How Michael Malone Addresses UNC Basketball's NBA Issue

Posted May 19, 2026
North Carolina’s recent perception issues regarding the NBA are going to be put on the back burner for two reasons. Number one, when you’re bringing in Michael Malone — who’s coached in the NBA for years and won a NBA championship — that’s a resume and cache that Carolina has not had. The expectation is that he knows what the NBA wants now. (Inside Carolina)

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