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UNC Basketball: Coveted transfer considers Tar Heels, but picks Kentucky

By Blake Cockrum

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 16: Kellan Grady #31 of the Davidson Wildcats celebrates a basket against Saint Louis Billikens during their Atlantic 10 basketball tournament Semi Final game at Barclays Center on March 16, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 16: Kellan Grady #31 of the Davidson Wildcats celebrates a basket against Saint Louis Billikens during their Atlantic 10 basketball tournament Semi Final game at Barclays Center on March 16, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /
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Highly-touted Davidson graduate transfer considered the UNC basketball program, but instead picked the Kentucky Wildcats

It pretty much goes without being said at this point — though it continues to be a hot topic and likely will be throughout the offseason — that the North Carolina Tar Heels have to improve greatly from an offensive standpoint, particularly from beyond the three-point line.

Rather than waiting and hoping that their current roster becomes a solid bunch of long-range shooters over the next several months, the Tar Heels need to shop the NCAA transfer portal far and wide to assure that they’ve got at least a couple of knock-down shooters when the 2021-22 season begins in the fall.

Keeping It Heel wrote last week about the importance of surrounding the UNC bigs with talented three-point shooters, and how giving rising shooting guard Kerwin Walton some help on the perimeter would make a world of difference. We also noted that the addition of a player like Kellan Grady would be a game-changer for the Tar Heels, what with his 17.4 point-per-game average and 36.6 percent career shooting percentage from beyond the arc.

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Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, though, watching a Carolina blue-clad Grady run out of that tunnel in the Dean Smith Center next season will remain just a pipe dream. On Monday, the 6-foot-5 Davidson graduate transfer gave his commitment to John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats after a short stint in the NCAA transfer portal in which he considered both North Carolina and Virginia.

On the other hand, this year’s transfer market is uniquely large and advantageous for teams looking to improve before next season. Roy Williams and his staff will have plenty of players to look over, and will likely cast a wide net since they have open scholarships and multiple holes on their current roster.

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