Antawn Jamison reveals his UNC basketball Mount Rushmore and leaves himself off

Constructing a Mount Rushmore of UNC basketball legends is essentially impossible.

Antawn Jamison gave it a shot anyway.

The former Tar Heel superstar was recently asked to name the four players he would put on his UNC basketball Mount Rushmore, and his selections certainly won't surprise anyone familiar with the program's incredible history.

Michael Jordan. James Worthy. Phil Ford. Tyler Hansbrough.

Four legends whose names will forever be synonymous with the history of the UNC basketball program.

However, there's just one pretty notable omission.

Antawn Jamison himself.

Don't worry, Jamison didn't forget himself, he purposely kept himself out of the equation.

Antawn Jamison wanted to give other UNC legends their flowers

Jamison made it clear that he purposely removed himself from consideration, explaining that he wanted to give other Tar Heel greats their flowers instead.

It's a classy decision, especially considering Jamison would've had every right to include himself.

During his three seasons in Chapel Hill from 1995 to 1998, Jamison put together one of the greatest careers in program history. He averaged 19.0 points and 9.9 rebounds over 103 career games, helping North Carolina reach consecutive Final Fours during his sophomore and junior seasons.

As good as he was throughout his entire collegiate career, Jamison saved his best season for his last while wearing the Carolina blue uniform.

Jamison averaged 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 57.9 percent from the field, earning consensus National Player of the Year honors and unanimous first-team All-American honors.

Because of those accolades, his No. 33 is also one of eight jerseys officially retired by the UNC basketball program.

If Jamison wanted to carve his own face into that hypothetical mountain, there wouldn't be many arguments against it.

Instead, he went with four other icons.

Jordan's inclusion is obvious. The greatest basketball player of all time hit the game-winning shot in the 1982 national championship game, then became a two-time All-American and National Player of the Year at North Carolina.

Worthy was the Most Outstanding Player of that 1982 Final Four and remains one of the most talented players to ever come through Chapel Hill.

Ford, meanwhile, was North Carolina's first National Player of the Year and helped establish the standard for Tar Heel point guards.

And then there's Hansbrough, whose résumé practically speaks for itself.

A four-time All-American.
National Player of the Year.
National champion.
And let's not forget, he's UNC's all-time leading scorer.

Good luck leaving Psycho T off the mountain.

Of course, that's the problem with trying to narrow UNC basketball history down to four people.

Someone incredible is always getting left out. In this case, Jamison made the decision easy.

He left himself off.

Not because he didn't belong in the conversation, but because he'd rather give four other Tar Heel legends their flowers.

That's about as Antawn Jamison as it gets.

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