PAOK announced Kendall Smith

Kendall Smith (28 years old, 1.91 meters) is officially part of the PAOK team. The news was announced by “Two-Headed” and confirmed the information that spoke of an agreement between the two sides.

The announcement in detail:

“KAE PAOK mateco announces the agreement with the American basketball player Kendall Smith, who will be integrated into our team directly this evening in Thessaloniki and until the end of the 2023/24 season.

Kendall Smith was born on September 18, 1995, is 1.91 m tall and plays as a guard. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2018 and averaged 13.1 points (41% from 3-point range), 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game in his senior year.

In the 2018/19 season he came to Europe for the first time and played in Belgium with Okapi Aalstar (11.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists average in 28 games), but also in the Czech Republic with Nymburk ( 12.4 points, 4.1 rebounds). , 4.7 assists in 7 league games). With Nymburk he also appeared in the Basketball Champions League for the first time this season and took part in three games.

In the 2019-20 season, which was suspended due to the pandemic, he managed to play in 10 games with two different teams in the GLeague, while the following year (2020-21) he played in the same league and with the Santa Cruz Warriors played 10.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 7.1 assists in 25 games.

Last season he played again in the Gleague, this time with the Maine Celtics (4.2 points, 2 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 13 games), while for the first time he also played in Greece with the Kolossos Rhodes team in 16 league games played. he had 10.9 points (40% on 3-pointers), 2.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

At the beginning of this season, Kendall Smith played in Turkey with Cayirova (15 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in 8 games played) before agreeing to a deal with PAOK Mateco.