Highlighting Former Tar Heels in the NBA
Posted Jan 14, 2016
There are currently 16 players on NBA rosters who played college basketball at UNC, including eight who won a national championship as a Tar Heel. Many former UNC players have also gone on to claim an NBA title, including forwards Harrison Barnes and James Michael McAdoo — who both won championship rings with the Golden State Warriors.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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