Nazr Mohammed will go down as one of my favorite Wildcats ever; in fact, growing up, he was my favorite Wildcat. I’ll never forget meeting Nazr at Kentucky Korner as a middle schooler and shyly asking him to sign his Sports Illustrated cover and THE NAZ poster, which both hung on my wall until they were so faded you could barely see his signature. I still have his autographed basketball in my office.
Nazr just wrapped up a 17-year NBA career, which seems crazy when you remember what a project he was when he got to Kentucky. Rick Pitino made him run after the team bus to lose weight, for goodness’ sake.