Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith was also a member of the bronze medal-winning 1988 United States Olympic team and was an All-American college player at Georgetown.
College career Smith was born in Washington, D.C., where he attended All Saints High School. At Georgetown University he was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 1988–89 season.
Smith also played for the 1988 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team, the last American team not to feature NBA players.
Professional career After his college career, Smith went undrafted during the 1989 NBA draft, but he went on to play for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Conviction of vehicular homicide On March 12, 1992, Smith was convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students on March 22, 1991.Smith, a former Celtic, gets a split verdict, abstract The New York Times. March 13, 1992. Accessed August 27, 2007. He subsequently served time in prison for the case.Charles E. Smith, former Hoya, NBA player, shot in Bowie; drugs found in home | TBD.com
Shooting On October 21, 2010, Smith was shot twice in the chest at his home in Bowie, Maryland.Report: Former Boston Celtic Charles Smith shot, hospitalized – ESPN Boston Smith underwent surgery and survived. The next day, police discovered "large quantity of cocaine and evidence of a gambling operation" in a search of his home.
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