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Later that month, Smart caught Austin Ainge’s attention at the McDonald’s All-American Game.
“Even as a 17- or 18-year-old, he was a man,” Ainge said. “And his toughness and competitiveness just leapt off the page.”
Celtics executives kept tabs on Smart when he played for USA Basketball’s U18 national team that summer. There was no way to know what he would become, or if Boston would ever be in position to draft him.