“It was all a dream.”
“I used to read [Slam] Magazine.”
It seems like these two Biggie Smalls lyrics are the starting point of every NBA player’s story. It can certainly be applied to Arizona alum and Philadelphia 76ers point guard T.J. McConnell.
The Pittsburgh native played his first two years of his college basketball career at Duquesne University but transferred to Arizona to play under head coach and former Pitt point guard Sean Miller because of the opportunity to win a national championship.
For two years, McConnell played with two different freshman stars that would most certainly be drafted into the NBA out of high school if not for the league’s one-and-done rule.