Tyler Hansbrough is not beyond compare
Posted Apr 5, 2008
It's not as if Tyler Hansbrough is the first 6-foot-9-inch, pedal-to-the-metal forward North Carolina has ever had. Yeah, he never takes off a possession. Everyone knows that. But the fact is the Tar Heels once had an eerily similar player, a guy who hit the NBA like a tornado before tearing up his knee. Tyler Hansbrough will be fortunate to have an NBA career as good.
(Boston Globe)
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