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Tar Heels Lead All-Time NBA List
February 12, 2016 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—ESPN ranked the top 100 players in NBA history and North Carolina and UCLA share the top spot with six players apiece, including UNC's Michael Jordan, the No. 1 player, and the Bruins' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was No. 2.
The other five Tar Heels who joined Jordan on the list included: James Worthy (43), Bob McAdoo (52), Vince Carter (69), Billy Cunningham (88) and Bobby Jones (96).
Carolina's six players equal the number of other ACC players who made the list, including Duke's Grant Hill, Georgia Tech's Chris Bosh and Mark Price, N.C. State's David Thompson and Wake Forest's Tim Duncan and Chris Paul.
The top five schools represented on the list of top 100 NBA players include: North Carolina (6), UCLA (6), Georgetown (4), Houston (3) and LSU (3).