Hunter Dickinson asked podcast host to say he had better career than Cassius Winston

Hunter Dickinson agreed to go on a podcast as long as one of the hosts said he had a better career than Cassius Winston.

I want to start this piece off by getting all of the gross Hunter Dickinson copy out of the way since Spartan Shadows is a site focused on Michigan State athletics and not ‘the school down the road.’ That said, when an arch rival takes shots at our beloved point guard, ChopMan cannot sit back in good conscious and not defend Cassius Winston.

I’m a Spartan homer, and my bias is great. I’ve seen plenty of buffoons from the university in Ann Arbor but former Michigan basketball player Hunter Dickinson might just take the cake. He has made waves this offseason for saying that ‘Kansas basketball’s practices are harder’ than Michigan’s and ‘Michigan residents are fake Midwest’ and has honestly done an impressive job of burning the bridge between himself and his former school.

Here’s where it gets interesting.

On a recent Sleepers Podcast, Greg Waddell (@gwizzy12 on Twitter) says that Dickinson agreed to join the College Hoops To Go podcast in Ann Arbor but he had only one stipulation: The podcast must say that Dickinson had a better career at Michigan than Cassius Winston had at Michigan State.

The claim is about 49 seconds into the video below.

Hunter Dickson won’t stop talking about Michigan and says Kansas has nicer people. Say to safe @gwizzy12 had some thoughts on the former Wolverine once again bringing up his former school pic.twitter.com/xrwjYm5NoP

— The Sleepers 💤🏀 (@SleepersMedia) July 17, 2023

What was he thinking?

My oh my, could this be further from the truth and honestly I’m a little ashamed that I’m even giving this the time of day but I must protect MSU royalty like Winston.

Let’s start by saying Cassius fulfilled all expectations plus much much more at Michigan State. Here is a short list of just some of Winston’s accolades at MSU:

• Big Ten Player of the Year (2019)
• 2x first-team All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
• All-time Big Ten assists leader
• 2019 Final Four
• 2019 Big Ten Tournament champion
• 3x Big Ten regular season champion
• 3 (should have been 4) NCAA Tournament appearances

It can be argued that Cassius Winston is the most beloved and decorated player in Michigan State basketball history. This is a huge deal as MSU is an exclusive member of college basketball’s group of blue blood programs.

The only thing Dickinson accomplished at Michigan was falling short of expectations after many preseason nominations and only making the NCAA tournament one time while at Michigan.

I would like you all to take a second to block and mute the words ‘Hunter’ and ‘Dickinson’ on Twitter so you’re never subjected to this foolishness ever again.

Nap Time,
ChopMan