Lean year for Cavs means tough lesson for former UNC star Tyler Zeller

Posted Apr 22, 2013
About one year earlier Tyler Zeller had been preparing for the NBA draft, his senior season at North Carolina less than a month old. Now he walked into Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte for his final pregame shoot-around before the final game of his rookie season in the NBA. Zeller moved a bit slowly. He felt the weight of 76 games on his shoulders, in his knees. (Charlotte Observer)

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