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TIL after Tim Duncan's sophomore year in college he was already a top NBA prospect. Jerry West, the Lakers GM, said he could've been the #1 pick in the '95 draft. But he finished college instead because he promised his dying mom he'd get a degree. It didn't hurt his draft position, he went #1 in '97
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TIL, In 1984 Team USA(All College kids), led by Michael Jordan, dismantled NBA All-Stars in preparation for the Olympics. They won all 8 games.
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TIL about Maurice Stokes, the NBA's leading rebounder from 1955-58, who kept playing after hitting his head in a 1958 game, but the cabin air pressure on the return flight gave him career-ending brain damage