Smush parker biography

Smush Parker

American basketball player (born )

William Henry "Smush" Parker III (born June 1, ) is an American former professional basketball player.

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He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the NBA G-League and several leagues overseas. Parker played shooting guard in college but moved to point guard in the NBA.

Early years

Parker was born in Brooklyn to parents William "Bill" Henry Parker II and Robin Royal Parker.[1] He attended Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens, where he was a star guard on their varsity basketball team.[2] He then enrolled in the College of Southern Idaho as a freshman in the – season and transferred to play college basketball at Fordham University.[3] Following his sophomore season at Fordham University, he entered the NBA in but went undrafted.

During his sophomore season, he was Second Team All A and Second Team NABC All-Region.[5]

Professional career

Early career

While Parker was not drafted out of college, the Cleveland Cavaliers signed him for the –03 season.[6]

In , Parker signed with Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek League (FIBA Europe) and helped the team win the Greek Basketball Cup in the final against Olympiacos.

He returned to the NBA in and played for the Detroit Pistons and the Phoenix Suns.

Los Angeles Lakers ()

He then signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers during the summer of

Not well-known entering the season, Parker gained recognition as the starting point guard for the Lakers under coach Phil Jackson.

While many experts thought that either newly signed veteran Aaron McKie or Sasha Vujačić would start at point guard, Parker became the surprise starter in the Lakers' season opener against the Denver Nuggets[7] and went on to score at least 20 points in four of his first five games.[8][9] This impressed Jackson, and Parker found himself in the starting line-up for the Lakers.

From until , Parker started straight games, averaging points. During the last two games of the regular season and the playoffs (–), Parker lost his starting spot to rookie Jordan Farmar.

While with the Lakers, Parker clashed with Kobe Bryant. Bryant singled out Parker as a bad teammate, saying in that Parker "shouldn't have been in the NBA, but [the Lakers] were too cheap to pay for a point guard."[10] Parker would later detail how Bryant was a bad teammate, and after Bryant's death in , confirmed that the two men had never reconciled their differences.

Later NBA and overseas career

On July 26, , Parker signed with the Miami Heat.[11] For the Heat, Parker wore jersey number [12] His production dropped off dramatically while with the Heat, with averages of points, assists and rebounds, compared to his in games with the Los Angeles Lakers.

After a physical altercation that Parker had with a parking attendant in November , the Miami Heat put him on paid leave to investigate the matter.[13] On March 10, , the Miami Heat officially waived Parker.[14] The Los Angeles Clippers then signed him for the rest of the season on March 12,

On July 10, , the Los Angeles Clippers officially renounced their rights to Parker.[15] In the offseason, Parker was signed by the Denver Nuggets but was released on October 23, , as the Nuggets trimmed their roster to the league-allowed He then played with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League.

Parker never played in the NBA after the - season with the Clippers and thus his final NBA game ever was played on April 16, , in a 75 - 93 loss to the Houston Rockets. In his final game, Parker recorded 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

On January 9, , Parker officially signed with Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.

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    • In September , he signed a one-year contract with the Russian club Spartak Saint Petersburg.[16]

    In January , he returned to Greece and signed a contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki.[17]

    In January , Parker signed with Petrochimi Bandar Imam of the Iranian Basketball Super League.[18] He later played in Venezuela,[19] then signed with the Indios de San Francisco de Macorís of the Dominican Republic.[20] In December , Parker signed with Cibona Zagreb of the Adriatic Basketball Association.[21] After only 5 games in Adriatic League, Parker was released.[22]

    In March , he returned to Greece and signed a contract with Peristeri of the Greek League.

    In January , he signed with his former team Guaros de Lara.[23] He left the team that March.[24] In June, Parker played in The Basketball Tournament.[25] His team reached the semi-finals,[26] and Parker's averages for the tournament were points, rebounds, assists and steals per game.[27]

    In February , Parker signed with Mon-Altius Madimos Falcons of the Mongolian National Basketball Association (MNBA).

    He averaged 24 points, rebounds, assists and steals per game.

    On November 30, , Parker signed with the Albany Patroons of the North American Premier Basketball.[28]

    NBA career statistics

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    Personal life

    Parker earned his nickname "Smush" at birth from his mother.

    "Smush" was a term of endearment for his father, so he became Baby Smush at birth.[29] Parker has one daughter from a previous relationship.[1] Parker is currently married to Noelani Parker.

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