They will gather Saturday evening for an unprecedented college basketball feast, the celebration of a man who survived and thrived over more than four decades at one school. Mike Krzyzewski will coach his final game at Duke against the North Carolina Tar Heels (who else?), and every former Blue Devil in the house will know that one former Coach K player stands out as the most unique of all.
Zion Williamson spent only one season inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, and yet he left an indelible mark. The one time he faced the Tar Heels at Cameron, Williamson’s starpower was strong enough to attract former President Barack Obama to the game, and 6-foot-7, 285-pound frame was powerful enough to blow out his Nike sneaker when planting his foot.
Obama pointed at the downed player that night and said, “His shoe broke.” The Internet broke too. Williamson had that effect on people.
He was going to take the generational handoff from LeBron…