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Tom Izzo was far too smart to screw this up.
I started to question whether the Michigan State head man was, in fact, as savvy as I had given him credit for over the years as he waited and debated for nearly two weeks.
For a while there, even some of Izzo’s closest friends believed he was ready to finally bolt for the NBA.
But then the 55-year-old practically Michigan State lifer realized there was no way he could roll the dice and take the Cleveland Cavs gig.
Not when he couldn’t even get The King on the phone.
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