Adrian Howard "Odie" Smith was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Northeast Mississippi Community College and Kentucky, winning the NCAA championship with the later in 1958. Following his college career, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals with the 85th pick in the 1958 NBA draft. He joined the Royals in 1961 after serving in the U.S. Army and went on to play 10 seasons in the NBA and one in the ABA. In his lone NBA All-Star appearance in 1966, he was named the All-Star Game MVP.
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