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Tar Heels in the Pros: May 4-10

Tar Heel alumni tore it up in their respective professional leagues this week, both on the court and on the sideline.  Read | Share

Tar Heels in the Pros: April 27-May 3

Awards were won, shots were made, and it was another good week for Tar Heels in the pros. Read | Share

Tar Heels in the NBA: Ty Lawson and the Denver Nuggets are Streaking!

With all the talk in the NBA surrounding the Miami Heat and their 22 game winning streak, the average fan and apparently most major media outlets, have seemed to not notice the play of the Denver Nuggets.…Read More

NBA Mid-Season Report: Top 5 Former Tar Heels in the First Half of the Season

The party that was NBA All-Star weekend has now ended and the NBA season is scheduled to continue once again Tuesday. With the first half now behind us and ready for examination, I’ve decided to…Read More

NBA Trade Deadline 2013: Any Former UNC Tar Heels Possibly On the Move?

With all the talk surrounding a possible deal sending Kevin Garnett to the Clippers for Eric Bledsoe and DeAndre Jordan, pretty much every other deal or possible trade has taken a backseat. Another big…Read More

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Former Tar Heel Ed Davis is Headed to Memphis in Three Team Trade Involving Rudy Gay

With the February twenty-first NBA trade deadline approaching, one of the bigger names constantly being…Read More

Could the Growing NBA D-League Eventually Hurt College Basketball?

The D-League started off slowly with eight teams in the fall of 2001. The leagues expansion started in…Read More

Cav’s Rookie Tyler Zeller is proving to be one of the Best among first-year Big Men

With starting center Anderson Varejao sidelined because of a knee injury, rookie center Tyler Zeller…Read More

Heels In The Pros: What Would A NBA Team of UNC Tar Heel Players Look Like?

The University of North Carolina is known for the putting out quality talent in the NBA. The likes of…Read More

Former Tar Heel Antawn Jamison Looks Ready To Succeed Under Mike D’Antoni

After not getting off to the start most in LA were hoping for right away under new Head Coach Mike D’Antoni,…Read More

Heels in the Pros: The 411 on former Tar Heels in the NBA

There are several teams in the NBA that have former UNC Tar Heel basketball players on their rosters.…Read More

Please stop the Michael Jordan comparisons!

I’m getting pretty sick of people these days comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan.  First,…Read More

John Henson Is Primed to Flourish in a Milwaukee Bucks Uniform.

As of Thursday, reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year John Henson made it official, inking his rookie…Read More

So does everybody really love Raymond?

So, the New York Knicks have acquired Raymond Felton from the Portland Trail Blazers. Let me be blunt:…Read More

Why Tyler Zeller Can Play with Kyrie Irving

When Tyler Zeller was traded to the Cavaliers my first thought was he is going to have a dookie passing…Read More

Player Scrutiny: Higher today than any other time in history

Growing up the amount of basketball on TV was limited to the game of the week and the ESPN’s had…Read More

David Stern and Jim Rome: Who went too far?

By now, everyone on planet Earth and Mars for that matter, have heard about David Stern’s comments…Read More

NBA Playoffs: Will The Boston Trio Spoil South Beach?

The Boston Celtics have had a long run with Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, but the Miami Heat’s…Read More

Thunder and Turnovers: The Key to the Finals

As a colleague of mine said today: “a series does not begin until a road team wins a game.”…Read More

Misconceptions in Spurs vs. Thunder Series

The San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder meet in the Western Conference Finals, and the common…Read More