Found March 22, 2013 on Los That Sports Blog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Shabazz Muhammad
TEAMS: UCLA Bruins

Tweet UCLA star forward Shabazz Muhammad, one of the best freshmen men’s basketball players in the country and potential top-five NBA draft pick, is not the age of 19 as UCLA’s media guide lists. Muhammad instead was born in 1992, not 1993 as listed and his father Ron Holmes attempted to cover it up. Here [...]

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