Meyers Leonard: A road less traveled
May 30, 2010 9:58 AM
Thanks to a ferociously talented and fun-loving 18-year-old, Robinson has become known for something other than petroleum and chocolate: Meyers Patrick Leonard, the basketball player. The 7-foot, 230-pound center begins freshman orientation at Illinois on June 9. He has as good of a chance to reach the NBA as any player to enter the basketball program.
"The first time I saw him, I came away thinking he had more skills and more potential than any true big man I had seen at Illinois - maybe ever," says Dave Downey, an Illini basketball legend and a member of the All-Century team, who has followed the program since the 1950s. "Part of the reason was because he passes so very well. He reminds me of a little bit of Bill Walton. He's a long way from that skill set yet. But he reminds of that."
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"The first time I saw him, I came away thinking he had more skills and more potential than any true big man I had seen at Illinois - maybe ever," says Dave Downey, an Illini basketball legend and a member of the All-Century team, who has followed the program since the 1950s. "Part of the reason was because he passes so very well. He reminds me of a little bit of Bill Walton. He's a long way from that skill set yet. But he reminds of that."
Klee
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