Former NBA player John Salley, filling in for Mike Golic on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike” program this morning, raised some eyebrows and ruffled some local feathers with comments about the last two No. 1 overall picks and back-to-back NBA Rookies of the Year — Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Timberwolves.
Granted, Salley’s comments are a tired refrain that no doubt will be repeated elsewhere, but still. Here’s what what he had to say, after Mike Greenberg asserted that Towns is the future of the NBA based on his accomplishments as a rookie and his potential down the road.