MIAMI -- The Miami Heat say assistant coach Keith Smart, a former Warriors coach, has undergone successful surgery to remove what the team describes as a very rare type of skin cancer.
Smart has not been with the team this week, and is expected back in 2-3 weeks. The team says Smart's prognosis calls for a full recovery. The 51-year-old Smart, who hit the game-winning shot that led Indiana to the 1987 NCAA championship over Syracuse, is in his second year as a Heat assistant. He issued a statement thanking the staff at University of Miami Hospital and the Heat medical team, saying they "steered me in the right direction very early in the process.