'Sweet stroke' evokes lofty comparisons

Posted Jan 27, 2007

Jerry West. Michael Jordan. And ... Wayne Ellington? It seems blasphemous to mention North Carolina's freshman shooting guard in the same breath with those two net-swishing Hall of Famers. But those are the names Tar Heels coach Roy Williams mentions when he analyzes Ellington's shooting stroke. "It's absolutely, dadgum perfect," Williams said. (Charlotte Observer)

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