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Re: Remember Michael Smith?
He was a great shooter who couldn't play defense. Red
drafted him because he was a white guy from a mormon
school (remember that fetish?) and actually said on
draft day that they hoped he would be another Larry.
The real Larry, after having watched Smith in practice
for a day or two, pronounced him "just another white
guy who can't run or jump." Smith would awe his
teammates with his finesse abilities in practice, such
as banking off the shot clock, or throwing a football
through the length of the basket cross-court. Give me
Derek Smith.
--- Marc Pierce wrote:
> The Celtics drafted Smith in 1989 and I think he
> played two seasons for
> them. Then he was in Spain for a while, and turned
> up playing for the
> Clippers at the tail end of the 94-95 season, where
> he pretty much just
> sat on the bench.
>
> If I remember right, not to open up old wounds any
> further than they
> already have been, Red Auerbach was the only one who
> wanted to draft
> Smith; the rest of the brain trust apparently wanted
> Hardaway.
>
> Marc Pierce
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Ed Ag wrote:
>
> >
> > I was watching parts of the Nuggets-Clippers
> last night (Maurice Taylor
> > would sure look good in green!)
> > Anyway, doing the color commentary for the
> Clips was none other than
> > Michael Smith. Anyone remember him? He was
> drafted by the Celtics and
> > played briefly for the team around 1990, can't
> recall the exact year.
> > He was a decent commentator.
> > What I remember mainly about Smith is that
> when he was drafted in the
> > first round out of BYU by the Celtics, one of the
> players still available
> > was Tim Hardeway! To this day it always hurts a
> little bit to watch this
> > great guard in action. Ed
> >
> > Ed Ag afn15554@afn.org
>
> >
>
>
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