Cue DJ-style NBA public address announcer: In for-r-r Sa-a-a-a-m Smith this-s-s week, M-A-A-A-A-S!
While MAS has yet to author his first book, let alone pen a hardwood classic like Sam-the-Man's "Jordan Rules," he'll still lace up his old school black Converse high tops and gamely try to fill the NBA info void this week created by Smitty's prior travel plans.
Though MAS' hoop career peaked in the eighth grade — when he was a starting guard for his junior high team — and went precipitously downhill thereafter, he has a pretty good idea what Sam would have been writing about this week: some darn good playoffs, 2½ rounds in.