Did Dean Smith's System Hinder Individual Excellence?
Posted Jun 9, 2023
Dean Smith’s tenure at UNC produced six Hall-of-Fame players (Billy Cunningham, Charlie Scott, Robert McAdoo, Bobby Jones, James Worthy and Michael Jordan. Vince Carter will almost certainly become the seventh) and 25 first-round NBA selections. UNC players were first- or second-team Associated Press All-Americans 24 times in the Smith era.
(Inside Carolina)
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