Larry Brown On Rasheed Wallace, Dean Smith, and 3-Point Shooting

Posted Nov 12, 2020
Legendary UNC big man Rasheed Wallace has gone down in basketball lore for his dominant play and controversial on-court antics. Former UNC player, assistant coach, and longtime NBA head coach Larry Brown shared a hilarious story of how a young Wallace was able to get under the skin of UNC's usually unflappable Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith. (Inside Carolina)

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