In a recent chat with 247Sports, Texas Longhorns running back coach Tashard Choice likened incoming third-year prospect Jaydon Blue to Detroit Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs. Choice recruited Gibbs to Georgia Tech, where he played two seasons before moving to Alabama to join Nick Saban’s team.
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It’s 2004, and the Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves are in the final seconds of a prolonged, testy battle to determine who advances in the playoffs to face the mighty Los Angeles Lakers. Poetically, the deciding moment — either overtime or game over — comes down to a fascinating, longstanding matchup: Kevin Garnett vs. Chris Webber. To appreciate this moment, we should understand the intertwined history of those two revolutionary players.
