ATL Hawks Player Josh Smith Teams Up With Downtown Locker Room (DTLR)

Article written by: Rodrick Rainey
Posted on: December 13, 2006

ATLANTA, GA — Metro Atlanta native and Hawks high-flying forward Josh Smith has partnered with urban fashion retailer DTLR (Downtown Locker Room) to announce plans to broaden his ties to his local community by kicking off a three-point charity endeavor to benefit South Atlanta High School.

The “G’s for Threes” venture, which will see DTLR donate $50 for every three-pointer Smith nails this season, will help the inner city school financially and improve the students quality of life.

Smith and representatives from DTLR will hold a media availability session with school officials at 10 a.m. Monday (November 20) at South Atlanta High to signal the start the program.

Based on his statistics a year ago, Smith connected on 34 triples, and he is well on his way towards surpassing that total this season, as he currently has 15 long-distance jumpers after 19 games.

“I’ve thought about establishing a community venture locally for some time,” said Smith, “and I appreciate DTLR’s partnership in helping South Atlanta High with much-needed funds to assist its educational and athletic programs.

“It’s very important to me to help these youngsters achieve their goals, and I would love nothing better than to deliver as many threes in the framework of our offense and provide SAHS with plenty of financial assistance, as we look to continue our early-season NBA success.”

Smith, a 6-9 forward from College Park, GA, prepped locally at McEachern High in Powder Springs before transferring prior to his senior year to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, VA.

He was selected 17th overall by Atlanta in the 2004 NBA Draft, and has career averages of 10.7 ppg and 6.4 rpg. This season, Smith has tallied 14.1 ppg and 6.7 rpg.

DTLR is a chain of urban fashion stores in the Mid-Atlantic region which retails footwear, men’s apparel, and accessories featuring some of today’s hottest brands. The stores look to partner with groups or programs that target inner city youth and young adults ages 13-21, with a particular focus on young men.

The DownTown Locker Room chain has yet to make a retail store on-line but is expected by Hip-Hop fashion site SoJones.com, to definitely happen in the future.