Last week, Roy Williams told a sweetly anachronistic story about recruiting a kid who came to North Carolina’s summer camp when he was an assistant coach of the Tar Heels.
On Sunday night, the campers came through Carmichael Arena to play pick-up ball, then had to walk nearly a mile back to where they were staying. One camper played, left, then made the long return walk to play a second time. Williams, who was watching the games, took note.
He gave the kid a ride back to the dorm afterward. Later he told fellow assistant Eddie Fogler, “I just saw the best 6-4 high school player I’ve ever seen.