It’s the sixth day and Devonte Smith is still hurting.
On July 11, his younger sister, Dariene Smith, was out with friends in downtown Columbus, Ohio when a stray bullet from an unrelated altercation struck her in the back. She later died at an area hospital. She was only 23 years old.
Less than a week later, the 26-year-old lightweight prospect lives a life irrevocably changed, and he knows it. But he’s fighting through the tears and the pain.
“Today being day six, I'm managing pretty well,” Smith said last Friday. “The first couple days were not good.