The columnist of 20 years and Turner Sports expert died, in the wake of engaging the Covid, ESPN announced. For as long as a decade or something like that, Smith worked for NBA TV and NBA.com and facilitated the NBA Hang Time digital recording.

Smith was brought into the world in 1972 and was a local of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He went to Jackson State University in Mississippi, before beginning his profession at The Clarion-Ledger paper in Jackson, ESPN detailed. He later functioned as a games beat essayist, covering the Indiana Pacers for The Indianapolis Star and the Atlanta Hawks for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, before joining Turner Sports in 2009, the power source said.

“We are largely sorrowful over Sekou’s unfortunate passing,” Turner Sports said in an articulation. “His obligation to news coverage and the local ball area was massive, and we will miss his warm, captivating character. He was adored by his Turner Sports and NBA companions and associates. Our most profound sympathies are with his family and friends and family.”