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Former NBA player J.R. Smith can soon celebrate earning a bachelor’s degree. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the two-time NBA champion, who retired from the league in 2020 and played his last season with the Los Angeles Lakers, enrolled at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T) in 2021. In doing so, he overcame a fear of education that he had developed while in elementary school and middle school, Uproxx reports. It was during those early years that he was bullied in school after being diagnosed with learning disabilities . “I know I was pretty decent athletically compared to everybody else in growth and stuff like that, but just mentally, how I function and how I focused and how I couldn’t read as good or just comprehend as good as the rest of the kids. I think that was the biggest thing for me…,” he told Uproxx. Professors and tutors have supported Smith throughout his time at North Carolina A&T, a Historically Black College and...