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Kenny Smith Reflects On The Legend Of Coach Dean Smith: ‘It Was Like Playing For Gandhi’


Find you someone who fawns over you the way fawns over . The North Carolina basketball coach died in February 2015 from a progressive neurological disorder three weeks before his 84th birthday, gifting a $200 check in his will to every former letterman who played for him in his 36 years at UNC to “enjoy a dinner out.” (BroBible)

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Kenny Smith Reflects On The Legend Of Coach Dean Smith: ‘It Was Like Playing For Gandhi’


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