Joel James News & Bio

Name: Joel James Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL High School: Dwyer Recruit Rating: Born: January 22, 1994 (25) Height/Weight: 6-10, 280 Position: Power Forward Pro Team: Rayos de Hermosillo (Mexico) Notes: Basketball

Update on Tar Heels playing basketball overseas
North Carolina is known for sending players to the NBA. However, many former Tar Heel basketball players take their talents overseas after their playing days...
Wednesday August 8, 2018

Carolina Basketball Family Attends Joel James' Wedding
Former UNC center Joel James got married this weekend in Chapel Hill to former UNC softball player Aquilla Mateen, and the Carolina basketball family was...
Monday June 18, 2018

Spurs’ Danny Green helping NBA spread basketball gospel to Japan
Spurs guard Danny Green was in Tokyo for the NBA to engage with Japanese fans at various events. “I got to meet up with some...
Sunday June 3, 2018

Exclusive Excerpt: Redemption
Redemption, the new book on Carolina's 2017 national title by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner and Matt Bowers contains dozens of behind the scenes photos and...
Thursday September 28, 2017

Carolina Family at Marcus Paige's Wedding
Former UNC point guard Marcus Paige married former UNC dance team member Taylor Hartzog. In the picture is the happy couple, coach Roy Williams, assistant...
Tuesday August 15, 2017

Former UNC Basketball Player Joel James's New World
Three months after his final game as a Tar Heel, Joel James stood panicked in the doorway of a small Japanese apartment. This 5.4 magnitude...
Friday December 2, 2016

Luke Maye brings versatility to UNC frontcourt
Luke Maye wasn’t the first person off the bench last season for North Carolina. But the graduation of Joel James and Brice Johnson leaves UNC’s...
Friday November 11, 2016

A look at Stilman White’s journey through the UNC program
Despite losing seniors Marcus Paige, Brice Johnson and Joel James to graduation last Spring, the Tar Heels still have some experience on the roster. That...
Sunday November 6, 2016

Joel James to play overseas in Japan
We’ve seen Marcus Paige (Utah Jazz), Brice Johnson (Los Angeles Clippers) and J.P. Tokoto (New York Knicks) find homes in the league. But what about...
Thursday August 18, 2016

Remembering Joel James’ North Carolina career
This might be recency bias talking, but my favorite UNC basketball team ever is probably the 2015-16 one. No, they didn’t win the national championship,...
Wednesday July 6, 2016

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