Danny Manning
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Danny Manning was the namesake player of the 1988 University of Kansas Jayhawks basketball team — nicknamed “Danny and the Miracles” — that won the National Championship.
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But after the Los Angeles Clippers took him with the first overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft, Manning only played in 26 games as a rookie after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament. The recovery from said injury was much more arduous back then, and Manning never really fully recovered or made good on the promise he showed when he came out of college.
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