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PTFO - The Whistleblower: Smush Parker Tells His Truth

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

You may remember Smush Parker from his very public, lopsided beef with the late Kobe Bryant, but there is so much more to the arc of Smush's life story — from being a toddler raised inside "The Cage," in New York City, to bringing up the ball right before "The Malice at the Palace" began. And now, it turns out, Smush Parker is committed to another shocking quest: become the fourth former NBA player, ever, to become an NBA referee. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZWFEMq7prXc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.

0:06.0

And I'm like, y'all that was a terrible call and then a light bulb goes on bing!

0:11.0

And I'm like I should become a referee right after this ad.

0:17.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. So I want to fact check your Wikipedia page.

0:37.0

Okay.

0:38.0

Because the explanation for why your name Smush has to do with you playing basketball and you would

0:44.5

smush people's faces after they stole the ball and you would be that guy.

0:48.8

I don't know. Wikipedia is wrong in that fact.

0:51.5

Yes, violence was the origin of a graffiti alleges for your name, but your name is

0:56.5

smush because why?

0:57.5

My mother named he smush when I was a baby.

1:01.3

And it's a name that stuck.

1:03.0

You know, I was introduced as a baby as baby smush, and I grew up into just being uh,

1:08.0

smush.

1:09.0

Well, the name smush, the way it was meant by your mom.

1:14.0

There's a cutesy aspect to that then.

1:18.0

The opposite of being real physical in a game.

1:22.0

Yes, yes, it was a term of endearment given to my dad.

1:26.3

Mm. And you know, when I was born I just again I became baby smush. I am actually

1:31.9

William Henry Parker the third and it's the first

1:34.8

time I've actually shared that on air so yeah already finding out stuff

1:39.8

on publicory finds out that I did not know so I love that we're starting there because I feel and this is just a theory that I'm going to carry as a through line I think through this whole conversation.

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