Chris Webber
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"Mayce Edward Christopher "Chris" Webber III" is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star Game/NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, a former NBA Rookie of the Year Award/NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee. As a collegiate athlete, he was an NCAA Men's Basketball first team All-American and led the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines men's basketball/Wolverines' 1991 incoming freshman class known as the Fab Five (University of Michigan)/Fab Five that reached the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1993 National Collegiate Athletic Association/NCAA NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship/Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as freshmen and sophomores. However, Webber was indicted by a federal grand jury and stripped of his All-American honors by the NCAA as a result of his direct involvement in the University of Michigan basketball scandal/Ed Martin scandal. He is also a former National High School Basketball Player of the Year who led his high school Detroit Country Day to three Michigan State High School Basketball Championships.

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I talked to my doctor about it, and (he said) maybe it's the degree of (the injury).

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We thank everyone who came out ... I am proud to have so much help and support from my hometown and high school. I want to especially thank the volunteers who spent hours of their time sorting, packing and lifting thousands of boxes.

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When you hear things about yourself that are laughable, it can make you jaded or bitter and make you upset and get you out of your personality and who you are.

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A.I. is the reason why I'm there, ... Despite the lies, the false reports and the mysterious sources, our friendship has never wavered. We have a lot to prove this year, and I'm excited about that.

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I definitely need the ball in my hands to shoot it, or to make decisions or to pass.

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I was averaging 22 points per game before I got to Philly and nobody was saying anything about my knee, ... So it's not a knee thing. I had a two-year injury and I've been working real hard to get back. That's nothing new to me.

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I'm more than impressed, ... I did not expect this.

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I can't personally stand to go through what happened last year. I pray it's a lot different and I feel very good.

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I definitely won't say coach O'Brien was the reason why, ... That would make him a scapegoat like I was last year.

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