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Braden Smith Q&A: People are always going to say I'm too small, but I've succeeded at every level

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By Sam Yip
| Yahoo Sports Verified
Braden Smith is something of a throwback at the collegiate level. In the era of NIL, he played his entire four-year career at Purdue, setting the Division I all-time assists record. He did it all despite being listed at 5-foot-10. Then the basketball gods smiled on him: his hometown Indiana Pacers traded into the second round and took him with the 38th pick. Through a partnership with AT&T, Smith documented his reaction to being drafted by the Pacers in the company of the people who mattered to him.
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Braden Smith Q&A: People are always going to say I'm too small, but I've succeeded at every level

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By Sam Yip
| Yahoo Sports Australia Verified
Braden Smith is something of a throwback at the collegiate level. In the era of NIL, he played his entire four-year career at Purdue, setting the Division I all-time assists record. He did it all despite being listed at 5-foot-10. Then the basketball gods smiled on him: his hometown Indiana Pacers traded into the second round and took him with the 38th pick. Through a partnership with AT&T, Smith documented his reaction to being drafted by the Pacers in the company of the people who mattered to him.
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Draft prospect Keba Keita Q&A: ‘'I'm an effort, energy guy. It doesn't matter what team I'm on’ Original

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By Sam Yip
| HoopsHype Verified
June 16, 2026, 4:28 p.m. ET It's not often that someone has to learn English and learn to play basketball simultaneously. Keba Keita just finished up a four-year career at BYU and has now impressed teams during draft workouts to build momentum from a projected undrafted player to a potential second-round pick. Growing up in Mali, basketball was not part of the plan for Keita.
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