Four years later, high school coach sees Day'Ron Sharpe's official NBA transition

Posted Aug 7, 2021
NBA draft night was a full-circle experience for South Central High School basketball coach Chris Cherry. Cherry couldn’t have predicted all the details four years ago, like the fact that former South Central star Day'Ron Sharpe would go to the Brooklyn Nets in the first round. But it was almost exactly four years ago when Cherry sensed Sharpe was different. (Greenville Daily Reflector)

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