It's going to work out , but word is that Gavin has a hearing in Atlanta about him being smuggled in as a kid from Jamaica. Guys at State are confident he'll be with the team this season.

Pretty weird deal.

From WTVD:
North Carolina State basketball player Gavin Grant may be deported as an illegal immigrant.

Eyewitness News has learned that Grant was detained last week by campus police and immigrations officials, amid allegations that he was smuggled into the country, from Jamaica, as a child.
Grant, a 6'7" sophomore forward, was projected as a starter this season. A high school teammate of former Wolfpack star Julius Hodge, Grant was rated one of the top prospects in the country before enrolling at NCSU.

Sources tell Eyewitness News that Grant will be taken to Atlanta for a hearing, then deported to Jamaica. NCSU athletic department sources say they're confident Grant will be able to play with the team this season.

[Edited on October 11, 2005 at 5:11 PM. Reason : 11]

10/11/2005 5:11:01 PM

What the fuck? This is probably the wierdest NC State related Sports Topic I've ever heard.. lol

10/11/2005 5:12:05 PM

whaaaaaaaaaaaa?

10/11/2005 5:12:26 PM

this just in-- cedric simmons eats babies. he'll probably be back with the team though.

10/11/2005 5:13:05 PM

I have to laugh. of all the shit that happens to NC State, this is amazing. Most certainly to be on sports center.

10/11/2005 5:13:23 PM

hahahahaha

10/11/2005 5:13:45 PM

Jamaica Queens

10/11/2005 5:13:51 PM

this shit aint funny

10/11/2005 5:15:46 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=3526946

10/11/2005 5:17:19 PM

Of all the guys we have/have had on the team, Gavin Grant is the one that is illegal/at risk of being deported? Since when do they even bother with enforcing deportation? I blame Roy.


FREE GAVIN

[Edited on October 11, 2005 at 5:19 PM. Reason : .]

10/11/2005 5:19:05 PM

I can't belive this is factual

what sucky luck

10/11/2005 5:19:39 PM

i blame the liberal carolina media

10/11/2005 5:20:29 PM

We be jammin'

[Edited on October 11, 2005 at 5:21 PM. Reason : 5]

10/11/2005 5:21:03 PM

10/11/2005 5:22:31 PM

of all the illegal immagrants in this country they pick him

10/11/2005 5:22:38 PM

10/11/2005 5:36:26 PM

a starter? what?

10/11/2005 5:37:22 PM

This is funny.

I was just in the airport last week and he was behind me going through the security checkpoint.


But someone post a link, cause I dont belive it

10/11/2005 5:40:33 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=3526946

10/11/2005 5:44:43 PM

Ill feel sorry for him when he has to go on the road in the ACC this year, theyll get on him as bad as JJ

10/11/2005 5:49:31 PM

wtf



^you mean if he stays here.

[Edited on October 11, 2005 at 5:51 PM. Reason : ]

10/11/2005 5:50:38 PM

TELL ME THIS IS A CRUEL JOKE

10/11/2005 5:53:15 PM

They should try to fix the illegal immigrant problem in Atlanta before dragging folks from Raleigh down there

10/11/2005 5:56:44 PM

cant they just get the man a green card and move on? get toemoss to email him some pointers.

10/11/2005 5:58:20 PM

quick, somebody call Sampson Simpson

10/11/2005 5:59:07 PM

hmm... I just caught the tail end of it on abc 11. They're supposed to talk about it in a little while.

10/11/2005 6:04:23 PM

FREE GAVIN shirts are gonna be the new hotness this bball season

10/11/2005 6:05:49 PM

Un-FUCKING-believable.....


Tell me State can get him out of this

10/11/2005 6:07:56 PM

jesus christ.


i bet a UNC assistant turned him in ala david thompson

10/11/2005 6:08:31 PM

LAWDAMERCY

10/11/2005 6:10:06 PM

nc state will host it's first ever "who wants to marry a basketball player?" sweepstakes where countless female students will enter for a chance to marry basketball star gavin grant. green card in hand, gavin grant will remain with the team.

10/11/2005 6:12:37 PM

^LOL

10/11/2005 6:13:26 PM

It's coming up next on ABC 11, if yall wanna see it.

10/11/2005 6:24:17 PM

wow this is some shit

10/11/2005 6:25:20 PM

"We're reporting live from Durham, where dozens of dorks are walking back from local stores with Bob Marley wigs."

10/11/2005 6:26:48 PM

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK








FUCK FUCK FUCK

10/11/2005 6:28:20 PM

doesn't sound good on wral

10/11/2005 6:29:14 PM

ok so what are they actually saying folks

10/11/2005 6:29:38 PM

hah. He was smuggled over by his mom when he was 10. He's still practicing with the basketball team. He has a hearing in atlanta but they don't know when.

10/11/2005 6:30:58 PM

this is not the type of distraction we need.

we were counting on him to be our scorer this year....


i think we're in for another long season full of disappointment despite our talent level

10/11/2005 6:34:08 PM

^that goes without saying for all NC State sports.

10/11/2005 6:37:24 PM

Damn. That's fucked up.

10/11/2005 6:37:48 PM

I swear, something like this could only happen to us

10/11/2005 6:48:15 PM

Even if I was deported













































































I own America

10/11/2005 6:50:11 PM

and we can't go ahead and get the ball rolling on getting him here as a student?

get the deportation postponed (i do'nt believe they can't) until the endo f the semester then do whatever paperwork is necessary to get him here as a student...

shouldn't have to happen anyway... his mom should have tried to fix this a long time ago...

10/11/2005 6:55:32 PM

the problem would be his whole life in America being a lie, everything from going to school to working to his Clearing House forms

10/11/2005 6:57:35 PM

Does he sound american or Jamaican when he talks?

10/11/2005 6:59:00 PM

Is this really a big deal? He has the same scholarship as our other foreign players, right?

10/11/2005 7:01:31 PM

10/11/2005 7:08:45 PM

lmao

10/11/2005 7:10:26 PM