John Wall gets some sweet, sweet revenge on his old team.

The Jazz win ugly to stay the league's hottest squad,

and basketball loses a beloved member of the NBA family, Saku Smith.

Hey, I'm Tasmellis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Wednesday, January 27th.

And we have to start with the loss of one of the staples in the NBA media world.

Seiku Smith, who passed on Tuesday.

Seiku was a writer, podcaster, and TV analysts for such a long time in the NBA media world.

When I thought NBA.com, I thought Seeku Smith, because he was, he was the website.

He truly was. And it's not because I'm just in the media.

He touched so many people.

I was getting texts from friends who just read about the NBA and were touched by his loss.

And it's clear it's not just fans.

How many people Seiku Smith touched was evident in the outpouring on Tuesday?

Adam Silver issued a statement.

Players like Clay Thompson and Chris Paul issuing their condolences.

And I mentioned players because it's clear that he was respected by them because of his tact the way he went about his business. He wasn't a hot take artist. Players wanted to talk to him.

He knew so many players. He started the hangtime podcast because he had so many connections

due to the way he went about his writing.

He just loved basketball and he was a great writer and he got to his position at NBA.com

and Turner Sports the right way, starting as an intern back in Michigan, his hometown of Michigan,

or his home state of Michigan, Grand Rapids, where he's from,

always representing Michigan, and then working his way around the country to a few newspapers

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