Pro 'family' helped mold this UNC team
Posted Dec 13, 2011
Since head coach Roy Williams returned to Chapel Hill in 2003, there always seems to be alums at the Smith Center during the summers. But the NBA lockout brought more Tar Heels home than in recent memory -- players looking to keep in shape, to compete with other locked-out pros, to hand down a bit of their knowledge to the next potential Final Four squad. And it made for some lively pick-up games.
(ESPN.com)
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