A Year After Trash Talk, Harrison Barnes Won’t Get Shot at Kyrie Irving
Posted Feb 9, 2011
The trash talk was flowing fast and furious at last year’s McDonald’s All-American Game. Surrounded by three future North Carolina Tar Heels, Kyrie Irving grabbed the microphone and put things in perspective. “First and foremost, UNC is in the NIT,” the Duke-bound Irving told DraftExpress.com as Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall and Reggie Bullock sat next to him.
(Zag's Blog)
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