Rik Smits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rik Smits

Dutch basketball player

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1966

Place of Birth: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rik Smits (born August 23, 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman", is a Dutch retired professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft.
An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.