Steve Smith Rumors

An offshoot of the longstanding voter registration organization Rock The Vote, Hoopers Vote took part in this week’s National Voter Registration Week by having ambassadors from the NBA and WNBA communities, including media that cover the league, publicly push people to make sure they’re registered to vote on multiple social media sites beginning on Thursday. A new website, hoopersvote.org, links to Rock The Vote and its various initiatives. Emmy Award-winning actress and producer Kerry Washington is taking part in the campaign. Current NBA players including Jackson, Duncan Robinson, Collin Sexton and Langston Galloway are taking part; WNBA stars Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart, Nneka Ogwumike, Elena Delle Donne and Renee Montgomery are on board, along with Hall of Famers Lisa Leslie and Rebecca Lobo. NBA Hall of Famers taking part include James Worthy and Alex English, along with media members such as Kenny Smith and Steve Smith of Turner Sports and Jalen Rose of ESPN. Warriors assistant coach Jarron Collins and his twin brother Jason, the former NBA big man, are also ambassadors.

4 months ago – via David Aldridge @ The Athletic

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It might not look like much now, but St. Cecilia’s is famous for having been compared to legendary Rucker Park of New York because of all the big names who came through. Isiah. Magic. Gervin. Also, David Bing. That’s four of the greatest players in NBA history. Joe Dumars, Rick Mahorn and Dennis Rodman of “Bad Boys” Pistons fame. B.J. Armstrong. Chris Webber. Jalen Rose. Derrick Coleman. Steve Smith. Shane Battier. Jimmy Walker and Spencer Haywood and Ralph Simpson and Campy Russell. Dick Vitale (awesome with a capital “A,” baby). Dozens of others.

6 months ago – via Joe Vardon and James L. Edwards III @ The Athletic

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The Blazers, though combustible, were talented and ridiculously deep, with five current or future All-Stars—Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, Steve Smith, Detlef Schrempf and Jermaine O’Neal—plus potent offensive players like Damon Stoudamire and Bonzi Wells. It was arguably the strongest team the Lakers faced in their three-peat—and one of the best ever to miss the Finals. “It’s probably the best team I’ve ever faced playing basketball, period,” says Robert Horry, who won seven championships in his 16-year career, including three with the Lakers. “They were the toughest team,” Shaq says, “and they were the only team that wasn’t scared of us.”

8 months ago – via Howard Beck @ Bleacher Report

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Asked Monday by the Sun Sentinel about Bosh possibly moving into broadcasting on a full-time basis, Turner analyst Steve Smith, the former Heat guard, said it would be an intriguing prospect.

4 years ago – via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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“I looked at Chris Bosh even before he did ‘Players Only’ — I got a chance to watch that closely; I was in studio a lot of times, and obviously watched it — the way he’s conducted himself, handled himself in all situations, the way he’s comfortable with the media, you can see he has his pulse on a lot of different things,” Smith said during a break from his coverage of the NBA Finals for Turner Sports.

4 years ago – via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Media, Chris Bosh, Steve Smith

“In broadcasts, he’s very articulate, got his point across,” Smith said. “I think in broadcasting it’s also great that you can tell, no matter what the situation, he never really got outside of being Chris Bosh. So I think that’s another trait that he has that would be perfect for broadcasting.”

4 years ago – via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Storyline: Chris Bosh Retirement

As former NBA players Grant Hill, Steve Smith and Jason Collins began a private tour of the National Civil Rights Museum on Jan. 14, Kevin Lloyd proudly stood alongside them in place of his late father, who first opened the NBA door for black players. Hill, Smith, Collins and every African-American NBA player past and present should know Earl Lloyd’s story. On Halloween night in 1950, Lloyd became the first black player in NBA history when he debuted for the Washington Capitals. “I had the good fortune of meeting Earl Lloyd back in Detroit during the mid-’90s,” Hill told The Undefeated.

4 years ago – via The Undefeated

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2.	Brooklyn	$164,262,837
3.	Philadelphia	$145,911,794
4.	LA Clippers	$140,942,843
5.	LA Lakers	$138,685,077
6.	Milwaukee	$137,428,372
7.	Orlando	$136,284,183
8.	New Orleans	$133,139,275
9.	Cleveland	$133,131,867
10.	Utah	$133,061,913

1.	Stephen Curry	$43,006,362
2.	Chris Paul	$41,358,814
2.	Russell Westbrook	$41,358,814
4.	James Harden	$41,254,920
4.	John Wall	$41,254,920
6.	LeBron James	$39,219,566
7.	Kevin Durant	$39,058,950
8.	Blake Griffin	$36,810,996
9.	Paul George	$35,450,412
10.	Klay Thompson	$35,361,360