Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
INDIANAPOLIS — For three years in a row during his high school years in New Jersey, Wellington Smith came up short in state championship games.
And all three times he lost to future Duke Blue Devils.
The 6-foot-7 Smith, a senior forward at West Virginia who starred at Summit (N.J.) High School, lost to Brian Zoubek and Haddonfield twice in the Group 2 state final in 2004 and ’05.
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