Josh Smith, Chronically Overweight UCLA Center, Quits the Bruins

All, College Basketball Jason McIntyre November 28th. 2012, 4:55pm

Josh Smith, the immensely talented UCLA center who has battled weight problems throughout his career, has quit the UCLA Bruins basketball team, the school announced today.

Hopefully, it isn’t the end of Smith’s career, because this is a kid who has been teeming with potential for years – he was a Top 25 recruit out of high school – but couldn’t control his eating habits. Smith arrived at UCLA allegedly in the 270-pound range; he’s ballooned as high as 350 during his three years, according to various reports.

The jokes will fly about Smith transferring to Jenny Craig University, but he’s also been labeled as lazy, too.

Once everyone spends the obligatory 15 minutes talking about Smith, the real story will become Ben Howland and the Bruins, who have already survived an NCAA investigation into their best player, but now have to rebound from a loss to Cal Poly. If Howland can’t get this group to the NCAA tournament – it’s still early, obviously – will he be able to keep his job?

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38 Responses to “Josh Smith, Chronically Overweight UCLA Center, Quits the Bruins”

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starkweather Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Josh Smith, the immense, talented UCLA center
I think this works a little better. Also, caption that picture!
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cleet Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 4:58 PM
The jokes will fly about Smith transferring to Jenny Craig University
That’s a Rick Riley level joke right there.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
If Howland can’t get this group to the NCAA tournament
Everyone makes it…I wouldn’t worry about it.
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Al Czervik Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Hopefully, it isn’t the end of Smith’s career
but he’s also been labeled as lazy, too
Yeah, it’s the end of his career. Too bad Jerry Tarkanian isn’t around to scoop him up at Fresno State.
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Al Czervik Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Everyone makes it…I wouldn’t worry about it
Dookie V will make the case for them to be his 99th qualified team, in a field of 68. Always my favorite part of Selection Sunday, when he pisses and moans about the big schools that missed the cut, but never tells you who should have been out. Bilas has a field day with that.
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sctrojans Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:10 PM
battled weight problems
has quit the UCLA Bruins basketball team
Hadn’t he quit long ago? Tough to stay that fat as a DI basketball player.
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ms621 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Also, caption that picture!
I’ll take a swing at it: “Ben Howland squeals with joy as he attempts to poke the Pillsbury Doughboy’s black cousin.”
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ButtersBC Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Josh Smith contemplates a transfer to Bovine University
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spencer096 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:12 PM
never understood how bball players could be fat. makes no sense. he mustve been chowing down multiple pizzas daily.
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tedkerwin Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:13 PM
Future NFL Tight End?
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tedkerwin Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Oliver Miller has been known to pistol whip people who get between him and his BBQ
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MP III Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Josh Smith contemplates a transfer to Bovine University
he can room with ralph simpson.
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ButtersBC Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:15 PM
never understood how bball players could be fat
The only time Oliver Miller stood upright for more than three consecutive minutes was during games
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spencer096 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:17 PM
my fav fat athlete insult is still parcells…”he’s a biscuit away from being a linebacker.” think it was about roy williams?
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starkweather Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:17 PM
Oliver Miller has been known to pistol whip people who get between him and his BBQ
Respect for the dead, please.
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arkbadger Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
never understood how bball players could be fat. makes no sense. he mustve been chowing down multiple pizzas daily.
dude, Oliver Miller. Arkansas fatty.
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spencer096 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
so youre saying arkansas made oliver miller fat. i guess i can buy that logic.
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ms621 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
never understood how bball players could be fat. makes no sense. he mustve been chowing down multiple pizzas daily.
Some people just have a glandular problem.
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ms621 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:19 PM
so youre saying arkansas made oliver miller fat. i guess i can buy that logic.
Having been through Arkansas more than once I too can buy that logic.
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tedkerwin Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Oliver is alive, Bison Dele is dead.
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spencer096 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Some people just have a glandular problem.
im gonna need a presidential lesser human thresher for how much liquidation i gotta do once i get into office.
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rodmansrage Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Everyone makes it…I wouldn’t worry about it.
yikes, you said it. plus, if this dude cant muster any wins in an absolutely terrible pac-10 (i refuse to recognize utah and CU as members) then he’s done.
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Patrick Division Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:22 PM
“You fell, you fat pig. Have another doughnut. Have another doughnut.”
Jim Schoenfeld’s signature moment as coach of the Caps, yelling at referee Don Koharski.
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arkbadger Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:22 PM
so youre saying arkansas made oliver miller fat. i guess i can buy that logic.
“excuse me ma’am, can you bring me a side of gravy with that?”
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:22 PM
Big Easy to Big East get it?
PLEASE open the comments on that post.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
I don’t remember Bison Dele being fat. I do remember a lot of Brian Williams Pistons jerseys hanging on clearance racks.
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ButtersBC Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:24 PM
We can all agree that Fat Lever is one of the great athlete nicknames, right?
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ButtersBC Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:25 PM
I do remember a lot of Brian Williams Pistons jerseys hanging on clearance racks
Were they spectacularly teal with the exhaust pipes of death spitting fire on them?
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Patrick Division Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
PLEASE open the comments on that post.
You could start an O/T thread here if you wanted.
/Pin pulled, grenade tossed.
//And on second thought, Schoenfeld was coach of the Devils when he called Koharski a fat pig.
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tedkerwin Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
I don’t think Dele was fat either, but he is dead.
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ms621 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
I don’t remember Bison Dele being fat
That’s probably why they never found his body. Fat floats.
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arkbadger Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Having been through Arkansas more than once I too can buy that logic.
Tim Ryan has never stepped foot in Arkansas, what’s his excuse?
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spencer096 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
i heard tim ryan’s cereal bowl has a lifeguard.
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ms621 Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Taguchi has never stepped foot in Arkansas, what’s his excuse?
/Tim Ryan
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Nada Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
this is a kid who has been teeming with potential for years – he was a Top 25 recruit out of high school – but couldn’t control his eating habits.
John “Hot Plate” Williams. Legend.
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Nada Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:41 PM
I wouldn’t go so far as to call the brother fat, I mean he got a weight problem. What’s the n****r gonna do? He’s Samoan.
/ Smith is not really Samoan
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starkweather Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 5:46 PM
John “Hot Plate” Williams. Legend.
Bullets legend
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sctrojans Says:
November 28th, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Funniest thing about Dele is that his brother, the suspect in his murder, intentionally overdosed on insulin. So says Wikipedia at least.