Tar Heels Overseas: Brice Johnson, "They Really Stopped Sports"
Posted Mar 24, 2020
Being overseas is tough, add in a global pandemic, it's a whole new ball game. After a hiatus from the NBA, nursing an injury, Brice Johnson went overseas as a warm-up to competitive basketball and to prove he still has the chops to make it on a team back home. One thing Johnson didn't plan on encountering his first year was the suspension of basketball.
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