14/07 – Ed “Booger” Smith Article
Nobody in the world can pass the rock better than Ed “Booger” Smith. There may be a few that can pass as well as Booger, but nobody’s better than the Brooklyn legend. His game is the epitome of dazzling. With a 5’10″ frame that appears even bigger when he performs his uncanny gift for low ball- handling, Booger is damn near un-rippable. Whether you’ve seen him play for the first time or 80th, it’s guaranteed that’ll you’ll leave a Booger- featured game in awe. It almost seems as if every play he makes is a highlight. But what seem like highlights to most are the norm for him. He really puts little effort into being fancy. In one game during the ’03 Rucker playoffs, the point god caught a long rebound and flew up court, directing two team- mates where to run along both sides of him until they both had angles to receive a pass. Two steps past the foul line, Booger faked a pass to the open teammate on his right, jumped in the air, faked another pass to the open runner on his left, and before landing, dumped the rock back to his trailing center, whom everybody had forgotten about. Slam dunk – and just another assist for Booger.