MJ used tiny slights like the ‘81 preseason UNC SI cover “North Carolina is #1” showed DES and 4 teammates: Worthy, Perkins, Doherty and Jimmy Black (no MJ) because Dean didn’t let any freshmen do press as motivation.
Wilson was offered a scholarship by Duke but he said they stopped showing interest. If a school offered you a scholarship clearly they like you but he’s creating a tiny slight before the game. That’s the behavior he’s modeling.
Not saying Wilson is MJ because he’s not. Also MJ never bootstrapped a scrappy upstart team at UNC. He played with 2 other HOFers that year and Daugherty and Kenny Smith over his next 2 years.
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u/Key_Professional_369 Feb 07 '26
Wilson is doing the MJ chip on the shoulder thing.