Third in a series. Focusing on the only Bruin playing right now, the USA Under 19 Team Center Thomas Welsh.
Desire. It is a factor and concept often overlooked in a basketball player. Never was it overlooked more strongly that Joshua Smith. Smith had more ability than any center at UCLA probably since Bill Walton. He also had less desire to play basketball than any player in my memory. Smith was a
Smith could potentially offer an NBA team more than a slimmed-down physique capable of jostling with a legion of 7-footers.