As if the already entertaining slate of games at the 2023 NCAA women’s Final Four needed any additional charm, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi provided quite the viewing experience Friday of the two semifinal games.
The two WNBA legends welcomed a bevy of stars to “The Bird and Taurasi Show” during the No. 3 LSU Tigers 79-72 win over the No. 1 Virginia Tech Hokies and the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes 77-73 upset of the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks.
First up was former NBA player and current North Carolina A&T golfer JR Smith. They touched on topics ranging from his college curriculum and even threw it back to his days at the McDonald’s All American Game. Smith broke down how Carmelo Anthony and his high school coach, who happens to be current UConn Huskies men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley, influenced his decision to go to the NBA.
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JR Smith opens up about decision to skip college and jump to the NBA
JR Smith talks about the 48 hours after the McDonald’s All American Game during which he decided to not attend UNC and jump straight to the NBA.
Then, rapper and LSU fan Lil Wayne hopped on and said that a collaboration with Flau’jae Johnson could be coming sooner rather than later.
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Lil Wayne looking to ‘connect musically’ with LSU’s…
