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Breaking News: Latavious Williams Spurns Memphis For China

Scratch Latavious Williams off the list as the first big-time recruit for Josh Pastner, the 6-8 forward from Christian Life Center in Humble, Texas is headed to China. Following in the footsteps of Brandon Jennings and Jeremy Tyler, Williams is opting to get paid while he plays next season. MORE >

Tags: brandon jennings, Breaking News, China Basketball Association, Jeremy Tyler, Josh Pastner, Latavious Williams, Memphis
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Memphis Could Land Latavious Williams And Lance Stephenson

Words. Aron Phillips

With Latavious Williams and Lance Stephenson as the last two top unsigned recruits this Spring, it looks like there is a chance that they could both end up at the same school: Memphis. After losing John Calipari to Kentucky, along with John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Darnell Dodson, this would be a huge win for new coach Josh Pastner. MORE >

Tags: Breaking News, Darnell Dodson, demarcus cousins, Eric Bledsoe, Florida International, Georgetown, Humble Christian Life Center, John Calipari, john wall, Josh Pastner, Kansas State, Kentucky, Lance Stephenson, Latavious Williams, Memphis, Oklahoma
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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