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UNC Basketball: Luke Maye headed back to North Carolina

By Blake Cockrum

TRENTO, ITALY - JANUARY 17: Luke Maye of Dolomiti Energia Trentino in action during the LBA Serie A match between Dolomiti Energia Trentino and De Longhi Treviso on January 17, 2021 in Trento, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Panato/Getty Images)
TRENTO, ITALY - JANUARY 17: Luke Maye of Dolomiti Energia Trentino in action during the LBA Serie A match between Dolomiti Energia Trentino and De Longhi Treviso on January 17, 2021 in Trento, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Panato/Getty Images) /
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Former UNC basketball standout and fan favorite Luke Maye is headed back to North Carolina, as the Greensboro Swarm have acquired rights to him from the Wisconsin Herd. 

The Greensboro Swarm, the G-League League affiliate of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, have acquired the rights to former North Carolina Tar Heels power forward Luke Maye. The organization announced the trade on Tuesday, completing a transaction that sends the rights to Javin DeLaurier to the Wisconsin Herd, the Milwaukee Bucks’ G-League affiliate located in Oshkosh.

Maye is currently playing for BAXI Manresa, a Spanish professional basketball organization whose home is in Manresa, Spain, and competes in the Liga ACB. Prior to his stint in Spain, Maye played in Italy for Lega Basket Serie A’s Dolomiti Energia Trento. He averaged 11.6 points and six rebounds per game in Euro Cup and Italian League play, and helped his team reach the playoffs.

He’ll try to help the Swarm have similar results, and he’s got the gas left in the tank to do so. After all, he’s still just 24 years of age, and has played well at just about every stop he’s made since graduating from the University of North Carolina in 2019. Perhaps, most notably was his last stretch in the NBA G-League when he averaged 10.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 34 appearances with the Herd during the 2019-20 season. He logged 23.1 minutes per game, and shot better than 35 percent from three-point range.

As a member of the Tar Heels from 2015 to 2019, Maye went from unknown walk-on to celebrated starter. His efforts helped the Tar Heels’ win the 2017 NCAA Tournament championship. It was Maye’s last-second game-winning shot against the Kentucky Wildcats in the Elite Eight that advanced the Tar Heels to the Final Four. The following season he was a first team All-ACC selection, and named third team All-American by the Associated Press and Sporting News.

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