Keeping It Heel
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Ranking the 15 best UNC basketball NBA careers ever

By Nick Delahanty

2 Jun 1997: Guard Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls speaks to reporters during a press conference at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
2 Jun 1997: Guard Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls speaks to reporters during a press conference at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport /
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Walter Davis of the Phoenix Suns. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

No. 6: Walter Davis

Career Stats: 18.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 51.1 FG%

Walter Davis didn’t take long to become a star for the Phoenix Suns organization.

After being selected with the fifth overall pick of the 1977 NBA Draft, Davis won the league’s Rookie of the Year Award and was named to the All-Rookie First Team. It was a sign of good things to come for the former Tar Heel, who was on the verge of a 15-year career, most of which was spent where it started.

To this day, Davis is the Suns’ all-time leading scorer (15,666 points). To put it into perspective, no other player in franchise history has even reached the 14,000-point mark, which goes to show that his record could still be safe for some time.

Even while dealing with injuries (most notably a back problem), Davis was able to average double-digit points in 13 of his 15 seasons in the NBA.

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