Vince Carter, Rasheed Wallace Tell UNC Basketball Stories

Posted Jun 9, 2021
On ESPN's The Jump, Vince Carter said he prayed that Rasheed Wallace would have stayed at North Carolina instead of entering the NBA Draft so they could have played a season or two together. "Once I committed I was praying that (Sheed) and Stack stayed," Carter said. I played pick-up with them on my visit and got a chance to watch them play." (Inside Carolina)

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