Wiedmer: Smith happy to be out of NBA draft
By By Mark Wiedmer Chattanooga Times Free Press
Originally published 05:46 p.m., June 25, 2009
Updated 05:46 p.m., June 25, 2009
Tyler Smith was in the Memphis airport last week, waiting for a connecting flight to Fort Worth, Tex., to visit his mother.
"All these people started taking pictures of me," said the University of Tennessee senior basketball player. "They thought I was famous, but they didn't know my name."
When the Vols' season came to an abrupt end in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, most expected us to hear Smith's name called at some point in tonight's NBA Draft (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
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