Basketball took a back seat for the Miami Heat on Monday night, when Ethan J. Skolnick of the Miami Herald reported assistant coach Keith Smart will take another leave of absence for skin-cancer treatment.
According to Skolnick, “Smart will be away from the Heat for an indefinite period” as he receives treatment for cancer that was “discovered earlier this season.”
Michael Wallace of ESPN.com reported in mid-December that Smart underwent successful surgery at the University of Miami Hospital and expected to return to basketball activities in two to three weeks.
On Jan. 11, Jason Lieser of the Palm Beach Post reported that Smart returned to the team and passed along a quote from the assistant coach: “I never felt anything. I was just away. There were no symptoms or anything. I’m my same self I was before the surgery. It’s a very, very rare type…but I’m in the clear. All my pathology reports came back clear.”
Lieser noted Smart’s original return came quicker than the Heat anticipated.
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Keith Smart Reportedly Takes Leave of Absence from Heat to Treat Skin Cancer
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