Some shadows are harder to escape than others.
Such are the ones cast by fathers who became household names who blazed a trail you’re now taking.
In the case of Lobo sophomore guard Jamal Mashburn Jr., who transferred to UNM this season to follow his former coach Richard Pitino from Minnesota, there is no reason to try to escape those shadows at all, even while trying to make a name for yourself.
“I never get sick of people asking about my dad. That’s my best friend,” Mashburn Jr. said, referring to the obvious association most college basketball fans make between him and his father of the same name .