“Patrick Ewing, a seven-foot Jamaican from Boston, the most heralded recruit in that year’s senior class, met Jordan for the first time that weekend in October when they made their official visit to the Carolina campus…
Years later, the center would reveal that he was seriously considering playing for Dean Smith until he returned to his hotel that weekend and saw a Klan demonstration nearby. That chilled any thought he had of going to UNC. If not for that Klan moment, Ewing might have joined Jordan to create an all-powerful Tar Heels team, one capable of claiming multiple national championships.” From, “Michael Jordan: The Life” By: Roland Lazenby
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