Live life with the GREENLIGHT!

I would like to introduce you to my buddy Mr. JR Smith aka Earl Smith III aka Mr. Greenlight aka JR Swish....... This is a man who didn't let a good opportunity pass him by. In 2004 Earl was selected to play in the McDonalds All American game. This is the most prestigious High School All Star Game in the USA only 24 High School Seniors are selected each year to play in this game. Now prior to this game JR Smith was committed to University of North Carolina, at least that's what we thought! (watch the video all the announcer keeps saying is "JR Smith headed to North Carolina"). Now at this All American Game their are tons of NBA Owners, Scouts, General Managers, Coaches, Players, pretty much anyone affiliated with the NBA is either in attendance or watching from home. Mr. Greenlight aka JR Smith had a decision to make, he could have went out there and ran up and down the court for 40 minutes on national TV broke a nice little sweat and then that upcoming fall take his talents to North Carolina to read books, go to class, and play for a university that reaps all the benefits from his basketball skills, OR he can go out there for 40 minutes and showcase his game to all the NBA scouts and the rest of the WORLD that he don't need to go to college, he's NBA ready now, he wants to tattoo his entire body, he wants a million dollar contract, and his game is SWAGGER! (SHOUT-OUT TO II KEYS) and that he wants to take home the MVP throphy........... So he went out there and did just that and never stepped a foot on college soil and he was drafted #18 in the 2004 NBA DRAFT which gurantsheed him a million dollar contract and to this day he has never looked back.

In Life you will get opportunities if you are doing the right things, Mr. Greenlight used this game to springboard his NBA career and it probably would have never happened if he didn't make the most of this opportunity he had earned to play in the game....... Its on you to capitalize on the opportunities your receive and make something of them. Life is what you make it people. GOD BLESS AND GOOD NIGHT!


(Lol if you follow basketball I don't think much of his game has changed from 2004-2011. The stepback was mean in '04 just like it is in '11.... Enjoy!)