When Shaire Smith committed to Texas Tech in April of 2017, the news hardly made ripples outside of Lubbock. But just over a year later, he is set to be one of the most intriguing stories in the 2018 NBA Draft.
When Smith is taken sometime in tonight’s first round, he will become the first Texas Tech basketball player in the history of the program to be a one-and-done draftee in the NBA Draft. What’s more, he will be the first Red Raider drafted since Andre Emmett was taken in the second round of the 2004 draft by the Seattle Supersonics.