WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — “It’s been nothing short of spectacular.”

Purdue senior guard Braden Smith has had the career of a lifetime with the Boilermakers. Smith has shot, stole and passed his way into the hearts of Purdue fans for the last four years. But his life didn’t start out that way, even with two basketball players – and coaches – as parents.

“He wanted nothing to do with basketball, so for both of us, being a college basketball player, loving the game, it was like, ‘Man, what do we do?'” Smith’s father Dustin said. “We moved back to Indiana, and he came to us and said, ‘Man, I want to start playing basketball.’ So we’re like, ‘Thank goodness.’ So here we are.”

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