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Danny Green is leaving his longtime team in San Antonio for Toronto, along with Kawhi Leonard.
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Four Corners: Tar Heel NBA Free Agency Primer
July 26, 2018 | Men's Basketball, Featured Writers
CHAPEL HILL—The frenzied NBA summer free agency period is finally slowing down after a frantic July. A number of former University of North Carolina players have changed teams via trade or free agency, and others re-signed as free agents with their current teams. With the action of players swapping teams reaching a lull, it's a good time to recap the comings and goings of Tar Heels in the NBA.
At the same time in Chapel Hill, members of the 2018-19 Carolina squad are completing the second session of summer school this week. The team's three incoming freshmen, Rechon "Leaky" Black, Nassir Little and Coby White, have gotten their initial taste of college life and classes, as well as practices with the UNC coaching staff and workouts with strength and conditioning coordinator Jonas Sahratian.
Team members will finish summer school in the coming days before enjoying a few weeks at home to gear up for the start of the fall semester in August.
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 one of the Tar Heels' sessions in the weight room with Sahratian, courtesy of the video staff at GoHeels Productions:
• Here's exclusive footage of Carolina's second summer practice last week:
• Former Tar Heel and longtime pro Marcus Ginyard visited with Jones Angell and Adam Lucas for the Carolina Insider podcast recently:
2. LAST WEEK
• The town of Oxford honored native son and former Tar Heel forward Isaiah Hicks by rededicating courts at a local park in his honor:
• Michael Jordan's Charlotte Hornets team, which includes forward Marvin Williams, general manager Mitch Kupchak and video staffer Jackson Simmons, will hold its training camp and host a preseason game this fall against the Boston Celtics in the Smith Center.
3. 2018-19 SEASON TIDBITS
• C.L. Brown previewed the Tar Heels as part of The Athletic's Summer School series, focusing on the question of who will play point guard for Carolina this season. Brown writes:
• The Tar Heels learned they'll play Texas in their first game in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Invitational during Thanksgiving week.
4. TAR HEELS IN THE PROS
• Vince Carter reportedly has signed a contract to play for the Atlanta Hawks for his 21st NBA season, extending his own record as the longest-tenured Tar Heel in the pros.
• Jawad Williams, a member of the 2005 NCAA championship squad, has played professionally overseas for more than a decade after a brief NBA stint. Every summer, however, Williams returns home to the Chapel Hill area to live with his family, workout at the Smith Center and play pickup games with the current team and other former players. He writes in his blog that 2018 has been a different summer because of how much more time former Tar Heels have spent in Chapel Hill. "This summer has been special," Williams writes.
• Another national champ, Danny Green, is moving north to Toronto after nearly a decade with the Spurs. Green won an NBA title in San Antonio to become just the third Carolina player to win both a college and pro championship. The Spurs traded Kawhi Leonard and Green to Toronto for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl and a first-round draft pick.
• Ed Davis is headed east to Brooklyn after three seasons in Portland, signing with the Nets as a free agent on a reported one-year deal. Davis make a quick connection with his new teammates and described what he can bring to Brooklyn in this video.
• Wayne Ellington re-signed with the Miami Heat, who hope the 2009 Final Four MVP continues his hot three-point shooting in 2018-19. Ellington hit 227 three-pointers last year, the most in Heat history and the most by a reserve in NBA annals.
• A number of Tar Heels, including Justin Jackson, Theo Pinson, Tony Bradley, Kennedy Meeks and J.P. Tokoto, put up numbers in the NBA Summer League:
• Isaiah Hicks signed a two-way contract to stay with the New York Knicks organization in 2018-19. A few days later, the NBA wished Hicks a happy birthday:
• Get to know Bradley and how he likes to spend some of his down time in Utah:
At the same time in Chapel Hill, members of the 2018-19 Carolina squad are completing the second session of summer school this week. The team's three incoming freshmen, Rechon "Leaky" Black, Nassir Little and Coby White, have gotten their initial taste of college life and classes, as well as practices with the UNC coaching staff and workouts with strength and conditioning coordinator Jonas Sahratian.
Team members will finish summer school in the coming days before enjoying a few weeks at home to gear up for the start of the fall semester in August.
