Kim English is a pure shooter and not much else, it would appear, but he has great leadership qualities that make him an intriguing NBA prospect. English was one of the main contributors to a Missouri Tigers team that won the Big 12 tournament but was upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
English has overcome a severe speech impediment and constant teasing as a kid. He always met the challenges head on, and now he not only speaks clearly, he is perhaps the most eloquent collegiate athlete I've ever seen.
ESPN's Dana O'Neil wrote this of English:
It's impossible to believe now. After all, Kim English is the unofficial bard of basketball, able to quote John Wooden and Rudyard Kipling with equal ease.
Make a list of most likely to boot ESPN's Dan Shulman from his chair, and English's name is at the top.
Yet not too long ago, as recently as English's freshman season at Missouri, all of the words in his brain -- the intriguing insight and strong opinions that make English one of the better interviews in the game -- got stuck on his tongue. They'd come out in a rush, a stuttering mumble jumble of tangled speech sometime ...
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