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University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Corners: Summer School Continues, Berry & Pinson Agree To Contracts
June 29, 2018 | Men's Basketball, Featured Writers
Roy Williams and his coaching staff held the first of their summer practices for the 2018-19 team earlier this week. Those summer practices will continue into July, and the Tar Heels will practice again in Chapel Hill in August prior to their exhibition trip to The Bahamas.
Carolina basketball makes news year-round. Here are some of the latest Tar Heel hoops news & notes some may have missed in the last week.
1. NEWS & NOTES
• Go inside the Tar Heels' first summer practice:
Basketball. Is. Back. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/lIZTy1uPb4
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) June 28, 2018
• Coby White filed the final entry in his blog for USA Today, discussing how he's enjoying his initial time on campus in Chapel Hill.
• Marcus Ginyard has been in town this summer, and he continues to love returning to Chapel HIll nearly a decade after he graduated:
• Woody Durham, the late, former "Voice of the Tar Heels," was posthumously inducted into the National Sports Media Hall of Fame in Winston-Salem on Monday night.
• The ACC Digital Network helps fans revisit Brice Johnson's big game at Florida State two seasons ago:
• C.L. Brown of The Athletic profiled Luke Maye, highlighting what the senior forward learned from the NBA Draft process (by subscription only) earlier in the offseason. "I had a really strong year, but I think there are a lot of areas I can improve on," Maye said in the article. "I didn't finish as well around the basket as I could have. I had some games where I really struggled offensively being more consistent."
• An early set of 2018-19 rankings, this one from CBS' Gary Parrish, includes the Tar Heels in the top 10. Parrish writes that Carolina's freshmen "will pair with veterans like Luke Maye, Cameron Johnson and Kenny Williams to put Roy Williams in a position to perhaps win a fourth national title."
• Jonathan Givony of ESPN reported shortly after last week's NBA Draft Theo Pinson has agreed to a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets:
UNC's Theo Pinson will sign a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets, a source tells ESPN.
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 22, 2018
The Nets can't make the news official until July 6 due to NBA rules. Pinson confirmed the news and will split time in 2018-19 between the Nets and their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets:
Very blessed to be apart of the @BrooklynNets organization and can not wait to get to work!✊🏿 #StaySleep
— Theo pinson (@tpinsonn) June 22, 2018
• Meanwhile, Shams Charania of Yahoo reports Joel Berry II has signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and will play for the Lakers in the NBA Summer League:We already know @tpinsonn loves Brooklyn and now he's officially a part of the @BrooklynNets.
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) June 22, 2018
Congrats, fam! #CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/KMy93pRz7Z
North Carolina's Joel Berry II has agreed to an undrafted free-agent deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources tell Yahoo.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 22, 2018
Berry was four-year standout at UNC and part of national championship team in 2017.
• Tar Heel legend and Naismith Hall of Famer James Worthy told a story about Dean Smith, Michael Jordan and learning to trust your teammates, lessons he learned at Carolina:From the Tar Heels to the @Lakers. @JoelBerryII is headed to Cali! ☀️ #CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/HCEeT3qmC4
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) June 22, 2018
It was a pleasure talking to the girls basketball team at WNS about the importance of trusting your teammates. It's a lesson I learned from the great Dean Smith @UNC_Basketball thanks to a skinny little rookie named Michael Jordan. pic.twitter.com/dfBpJ75EQK
— James Worthy (@JamesWorthy42) June 24, 2018
• Bobby Jones was a guest on a podcast with Tommy Tomlinson and discussed his time in the NBA, the 1972 Olympics and Carolina.
• John Henson joined Reggie Bullock in the New York City Pride Parade, paying tribute to Bullock's late sister, Mia Henderson. The Ringer's Rembert Browne was there on the float with Bullock and his son the NBA's third appearance in the parade. "I see y'all as people that I love," Bullock told the transgender community in a feature in the Chicago Tribune.
• The Palm Beach Post wonders: Will Wayne Ellington return to the Miami Heat?
• J.P. Tokoto will play for Golden State's summer league team after spending last season playing in Australia.
• Danny Green has exercised his player contract option to remain with the San Antonio Spurs for another season, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski:
San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green has exercised his $10M contract option for the 2018-19 season and will stay with the team, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 25, 2018
