New year, new Nassir Little — by getting back to the old Nassir Little

Posted Jan 2, 2019
As the hype around Nassir Little grew last spring, the highlight-reel dunks, freakish athleticism and otherworldly athleticism built a legend around the freshman forward before he set foot on campus at North Carolina. Those unrealistic expectations weren’t met with reality when Little arrived as, like most freshmen, he struggled to adjust the finer points of college basketball. (Greensboro News & Record)

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