Facts: - draft round: 2 - draft pick: 35 - career end: 2004 - number: 34 - height in: 8 - team: sacramento italy -rrb- idaho stampede -lrb- cba -rrb- dakota wizards -lrb- kings cba -rrb- vancouver grizzlies washington wizards snaidero udine -lrb- - birth date: 28 march 1972 - draft team: sacramento kings - weight lb: 230 - statlabel: points rebounds fg % - statvalue: 2,527 -rrb- .538 -lrb- 5.6 ppg -rrb- 3,193 -lrb- 7.1 rpg - draft year: 1994 - bbr: smithmi02 - college: providence -lrb- 1991 -- 1994 -rrb- - stats league: nba - letter: s - name: michael smith - birth place: washington , d.c. - position: power forward - high school: dunbar -lrb- washington , d.c. -rrb- - career start: 1994 - nationality: american - years: 1994 1999 start -- 2000 end 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- start 2003 2003 -- 2004 -- 1997 end 1998 -- 1998 end - height ft: 6 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael smith -lrb- basketball , born 1972 -rrb- .
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michael john smith -lrb- born march 28 , 1972 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .nicknamed '' the animal , '' he played in seven seasons from 1994 -- 2001 in the nba .a 6 ' 8 '' power forward from providence college , smith was selected by the sacramento kings in the second round of the 1994 nba draft .he would play for the kings , vancouver grizzlies , and washington wizards , tallying 2,527 nba career points and 3,193 nba career rebounds .on november 10 , 1995 , as a member of the kings , smith was severely beaten by indiana pacers forward dale davis .all bench players from both teams left their benches , and were automatically fined $ 2,500 and suspended for one game for leaving the bench .smith and davis were both fined $ 20,000 and suspended for two games .during his time with the washington wizards , he was a teammate of an unrelated player named mike smith .