Wheelchair professional from Macedonia headed to Orlando to represent the Cavaliers
Photographer: WEWS
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Posted: 02/22/2012
CLEVELAND - Cavaliers rookies Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson are not the only basketball players going to Florida this weekend to represent the Cavaliers.
Northern Summit county native Steve Smutak, who graduated from Nordonia High School, will represent the Cavaliers in the 14th annual National Wheelchair Basketball Association All Star Game (NWBA) in Orlando. Smutack is one of 24 players chosen for the annual wheelchair classic that showcases the best professional wheelchair players in the country.
Smutak has been a member of the Cavaliers professional wheelchair team for 30 years.
Smutak has been chosen to play in the classic for the second consecutive year and the third time in his career.
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