I remember watching T.J. McConnell and the Arizona Wildcats take on D’Angelo Russell‘s Ohio State Buckeyes during my senior year of high school. Something I noticed was that T.J. locked down one of the top players in the country, turning D’Angelo from regular season James Harden to 2012 NBA Finals James Harden. At that moment, I understood the potential that T.J. possessed, mainly as a role player.
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When T.J. went undrafted, scrub guards such as Jerian Grant and Tyus Jones were taken ahead of T.J., A.