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Tage George (of "The Shot" fame) was convicted of involvement in a ponzi scheme. This column rips him to shreds, with the underlying premise that "The Shot" led to a lifetime of expected fame and entitlement:
The Shot would be George's great blessing. The Shot, I would argue, became George's great curse.
Tate George became a hometown hero down the road from the Meadowlands in Newark. He became a hero all over Connecticut. He wasn't Tate George. He was Tate George The Shot.
He knew it. He knew we knew it. The Shot was his calling card. It empowered him. He got drafted in the first round by the New Jersey Nets. If you had told somebody after his junior year that would happen, they'd have looked at you cross-eyed. Even as a senior, his 11 points a game were third on the team. If you were making an all-time UConn team you'd have to go 15 players deep before you considered him. George averaged 4.2 points a game over three seasons with the Nets. He was a nice player. The Shot made him a famous one.
http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-jacobs-column-1003-20131002,0,665547.column
Go Gophers!!
The Shot would be George's great blessing. The Shot, I would argue, became George's great curse.
Tate George became a hometown hero down the road from the Meadowlands in Newark. He became a hero all over Connecticut. He wasn't Tate George. He was Tate George The Shot.
He knew it. He knew we knew it. The Shot was his calling card. It empowered him. He got drafted in the first round by the New Jersey Nets. If you had told somebody after his junior year that would happen, they'd have looked at you cross-eyed. Even as a senior, his 11 points a game were third on the team. If you were making an all-time UConn team you'd have to go 15 players deep before you considered him. George averaged 4.2 points a game over three seasons with the Nets. He was a nice player. The Shot made him a famous one.
http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-jacobs-column-1003-20131002,0,665547.column
Go Gophers!!