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Basketball players from Winston-Salem, North Carolina (29 P) Pages in category "Basketball players from North Carolina" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 250 total.
The ACC Rookie of the Year title was first awarded during the 1976 season and since its creation nine North Carolina players have won the award, with the most recent being Harrison Barnes in 2011. [9] Nine North Carolina basketball players have won the Anthony J. McKevlin Award for the ACC's male athlete of the year ten times. [9]
Michael Jordan was drafted third overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA Draft. The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has had 113 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947.
Pages in category "North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players" The following 193 pages are in this category, out of 193 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
White is the first player from North Carolina to be drafted in the first round by the Bulls since Michael Jordan in 1984. [17] On July 1, 2019, White signed with the Bulls. [ 18 ] White participated in the 2019 NBA Summer League with fellow 2019 draftee Daniel Gafford , where he averaged 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game. [ 19 ]
He spent a total of 17 seasons with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers (nine as player, eight as coach), and two seasons as a player with the Carolina Cougars of the ABA. One of basketball's all-time greats, Cunningham was elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and honored by selection to both the NBA's 50th and 75th Anniversary Teams as one ...
Pinson in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game. Born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, Pinson first attended Oak Ridge Military Academy as a freshman, before transferring to Wesleyan Christian Academy in nearby High Point, where he was coached by Keith Gatlin and teammates with future and fellow NBA player Harry Giles III.
Ellington with the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2009. Ellington played in all 38 games for the ACC Champion Tar Heels in 2006–07, averaging 11.7 points per game. He was named to the 2007 ACC All-Tournament Team. His season ended on a sour note though, as North Carolina lost to Georgetown in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.