Leroy Smith – The Man Who Motivated Michael Jordan

by Eugene Kan, June 2, 2009

For Leroy Smith, the basketball personality behind the wildly successful basketball instructional video series GetYourBasketballOn.com claims to have single-handily created Michael Jordan’s success as the motivational Smith also boasts a series of other basketball-relevant products. With Jordan set to enter the NBA Hall of Fame, Leroy is also looking to have his own name featured in the Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game. Watch parts two though four of the documentary below regarding this fascinating man as well as track his latest exploits on the GetYourBasketballOn Youtube video channel.

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  1. Posted by:SHIZAAAMMM! « <3 & sneakers on June 3, 2009 at 1:09 am

    [...] more on LEROY SMITH and watch the rest of the documentary HERE [...]

28 Responses

  1. Posted by:Cisco BX on June 25, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Definitely Charlie Murphy and i would know since Ashy Larry lives in my building on the 1st flo.

  2. Posted by:Geori on June 25, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    darkness!

  3. Posted by:RawTheBest on June 18, 2009 at 12:51 am

    That IS Eddie Murphy!! Still have no idea what company its for though!!!

  4. Posted by:D on June 12, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    what the point…its all funny but what company are the commercials for? jordan brand?

  5. Posted by:Lawrence on June 8, 2009 at 9:06 am

    I thought he look more like Charlie Murphy lol from one of Dave Chappelle skits

  6. Posted by:Mike on June 5, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Is he real??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Smith

  7. Posted by:panda666 on June 4, 2009 at 5:49 am

    he looks like Eddie Murphy.

  8. Posted by:wesside4life on June 3, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    He threw the kid’s backpack out the window!!!! Ahhh!!! That’s Verdugo Hills HS, if you’re from NorthEast L.A. and you know what’s up.

  9. Posted by:Shawn on June 3, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Halarious, lmao when he said “in real life Mike, had a car.”

  10. Posted by:tha president on June 2, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    isnt manny that famous ethiopian long distance runner

  11. Posted by:kaz on June 2, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    funniest part was the credits..everything was done by manny LOL

  12. Posted by:Sticky on June 2, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    lol muthafuckin cartwheeled off!

  13. Posted by:A Savvy on June 2, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    OMFG!! “SHAZAM! Awesome, awesome….” Comedy Central, if you can’t get Dave back, please give Charlie Murphy his own show, please!! And tell Neil to write the skits & stop wasting his talent with Jimmy Fallon.

  14. Posted by:ralph on June 2, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    toooo funnny

  15. Posted by:eddie on June 2, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    “Buy a new couch!”

  16. Posted by:SOUPERVILLIAN on June 2, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    FUCKIN’ CLASSIC WHERE U @ DAVE? WE NEED YALL’

  17. Posted by:E-MAN on June 2, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    lmao when he throws the kids bag out the window.

  18. Posted by:thetruth on June 2, 2009 at 11:29 am

    he’s eddie murphy’s brother retard, prince got mud all over his couch

  19. Posted by:NiggawhatNiggawho on June 2, 2009 at 9:55 am

    This shit is wild Hilarious! Lol

  20. Posted by:P on June 2, 2009 at 8:58 am

    My favorite part is when he says Jordan would have grew up to be a Clown without his influence! LOL

  21. Posted by:M on June 2, 2009 at 8:56 am

    Charlie Murphy is a funny guy!

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  23. Posted by:LOL on June 2, 2009 at 5:53 am

    Bravo, Charlie.

  24. Posted by:tman916 on June 2, 2009 at 4:05 am

    I almost thought this was real until I clicked on the link. This is hilarious.

  25. Posted by:Buc Nasty on June 2, 2009 at 4:04 am

    I love charile murphy, and wish that chapelles show will make a comeback!
    Best laugh ive had in a while!

  26. Posted by:They Call Me Cali on June 2, 2009 at 3:58 am

    lol is it just me, or does he look awfully a lot like Eddie Murphy or what ?

  27. Posted by:Kev-O on June 2, 2009 at 3:52 am

    lol i work for champs and we have this video…its funny but get kind of old watching it like 100 times a day…

  28. Posted by:Weekly Drop on June 2, 2009 at 3:42 am

    That’s Charlie Murphy!