North Carolina Tar Heels forward Armando Bacot. Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

Armando Bacot encourages Coach K's grandson to transfer to UNC

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 4/19/22

As he looks to run it back at North Carolina as a senior, Armando Bacot is willing to break bread with anybody…and we mean absolutely anybody.

News broke on Tuesday that Duke guard Michael Savarino, the grandson of Coach K, is entering the transfer portal. That is not a surprise since Coach K just retired after an illustrious four-decade coaching career at Duke.

The North Carolina big man promptly sent a tweet recruiting Savarino to come to the Tar Heels.

@michael__sav come pull-up Brodie https://t.co/kGazeqsVNN

— Armando Bacot Jr. (@iget_buckets35) April 19, 2022

Bacot is very obviously kidding here. No member of the Krzyzewski family has a snowball’s chance of ever associating themselves with anything North Carolina, Duke’s most hated rival. Even if they did, Savarino isn’t going to be any sort of difference-maker after averaging 1.1 points and 0.5 rebounds in 2.3 minutes per game for the Blue Devils last season.

Still, this makes for a pretty funny tweet from the First-team All-ACC selection. It is also probably his way of rubbing it in after North Carolina spoiled Coach K’s farewell tour in a big way this past season.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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