There had been few extra extremely touted prospects within the one-and-done period of men’s College Basketball than John Wall. Born and raised in Raleigh, N.C., it might make sense that he would need to attend the University of North Carolina. However, Wall alleges {that a} assembly with 2008-09 National Player of the Year — Tyler Hansbrough — modified his thoughts.
Wall made an look on Dallas Mavericks guard Theo Pinson’s podcast — Run your Race. He mentioned getting traded from the Washington Wizards, being reduce from his highschool basketball crew, and naturally, his time at Kentucky. A interval that he claims by no means would have occurred if Hansbrough was nicer to him throughout his Chapel Hill go to.
“Tyler Hansbrough got his own section, him and his homeboys,” Wall stated on the podcast. “I’m the recruit. I walk up and say, ‘what up.’ He said ‘I don’t talk to recruits.’”
How did Hansbrough reply?
Hansbrough has since jumped on Twitter to not solely deny that he ever snubbed Wall, however he’s additionally clearly holding onto the identical opinions that he had of John Calipari when the Wildcats’ head coach took the job in 2009. An opinion he recklessly threw out, the identical means an individual with eyes may recklessly say related issues about this system he performed for, and the entire different good ones all through the historical past of time.
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“I’m sure the Bank of Calipari had nothing to do with him going to Kentucky,” Hansbrough tweeted out.
He had higher deny what occurred as a result of the season after he, Ty Lawson, and a loaded North Carolina crew annihilated all comers on their option to a second National Championship in 5 seasons, the Tar Heels’ title protection produced feeble outcomes.
What a North Carolina crew it may have been
The principal gamers from that 2008-09 championship declared for the NBA Draft and the Tar Heels completed 5-11 in ACC play the next season. If Wall was feeding Tyler Zeller, John Henson, and Ed Davis the ball that report definitely would have been totally different.
Whenever Hansbrough takes a visit again to Chapel Hill he must be shouting from the very best factors of campus that he didn’t snub a recruit who was a YouTube star earlier than ever setting foot on a faculty campus with that sensational 2009 mixtape.
It may have been North Carolina undergrads misnaming “The Dougie,” “The John Wall.” They all may have carried out the dance — with out seasoning — throughout campus and Spring Break seashores as UNC lastly equaled rival Duke’s accomplishment of successful consecutive National Championships.
Instead, one of many biggest gamers the state of North Carolina ever produced ended up being Coach Cal’s first whale at Kentucky.
We have to discover a option to take this case to trial within the court docket of public opinion. Make it a Verzuz battle, the place witnesses who had been current that evening testify as to what occurred.
We deserve solutions, as a result of that is one helluva sliding doorways second.