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One and Dumb

Dajuan Wagner. Shawne Williams. Derrick Rose (remember him?). Tyreke Evans.

If John Calipari’s tenure at the U of M is remembered for anything, it will be for the star “one-and-done” players he lured to Memphis from as far away as Philadelphia and Chicago. Among Calipari’s expected stars this year at Kentucky will be John Wall, a player he initially recruited to Memphis, and one certainly bound for the 2010 NBA draft.

Sports Illustrated‘s Michael Rosenberg has a take on the NBA-mandated one-and-done phenomenon.

By Frank Murtaugh

Frank Murtaugh is the managing editor of Memphis magazine. He's covered sports for the Flyer for two decades. "From My Seat" debuted on the Flyer site in 2002 and "Tiger Blue" in 2009.