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

Posted Dec 19, 2020
Find you someone who fawns over you the way Kenny Smith fawns over Dean Smith. 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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