Shaquille O'Neal was at the head of a draft class deep on talent, and included the likes of Alonzo Mourning, Latrell Sprewell, and Christian Laettner.

The UNC coach, then a sharpshooting guard coming out of college, was holed up in a hotel when the New York Knicks made him a first-round pick. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On the June night when Hubert ...