CHICAGO – Anthony Black can vividly recall watching in awe as Emmanuel Mudiay obliterated the competition at local tournaments in the Dallas area in 2014. Mudiay was a consensus top five prospect with a who’s who list of colleges drooling at the thought of landing him and, ultimately, he was picked for the McDonald’s All American Game that year.
“I remember thinking as a young kid at the time that when he made the McDonald’s game he was definitely going to the NBA,” Black said. “Being young, that’s just the way you think.”
Fast forward eight years and Black has learned that lofty expectations associated with suiting up for the game with the golden arches transcends age.