| Player |
Carolina Ties |
Note |
| Walt Bellamy |
New Bern, NC |
Hall of Fame |
| Jay Bilas |
Duke |
ESPN |
| Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues |
Wake Forest and Charlotte Hornets |
|
| M.L. Carr |
Wallace, NC, Guilford College and Carolina Cougars |
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| Billy Cunningham |
UNC and Carolina Cougars |
Hall of Fame |
| Dell Curry |
Charlotte Hornets |
|
| Brad Daugherty |
UNC |
|
| Walter Davis |
South Mecklenburg HS and UNC |
|
| Johnny Dawkins |
Duke |
|
| Alex English |
Columbia, SC and USC |
HOF, Philly Asst. |
| World B. Free |
Guilford College |
|
| Sleepy Floyd |
Gastonia, NC |
|
| Phil Ford |
UNC |
|
| Clarence “Big House” Gaines |
Winston-Salem State coach |
Hall of Fame |
| Mike Gminski |
Duke and Charlotte Hornets |
|
| Art Heyman |
Duke |
|
| “Sweet” Lou Hudson |
Greensboro, NC |
|
| Bobby Jones |
South Mecklenburg HS, UNC and Carolina Cougars |
|
| Sam Jones |
Laurinburg, NC and North Central College |
Hall of Fame |
| Michael Jordan |
Wilmington, NC and UNC |
|
| George Karl |
UNC |
|
| Meadowlark Lemon |
Wilmington, NC |
|
| Sidney Lowe |
NC State |
Minnesota Asst. |
| “Pistol” Pete Maravich |
HS in Clemson, SC; Raleigh, NC; Salemberg, NC |
Hall of Fame |
| Bob McAdoo |
Greensboro, NC and UNC |
HOF, Miami Asst. |
| Horace “Bones” McKinney |
Durham, NC; UNC, NC State; Wake Forest coach |
|
| Xavier McDaniel |
Columbia, SC |
|
| Frank McGuire |
UNC and USC coach |
Hall of Fame |
| Doug Moe |
UNC and Carolina Cougars |
Denver Asst. |
| Earl “The Pearl” Monroe |
Winston-Salem State |
Hall of Fame |
| Larry Nance |
Clemson |
|
| Curly
Neal |
Greensboro, NC and Johnson C. Smith |
Harlem Globetrotters (HOF) |
| Billy Packer |
Wake Forest |
CBS |
| Sam Perkins |
UNC |
|
| Tree Rollins |
Clemson |
|
| Kenny Smith |
UNC |
TNT |
| David Thompson |
Crest, NC and NC State |
Hall of Fame |
| Dominique Wilkins |
Washington, NC |
Atlanta Exec. Asst. |
| Buck Williams |
Rocky Mount, NC |
|
| James Worthy |
Gastonia, NC and UNC |
Hall of Fame |
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