LEXINGTON, Ky. — Toward the end of his first game of the Nike EYBL stop over the weekend, DJ Wagner blazed down the court with the basketball, switching hands and directions, befuddling defenders and finishing the flash of a sequence with a beautiful left-handed layup at the basket.
Gathered just a few feet away and watching intently were some of the greatest basketball players to ever represent the University of Louisville. Among them: Pervis Ellison and Darrell Griffith, the MVPs of the Cardinals’ two national title teams in the 1980s. The dynamic duo stood next to fellow U of L great Milt Wagner, and — at the conclusion of that play — they excitedly turned in his direction, offering a collective, congratulatory whoop of approval.
Wagner grinned and shook his head, beaming proudly in the presence of his old friends.
