 1990–91 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 64 || 1 || 10.9 || .441 || .000 || .702 || 1.1 || 2.1 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 3.7 |- | align="left" | 1991–92 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 63 || 0 || 13.0 || .399 || .000 || .653 || 1.2 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 4.4 |- | align="left" | 1992–93 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 55 || 9 || 13.7 || .484 || .182 || .756 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | 1993–94 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 73 || 31 || 22.2 || .441 || .320 || .714 || 2.7 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 8.8 |- | align="left" | 1994–95 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 61 || 4 || 16.8 || .427 || .352 || .698 || 1.8 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 5.6 |- | align="left" | 1995–96 | align="left" | Phoenix | 34 || 2 || 15.5 || .405 || .325 || .649 || 1.6 || 2.5 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 5.6 |- | align="left" | 1995–96 | align="left" | Miami | 25 || 1 || 16.4 || .455 || .333 || .444 || 1.6 || 2.7 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 4.4 |- | align="left" | 1996–97 | align="left" | Charlotte | 69 || 39 || 18.7 || .409 || .323 || .644 || 1.4 || 2.2 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | 1997–98 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 7 || 0 || 11.4 || .333 || .000 || .750 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 2.7 |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | Atlanta | 6 || 0 || 13.0 || .348 || .000 || .500 || 0.5 || 1.7 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 2.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 457 || 87 || 16.0 || .431 || .307 || .690 || 1.6 || 1.9 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 5.5

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 1990–91 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 7 || 0 || 5.7 || .462 || .000 || .667 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 2.0 |- | align="left" | 1991–92 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 4 || 0 || 10.0 || .300 || .000 || .500 || 0.5 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | 1992–93 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 5 || 0 || 14.6 || .520 || .500 || .667 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 6.8 |- | align="left" | 1994–95 | align="left" | L. A. Lakers | 6 || 0 || 4.5 || .231 || .300 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 |- | align="left" | 1995–96 | align="left" | Miami | 3 || 0 || 20.3 || .474 || .400 || .000 || 1.3 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 7.3 |- | align="left" | 1996–97 | align="left" | Charlotte | 2 || 0 || 4.5 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 27 || 0 || 9.3 || .420 || .333 || .556 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 3.2

College

|- | align="left" | 1986–87 | align="left" | Marquette | 29 || 24 || 24.9 || .534 || .333 || .753 || 3.3 || 2.1 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 8.0 |- | align="left" | 1987–88 | align="left" | Marquette | 28 || - || 31.9 || .523 || .368 || .739 || 4.5 || 2.9 || 1.9 || 0.6 || 13.1 |- | align="left" | 1988–89 | align="left" | Marquette | 28 || 28 || 32.4 || .556 || .667 || .730 || 3.9 || 5.6 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 14.2 |- | align="left" | 1989–90 | align="left" | Marquette | 29 || - || 39.0 || .495 || .414 || .856 || 4.7 || 5.8 || 1.8 || 0.6 || 23.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 114 || <u>52</u> || 32.4 || .521 || .430 || .785 || 4.1 || 4.1 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 14.8

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