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 one of the Tar Heels' sessions in the weight room with Sahratian, courtesy of the video staff at GoHeels Productions:
LIFT OFF 🚀 💪 pic.twitter.com/eENOWrZmTH
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) July 24, 2018
• Here's exclusive footage of Carolina's second summer practice last week:
☀️ Summer Practice 2️⃣...Let's Get It! 🤙 pic.twitter.com/sAbnAteAs0
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) July 17, 2018
• Former Tar Heel and longtime pro Marcus Ginyard visited with Jones Angell and Adam Lucas for the Carolina Insider podcast recently:
Today's @carolina_pod includes summer updates & a visit from 2009 NCAA champ Marcus Ginyardhttps://t.co/9hEVPJYxOd pic.twitter.com/FWGbFcxmgz
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) July 12, 2018
2. LAST WEEK
• The town of Oxford honored native son and former Tar Heel forward Isaiah Hicks by rededicating courts at a local park in his honor:
• Michael Jordan's Charlotte Hornets team, which includes forward Marvin Williams, general manager Mitch Kupchak and video staffer Jackson Simmons, will hold its training camp and host a preseason game this fall against the Boston Celtics in the Smith Center.
3. 2018-19 SEASON TIDBITS
• C.L. Brown previewed the Tar Heels as part of The Athletic's Summer School series, focusing on the question of who will play point guard for Carolina this season. Brown writes:
Williams won't begin to talk about a front-runner at point guard until he has seen enough practices. He'll get a glimpse of who and what work best in game competition when North Carolina plays in the Bahamas next month.
• The Tar Heels learned they'll play Texas in their first game in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Invitational during Thanksgiving week.
4. TAR HEELS IN THE PROS
• Vince Carter reportedly has signed a contract to play for the Atlanta Hawks for his 21st NBA season, extending his own record as the longest-tenured Tar Heel in the pros.
• Jawad Williams, a member of the 2005 NCAA championship squad, has played professionally overseas for more than a decade after a brief NBA stint. Every summer, however, Williams returns home to the Chapel Hill area to live with his family, workout at the Smith Center and play pickup games with the current team and other former players. He writes in his blog that 2018 has been a different summer because of how much more time former Tar Heels have spent in Chapel Hill. "This summer has been special," Williams writes.
• Another national champ, Danny Green, is moving north to Toronto after nearly a decade with the Spurs. Green won an NBA title in San Antonio to become just the third Carolina player to win both a college and pro championship. The Spurs traded Kawhi Leonard and Green to Toronto for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl and a first-round draft pick.
• Ed Davis is headed east to Brooklyn after three seasons in Portland, signing with the Nets as a free agent on a reported one-year deal. Davis make a quick connection with his new teammates and described what he can bring to Brooklyn in this video.
• Wayne Ellington re-signed with the Miami Heat, who hope the 2009 Final Four MVP continues his hot three-point shooting in 2018-19. Ellington hit 227 three-pointers last year, the most in Heat history and the most by a reserve in NBA annals.
• A number of Tar Heels, including Justin Jackson, Theo Pinson, Tony Bradley, Kennedy Meeks and J.P. Tokoto, put up numbers in the NBA Summer League:
.@NBASummerLeague NUMBERS @JJacks_44 👉 @SacramentoKings @ToBrad1 👉 @utahjazz @tpinsonn 👉 @BrooklynNets @IDHicks 👉 @nyknicks @Asapmeeks03 👉 @nuggets @AirPierreTokoto 👉 @warriors #CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/dbYNsJUzPs
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) July 15, 2018
• Isaiah Hicks signed a two-way contract to stay with the New York Knicks organization in 2018-19. A few days later, the NBA wished Hicks a happy birthday:
Join us in wishing @IDHicks of the @nyknicks a HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY! #NBABDAY pic.twitter.com/v8WxtjLb0u
— NBA (@NBA) July 24, 2018
• Get to know Bradley and how he likes to spend some of his down time in Utah:
• Marcus Paige spent last year in the NBA G League but has signed a contract to play in Europe for Partizan Belgrade next season..@ToBrad1 has some unique hobbies in his downtime 🚁
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) July 15, 2018
>> https://t.co/rU90EJOOqp pic.twitter.com/nrGjgZj5kl
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