The Whistleblower: Smush Parker Tells His Truth

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

Sports

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 50 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 Torre finds out I am Pablo Torre and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:06.0	And I'm like, yo, that was a terrible call. And then the light bulb goes up.
0:10.0	Bing!
0:13.0	And I'm like, I should become a referee.
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1:05.0	So I want to fact check your Wikipedia page.
1:08.0	Okay.
1:09.0	Because the explanation for why your name Smush has to do with you playing basketball
1:14.0	and you would smush people's faces after they stole the ball and you would be that guy.
1:19.0	I don't know, Wikipedia is wrong in that fact.
1:22.0	Yes, violence was the origin of Wikipedia alleges for your name, but your name is Smush because why?
1:28.0	My mother named me Smush when I was a baby.
1:31.0	And as a name that stuck, you know, I was introduced as a baby as baby Smush.
1:36.0	And I grew up into just being a Smush.
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