News broke earlier this week that the Los Angeles Clippers signed LaDontae Henton to a training camp deal, which led some in Friartown to reflect on the special career the Michigan native had at Providence.
Henton was the first recruit to commit to Ed Cooley at Providence. He had just wrapped up a high school career in which he scored over 2,000 points and grabbed 1,300 rebounds, but found himself back on the market in the spring of his senior year after Dayton head coach Brian Gregory departed for Georgia Tech.
Then-Friar assistant Bob Simon pounced. Henton was on campus shortly after, and Cooley sold his vision to him.