JAVONTE SMART

Will be making his CEBL debut this season having played in 18 total NBA regular season games during the 2021-22 and 2023-24 seasons … Has averaged 16.3 points and 3.8 assists per-game in 147 total NBA G League Games

2024-25: Played in the NBA Summer League for the fourth consecutive season with the Chicago Bulls highlighted by a 17-point effort on 7/13/24 vs. Milwaukee (96-89 win) … Spent the entire season with the Osceola Magic (G League) and ranked third on the team in assists per-game (3.8) … Averaged 14.1 points per-game … Helped Osceola advance to the 2025 G League Finals scoring in double-figures in four of the Magic’s five postseason contests … Provided 20 points off the bench on April 14 vs. Stockton in the third and final game of the championship series as his team fell 118-110 to lose the series two games to one … Played in four games with the United States Men’s FIBA Americup Qualifying Team and lead the team with 18.3 points per-game while leading the team to a 4-0 record

2023-24:  Signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on 9/13/23 where he saw action in 12 total NBA Summer League and preseason games with the team … Joined the Delaware Blue Coats (G League) and averaged 20.3 points and 5.2 assists per-game pacing the team in the latter category … Equaled his personal G League single-game high in points with 40 while going 10-of-14 from three-point distance in a 125-120 Tip-Off Tournament win at Raptors 905 on 12/14/23 … Made his lone NBA regular season appearance on 12/22/23 vs. Toronto (121-111 win) … Joined KK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Serbia playing in 22 total games across Euroleague and Liga ABA play … Averaged 8.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per-game … Scored a game-high 24 points to establish his personal single-game mark on 3/10/24 vs. Krka Novo Mesto (110-57 win)

2022-23: Made six NBA Summer League appearances for the Miami Heat averaging 14.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per-game … Signed with the New Orleans Pelicans on 10/10/22 and played in two NBA preseason games before joining the Birmingham Squadron (G League) where he would spend the remainder of the season … Averaged 13.6 points and 3.2 assists per-game … Led the team with 50 games played … Scored a season-high 31 points, on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor, in a 104-96 Tip-Off Tournament victory at Memphis on 12/17/22

2021-22: Went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft before signing a contract with Miami and participating in the 2021 NBA Summer League and five preseason games with the club .. Joined the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the G League and made his debut with the club on 10/31/21 vs. NBA G League Ignite (104-90 win) in an exhibition game … Played in five Tip-Off Tournament games with the Skyforce before signing with the Milwaukee Bucks on 11/29/21 … Made his NBA debut on 12/4/21 vs. Miami (124-102 win) recording eight points in 28:35 … Returned to the Skyforce and eventually averaged 20.8 points per-game in 31 contests to lead the team … Resigned with Miami on 2/15/22 and appeared in four games for the team averaging 5.0 points in 10.0 minutes per-game

2020-21: Had his most productive NCAA season during his junior campaign with the Louisiana State Tigers (SEC) … Ranked first in the SEC in minutes played per-game (35.33) and three-point percentage (.402) … Sat second in the conference in three-point field goals (70) and three-point field goals per-game (2.5) … Was tenth in the league in scoring average, third in assists per-game (4.0) and fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5) … Averaged 15.1 points in the 17 total conference games and 17.0 points in two NCAA Tournament contests (a 76-61 first-round win vs. St. Bonaventure on 3/20/21 and an 86-78 second-round loss vs. Michigan on 3/22/21) … Provided 25 games in double-figure scoring … Had a 13-game stretch of double-figure scoring games from 1/26/21 to 3/14/21 … Registered eight games of 20 points or more topped by 29 vs. Texas Tech on 1/30/21 (76-71 loss) ... Made 11-of-15 field goals with three three-pointers against Sam Houston State on 12/14/20 (88-66 win) … Had 11 games with three or more three-point field goals and in 12 instances recorded five or more assists … Posted his second career NCAA double-double with 22 points and 11 assists at Mississippi State on 2/10/21 (94-80 win) … Tallied 70 three pointers on the season to establish the 13th best single-season mark in program history and finished with 157 career three-pointers which was tied for the 12th highest mark in LSU history … Became the seventh Tiger with 1,200 points, 300 assists and 111 steals in their LSU career 

2019-20:  Started 30-of-31 games in his sophomore season … Averaged 34.2 minutes per-game, 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.1 steals … Had 22 double figure scoring games … Recorded a season-high 21 points on two occasions ( a 78-64 win at Tennessee on 1/4/20 and vs. Ole Miss on 2/1/20 in a 73-63 win) … Had his first career NCAA double-double in the final game of the regular season on 3/7/20 vs. Georgia (94-64 win) with 13 points and 10 assists … Was seventh in the league in assists and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.8 per-game (129-70) … Led the SEC during conference play with a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio (65 to 31)  … Registered 11 games of five assists or more … Went 142-of-342 (.415) from the field with 46 three-pointers and went 57-of-70 from the free throw line (.814) … Had a string of 10 consecutive games with double figure scoring from 1/14/20 to 2/15/20

2018-19:  In his first season at LSU, averaged 11.1 points per-game, 3.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals in 34 contests … Started 18 games … Averaged 29.9 minutes per-game … Made 131 field goals, including 41 three-pointers … Made 83.9 percent of his free throw attempts (73-87) … Had 19 games in double figure scoring topped by 29 points in an 82-80 win vs. Tennessee on 2/23/19 in which he went nine-of-ten from the floor … Added 19 points at Georgia on 2/16/19 (83-79 win) and equaled the total at Alabama in a 74-69 win on 3/2/19 … Had a season-high four three-pointers at Missouri in an 86-80 win on 1/26/19 … Recorded a season-high eight assists versus Florida State on 11/23/18 (79-76 loss) and four steals at Missouri on 1/26/19 (86-80 win) … Averaged 12.5 points in conference games and averaged 31.6 minutes per-game with 25 three-pointers

PERSONAL

Mom is Melinda Smart … Has four siblings … Majored in interdisciplinary studies at LSU … Enjoys fried shrimp and hamburgers as his favourite food … Favourite TV show is Law and Order … Four-star recruit ranked 35 in the 247sports.com composite rankings … Captured three straight Farm Bureau/LSWA Mr. Basketball Awards at Scotlandville … Under Coach Carlos Sample, helped Scotlandville win the Class 5A title in 2015 and the Division I Select titles in 2017 and 2018 … Finished his high school career with 3,306 career points, averaging 23.3 points … Three times was the Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year and also three times the Class 5A Most Outstanding Player … Also named a prep All-America for his career at Scotlandville