Smith averaged 12.2 points (43.8% FG, 35.4% on 3-pointers) and 7.0 rebounds in 30.1 minutes per game last season. As the No. 3 overall draft pick from the NBA’s 2022 first round, the 22-year-old ...

Jabari Smith Jr. valued consistency instead, which, perhaps, led him to the oven. Ten-year-old Jabari loved basketball and football, but for a time, struck by curiosity and boredom, he made his ...

Apr 23, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. (10) grabs a rebound during the first quarter during game two of the first round for the 2024 NBA Playoffs against the ...

What Makes Jabari Smith so Important. Even though Smith may not put up gaudy numbers and has seen a slight decline in his scoring and rebounding this season, his role has become even more important.

More importantly, rookie Jabari Smith Jr. needed the serious Lucas. It had been nearly six months since Houston drafted Smith, but the disappointment of falling to the No. 3 pick still felt like a ...

Jabari Smith has averaged 29.5 points the last two games, but Auburn needs more from the rest of its lineup if it wants to make a postseason run.

Smith was the No. 2 pick in Kyle Boone's latest mock draft and is No. 3 on Boone's latest big board. "The son of a former NBA player, Jabari Smith has an impressive pedigree and five-star pre ...

Jabari Smith Sr. was a grinder, carving out a professional basketball career after being selected by the Kings with the No. 45 overall pick in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft.

Auburn star Jabari Smith is moving on after declaring for the 2022 NBA draft. The move was widely expected since the 6'10" forward emerged as a candidate to land No. 1 overall this summer.

Smith, the son of former NBA forward/center Jabari Smith Sr., understands the attention and responsibilities that’d come with being the draft’s top pick. It’s something he’d welcome.

As the 2022 NBA Draft commenced, Jabari Smith sat on the floor at Barclays Center, waiting. “You’re just sitting there, cameras floating around, you don’t know where you’re going,” Smith ...

Jabari Smith Sr. was a 6-11, 250-pound leviathan for two seasons at LSU as the century turned, the second-leading scorer for a 28-win Sweet 16 team as a senior. “A badass,” as Pearl puts it.