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Braden Smith has been forged into the player that he’s become — the Big Ten’s preseason player-of-the-year — by slights, be them real or manufactured. That’s not uncommon for great players, to revel in every shred of disrespect they can get their eyes on. But these days, Smith is an expected All-America-level player, he’s the preseason POY in his conference, he’s been to a Final Four and his team is the October favorite to win its third Big Ten title in as many years. So will he have to look harder for things to agitate him, to poke his competitive drive? “(The disrespect) will always be there…

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