Former UNC Guard K.J. Smith carving out career as a basketball analyst

Posted Sep 30, 2021
Former UNC basketball player K.J. Smith recently joined the litany of retired athletes gracing the sets of the nation’s most prominent sports outlets. Though he's now in the network of former players turned analysts, Smith has aspirations beyond carving himself out a corner in the industry. “My goal is to be the best sports broadcaster there is,” he said. (Daily Tar Heel)

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