Smith played his high school ball at Oldham County High School (Buckner, KY), where he was a standout forward on the high school team and record-setting wide receiver on the football team. He also played on the Kentucky (high school) All-Stars in their annual two-game series against the Indiana All-Stars. After two years of junior college basketball at Southeastern Illinois College, Smith was rated as one of the top JUCO prospects and committed to play ball for Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville. But he backed out of the commitment and entered the 2004 NBA draft instead.
Smith played his high school ball at Oldham County High School (Buckner, KY), where he was a standout forward on the high school team and record-setting wide receiver on the football team.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Smith
Smith
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
play
played
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
high
high
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
school
school
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Oldham
Oldham
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
County
County
PROPN
NNP
amod
Degree=Pos
high
High
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
School
School
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
Buckner
Buckner
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
KY
KY
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
PronType=Rel
where
where
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
acl:relcl
Number=Sing
standout
standout
NOUN
NN
advmod
forward
forward
ADV
RB
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
high
high
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
school
school
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
team
team
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
compound
Number=Sing
record
record
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
VerbForm=Ger
set
setting
VERB
VBG
amod
Degree=Pos
wide
wide
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
receiver
receiver
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
football
football
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
team
team
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He also played on the Kentucky (high school) All-Stars in their annual two-game series against the Indiana All-Stars.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
play
played
VERB
VBD
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Kentucky
Kentucky
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
amod
Degree=Pos
high
high
ADJ
JJ
appos
Number=Sing
school
school
NOUN
NN
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
det
all
All
DET
DT
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obl
Number=Plur
star
Stars
PROPN
NNPS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
annual
annual
ADJ
JJ
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
game
game
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
series
series
NOUN
NN
case
against
against
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Indiana
Indiana
PROPN
NNP
det
all
All
DET
DT
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obl
Number=Plur
star
Stars
PROPN
NNPS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
After two years of junior college basketball at Southeastern Illinois College, Smith was rated as one of the top JUCO prospects and committed to play ball for Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville.
case
after
After
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
junior
junior
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
college
college
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
basketball
basketball
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
Southeastern
Southeastern
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Illinois
Illinois
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
College
College
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Smith
Smith
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
rate
rated
VERB
VBN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
one
one
NUM
CD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
top
top
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
JUCO
JUCO
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Plur
prospect
prospects
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
commit
committed
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
play
play
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Rick
Rick
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Pitino
Pitino
PROPN
NNP
case
at
at
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
University
University
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Louisville
Louisville
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
But he backed out of the commitment and entered the 2004 NBA draft instead.
cc
but
But
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
back
backed
VERB
VBD
case
out
out
ADP
IN
fixed
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
commitment
commitment
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
enter
entered
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2004
2004
NUM
CD
compound
Number=Sing
NBA
NBA
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
draft
draft
NOUN
NN
advmod
instead
instead
ADV
RB
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.