Michael Jordan's Arrival

Posted Nov 7, 2011
Today, Michael Jordan is an icon. But in the early summer of 1980, “Mike” Jordan was just another young basketball player—his promise discerned by just one ACC coaching staff … a secret that only Dean Smith and his loyal assistants had discovered. Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, Jordan didn’t remain a secret. And it was all Roy Williams’s fault. (Inside Carolina)

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