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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 4192355, member: 1026"] Why bring THAT up?! Two theories: A (99%): Ajou Ajou Deng was a big deal ONLY because he was mentioned as the team's best player on the 1999 final four telecast by professional hyperbolists Billy Packer & Dick Vitale. And it was purposefully spoon fed to the ravenous 'act like I know more than everyone' Packer as a smoke-screen to lower everyone's radar on how good the 1999 Huskies actually were so that they could smoke the heavily favored Dookies. Also revenge for Packer single-handedly getting Chris Smith's crossover dribble called for half a dozen carries a few years earlier. B (1% chance): There was some brief window where practice Ajou was as good or better than younger brother Luol who had a very good NBA career. Whether the practice performances would have or could have translated to games is a dubious proposition at best given what we saw and health, but it is at least theoretically possible. [/QUOTE]