Are you absolutely positive WWW has never been associated with UL?
"He knew the pro players from TV, and he knew the high schoolers from
bumping shoulders with them on the court—there was Leon Rose, the crafty
point guard from Cherry Hill East, and those two juggernauts from
Camden named Billy Thompson and Milt Wagner.
“Wes was my best friend,” Wagner says. “My whole career, he followed me everywhere I went.”
In 1981, Milt headed to Louisville, where he made three trips to the
Final Four and won a national championship. In 1987, when Milt went on
to the Los Angeles Lakers, Wes was there, too, taking it all in,
learning that young men, as they make the transition from college to the
NBA, have needs. “If a player needs a custom-clothing designer, Wes can
help you with that,” Banks says. “Need a hairstylist who knows how to
do complicated cornrows? Wes can do that.”
...
One of the customers in that store was local high school hoops star Milt
Wagner, who left New Jersey in 1982 to play five years at Louisville. A
lot of Wesley's most important early connections came through his
exposure to that team, which made it to the Final Four three times.
Wesley was in Louisville, and around players like Wagner, Kenny Payne
and Pervis Ellison constantly. Wagner's NBA career was also instrumental
in helping Wesley establish connections with NBA players, including
Michael Jordan.
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