Smith understands all of it. “I understand guys wanting to continue leading that pack. I’m not knocking them for that,” he said. “I’m not knocking them for the health reasons (or) for being away from your family. But I think for myself, I like to hoop. And for me, I know we communicate, and we talk, but for the most part, my mother and father have taught me, ‘Now son, I need you to do it now.’ Like, if I really want some change, I need you to get in the face of some of those people. And I need to be on the ground. I need to communicate. I need to stay in my communities and keep feeding back to my communities. Those are things that I have to do.”