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One-on-One With Josh Smith
One-on-One With Josh Smith
Josh Smith is a 22-year-old power forward with four years of NBA experience, a record-setting setting pace for blocks and enough highlight reel footage to start up his own international multimedia empire, but ask the man himself what he really needs and discover nothing more than the feeling of being wanted. On Friday afternoon Smith signed a five-year $58 million offer sheet with the ...
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Why Will No One Ask "So Why DON"T You Demand A Trade?"
Hardwood Paroxysm — HoopAddict's crew landed a very solid interview with Josh Smith where he talks about a variety of things. It's interesting how he talks about Atlanta. You can tell he's still not happy with them. ...

Links: Offseason Rolls Along
3 Shades of Blue — ... Be sure to read HoopsAddict.com's interview with Josh Smith in the aftermath of Atlanta matching the offer sheet he signed with the Grizzlies. He talks about why he was interested in coming to Memphis and was willing to sign with them. ...

The Roundup: The Disgusting Burger King Shower
The Big Lead — ... on Howard Stern this morning … attractive woman buys a dress at the mall, wears it to the mall the next day, and is kicked out for dressing provocatively … we see Paris, we see France (possibly NSFW) … dog turd disguised as artwork on the loose! … Bigfoot found? Haven’t been to Burger King in years, and we’ll never go to this one in Ohio. (WDTN) Josh Smith of the Hawks talks to a blog. (Hoops Addict) All Phelps, all the time. (NY Post) Good luck ...

Hoops Addict interviews Josh Smith
With Malice - An LA Lakers blog, news and opinions — ... Hoops Addict landed an interview with Josh Smith.  Hit that linky to see it! Freakin’ wow… just wow.  To any NBA players wanting to do so, I am available too!!  <crickets chirp>… ...

Morning Blogdome: They Are Really Just Performance Artists On A Beach [Morning Blogdome]
Deadspin — ... early. I think that, like they say, once you get hurt you have nothing to fall back on, well, what if you get hurt in college? You really have nothing to fall back on. You know what I mean? You should have a little money to be able to finish school and get your degree. If you’re injured in school, say you have a career-ending injury, you might get your scholarship taken from you, which then doesn’t provide you with financial benefits that should be there for you to finish school." [HoopsAddict] ...

The 10-man rotation, starring Joshua Smith
Ball Don't Lie — A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: The Sporting Blog, Hoops Addict and Hoops World. Three "exclusive" interviews with Atlanta's Josh Smith. PF: Los Angeles Times. Chris Kaman's dad to "German" Chris Kaman: "I hope the USA beats you." SF: OregonLive, ...

Blog Patrol: Best Of The Rest
FanIQ Blog — The Hawks' Josh Smith talks quite intelligently about the problem he has with the NBA age limit. [Hoops Addict] Some pretty awful headlines for the Tigers this year. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante] So who's the better athlete: Phelps or LeBron? [Simon on Sports] Why the Rays can still win the AL East [I'm Writing Sports] China's lied about a lot of things during these Olympics. Here are some other things they've lied about. [Food Court Lunch] Guess what happens when you build a $700,000 gym in your back ...

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