Player Perspective: UCLA's Travis Wear

Posted May 11, 2012
You and Larry Drew both started your careers at North Carolina before transferring to UCLA. What about him gives you confidence that he can impact this team as a point guard? Travis Wear: "Larry is one of the quickest players I’ve every played with or seen play.His ability to get into the lane and make good decisions is really going to help." (ESPN.com)

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