Gary Parrish

but a very troubled young man had had a rough upbringing.

It was well-documented.

And he came to Memphis.

And the truth is, this was at a time where John Calipari was recruiting.

Like he knew he needed to recruit five-star talent, but he knew he couldn't go recruit a young person who was, you know, you're not going to beat Duke.

for a kid if you're recruiting from Memphis.

So you kind of had to find somebody that maybe was a little rough around the edges.

And that's how Sean Banks ends up at Memphis.

Anyway, long story, not so long.

I sit down with him as the beat writer.

And when I sit down with him, he was awesome.

He said all the right things.

He knew he had made mistakes.

He knew he had been around the wrong people.

He knew he had made poor decisions, but now he was ready to like be a new person and, and change his ways and,

and start fresh.

And that lasted about a year.

By the middle of his sophomore year, he had flunked out of school, gone back to New Jersey.

The last I heard, he was in prison, like doing real federal prison time.

And so this stuff can be difficult sometimes.