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Mr. Smith goes to Dallas

By Steve Rodrick
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, November 16, 1999

The manchild staggers backward, nearly upending a stroller and its tow-headed contents before regaining his balance. Once again, Leon Smith has been tripped up by fate. He is at Disneyland, an appropriate destination for an 18-year-old kid whose life has been spent with one size-17 sneaker in Fantasyland, the other in Tomorrowland. Smith is on a much-needed 24-hour furlough from the Dallas Mavericks' summer league team in Long Beach. The Mavs -- via the Spurs -- acquired him with the last pick ...

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