NBA Draft Primer: UNC players in final mock drafts
Posted Jun 22, 2017
UNC has five players available to be drafted (Justin Jackson, Tony Bradley, Isaiah Hicks, Kennedy Meeks, Nate Britt), but only two (Jackson and Bradley) are locks to be selected in the first two rounds. Hicks has an outside chance of going late in the second round. With just hours until the NBA Draft, let's take a look at where we might expect these Tar Heels to be drafted.
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