Hunter Dickinson trolls former AAU teammate, UNC forward
Michigan center Hunter Dickinson decided to troll his former AAU teammate and UNC forward Armando Bacot Jr. on Thursday afternoon.
He took to Twitter with a photoshopped image this afternoon.
Dickinson is trolling a post made by his former teammate, Armando Bacot Jr. from Wednesday afternoon.
The UNC forward took to Twitter to show off his bulging biceps and how much work he’s been putting in the weight room in the 2021 off-season.
His biceps are absurdly massive. They could easily be mistaken for being photoshopped. The big man has been putting in some serious work in the weight room.
Dickinson on Michigan’s NIL policy
While many other big-time college athletes are signing NIL deals, Dickinson has not been shy about ripping Michigan’s NIL policies. After all, he even said NIL was a major factor in his decision to come back to Ann Arbor for one more season instead of heading to the NBA Draft.
Dickinson is one of the top center prospects in the country, so it’s easy to understand why he would be upset at not being able to capitalize off his NIL. Andy Katz recently listed his top-five returning players in college basketball and Dickinson was rated as his fourth-best player.
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Dickinson vs. Cockburn
It’s also interesting that Illinois’ mammoth center Kofi Cockburn is on the list, since he was one of the few players that manhandled Dickinson last season.
Cockburn led Dickinson in every major stat category in their March 2 matchup. Dickinson only had six points on 1 of 8 shooting from the field. He also grabbed five rebounds. Cockburn, on the other hand, put up 12 points while bringing down seven rebounds on 6 of 10 shooting from the field.
Last year’s matchup was one of the most anticipated matchups of the college basketball season between two of the best big men in the country. This year will be no different as both players figure to be two of the top big men selected in the 2022 NBA Draft.
While he was joking in his Twitter picture, there are reports from people that have attended Michigan’s practices that the talented center has sculpted his body.
Caleb Houstan
The Michigan Wolverines landed one of the purest shooters in the country when they landed five-star power forward Caleb Houstan out of national powerhouse Montverde Academy (Florida). He was rated as the 11th overall prospect in the 2021 recruiting class, according to the On3 rankings. He was originally in the class of 2022, but re-classified to the class of 2021 this summer. Look for him to show off his skills from beyond-the-arc for the Wolverines this college basketball season.