# Former NBA Champion tries out NCAA Golf

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nba-champion-tries-out-ncaa-golf/949457>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** golf\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nba-champion-tries-out-ncaa-golf/949457 "2021-08-24T20:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nba-champion-tries-out-ncaa-golf/949457/1 "2021-08-24T20:45:07Z")

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**[NBA champion J.R. Smith joins North Carolina A&T golf team as walk-on after enrolling at school](https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/nba-champion-j-r-smith-joins-north-carolina-a-t-golf-team-as-walk-on-after-enrolling-at-school/)**

He might be the most popular walk-on golfer in history among the co-eds.

I think it is great that he is going back to school.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nba-champion-tries-out-ncaa-golf/949457/2 "2021-08-25T03:09:43Z")

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What a fantastic story!

I think I had him on one of my Pacers teams in a video game.