The Dog Days of a Basketball Summer, Part Two
Posted Aug 9, 2006
Ty Lawson. Wayne Ellington. Brandan Wright. How good is North Carolina's recruiting class? Compare it to Matt Doherty's trio of Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants and Sean May. Tywon is another superstar out of Oak Hill Academy's basketball factory. Lawson can flat out fly...with the ball, which makes him a mire image of Felton, who was faster end line to end line than any point guard in the country during his time at UNC.
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