My Take
I'll be honest — Joshua Smith is the kind of big man who makes you wonder what could have been. A towering center out of Seattle who dominated at the high school level, he took his game to UCLA before transferring to Georgetown, which is a path that doesn't always lead somewhere smooth. But Smith kept grinding, bouncing through NBA rosters and G League stints, and eventually carved out a real career overseas — including a solid run in Japan's B.League with Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka. There's something genuinely admirable about a player who doesn't get the marquee spotlight but just keeps competing at a professional level, continent after continent. Not every story is a superstar arc, and that's fine — sometimes the most interesting careers are the ones that refuse to quit.
Overview
Joshua LaTrell Smith (born May 14, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the Japanese B.League. He began his college basketball career with the UCLA Bruins before transferring in the middle of his third season, finishing his career with the Georgetown Hoyas. Smith was a highly regarded center playing basketball in high school in Washington.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joshua Smith
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョシュア・スミス
- Reading
- じょしゅあ・すみす
- Born
- May 14, 1992 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 82 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Kentwood High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.