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Craig Smith is a former NBA player, overseas professional basketball player and player for the Big 3. Craig most notably played 6 seasons in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers averaging 7.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game during his NBA career.

Craig was also a phenomenal college basketball player at Boston College. His senior season he averaged 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assistants. He left BC with 2349 points (2nd in BC’s scoring history), and 1114 rebounds (1st in BC’s career rebounding).

Craig's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackrhino83/

Craig's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAUPDclQOBSyMUKHceCmhBw/videos

Craig's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Blackrhino83

Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

1:01 Craig’s background

3:22 Why didn’t you go down the negative path of selling drugs?

4:40 What do you say to the kid trying to make money?

6:57: Where did you have the drive to wake up at 6:30 AM and get shots up in high school?

9:02 Advice for HS basketball players trying to get recognized by college coaches

10:58 Adjusting to Worcester, MA and Chestnut Hill, MA from LA, CA

13:25 Did you face racism at Worcester Academy or Boston College?

15:22 Scoring 19.9 points and 7.9 rebounds in his freshman year at BC, how did you transition so well?

16:22 Impact of Coach Al Skinner

19:16 Could you have left for the NBA after your freshman year?

21:00 Do you still think about the Sweet 16 loss by 1 point?

22:22 How did you not let egos get in the way and maintain the success of 3 NCAA tournament births?

24:08 Being drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the 36th overall pick in the 2006 draft

25:00 Playing alongside Hall of Famer NBA Kevin Garnett and not being intimidated

28:15 Managing all the aspects of being rookie - personal, business and professional

30:38 Managing friendships once you’ve made it to the NBA

32:24 Coaches in the NBA

36:09 What would you have done differently if you were the GM looking back at your Timberwolves teams?

37:30 Biggest difference between college basketball vs. NBA basketball?

38:30 2011 NBA lockdown

40:00 Best player in the ERA you played in

41:20 Did you have an NBA hero growing up? Did you meet that person?

43:44 Advice to single guys on getting married

45:46 How did you approach dating as a celebrity?

49:05 How did you differentiate between people are clout chasers versus actually like you for you?

52:36 NBA experience reflection

54:00 Overseas professional basketball experience

58:02 Being inducted into the BC Hall of Fame

59:10 How Can BC improve its basketball program to where it was like when you were there?

1:02:28 Being involved in the Big 3

1:03:14 Was Gilbert Arenas your favorite teammate?

1:03:30 What else is going on Craig’s life?

1:06:06 Becoming more vegan

1:09:00 Things people don’t know about you