MSU Star Shares That Dick Vitale Blunder Was Reason He Stayed In NBA Draft

Michigan State star center Xavier Tillman recently announced that he would forgo his senior season to stay in the NBA Draft. The Reason? After Dick Vitale shared that he had sources telling him Tillman would return, one NBA team personally reached out to the MSU star to let him know how much he was wanted:

On a zoom call w/ media, Xavier Tillman drops this anecdote…

When Vitale tweeted that Tillman was returning to school, he received a call from an NBA team wondering why he hadn’t told them. That helped prove to Tillman how much he was wanted and helped secure his departure

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— Brendan Quinn (@BFQuinn) August 12, 2020