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Larry Miller, a two-time ACC player of the year for North Carolina and 2022 inductee in the College Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 79. The UNC athletic department said Miller died Sunday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. No cause of death was given. An athletic department spokesman said Miller was in hospice care and dealing with medical issues for some time. Miller, a native of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, was a star forward on coach Dean Smith's first two Atlantic Coast Conference championship and Final Four teams in 1967 and 1968. He earned first-team All-America honors both seasons and was a consensus pick in 1968 along with UCLA's Lew Alcindor, Houston's Elvin Hayes, LSU's Pete Maravich and Louisville's Wes Unseld.
What do you remember most about your first NBA game? PJ Tucker: I remember that I was going against Vince Carter. That was it. It was my first NBA game. I’m from North Carolina, and I grew up a University of North Carolina fan my whole life. I used to be in the locker room with them. I was around them. It was like, “I’m playing against Vince.” I was matched up with Vince. I was like, “Oh my God, bro.”
Former first-round pick Tony Bradley to Pacers
Scott Agness: Pacers have signed 6-11 center Tony Bradley to a 10-day contract. He’s been playing for the Hawks’ G League team, College Park, this season. He’s was a first-round pick in 2017 after winning a NCAA title at UNC. This gives him a chance at being the Pacers’ third big.
Michael Scotto: Sources: The University of North Carolina is hiring long-time NBA agent Jim Tanner as general manager, @hoopshype has learned. Tanner, an alum of UNC and President of Tandem Sports & Entertainment, represented Hall of Famers Grant Hill, Dominique Wilkins, Tim Duncan and Ray Allen
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All of this context currently surrounds North Carolina, where the Tar Heels are mired in a season of mediocrity while advancing through a GM search, sources told The Stein Line. In football, of course, North Carolina just made an almighty splash by hiring Bill Belichick as its head coach with GM Mike Lombardi in tow. Now NBA names, not surprisingly, have been connected to the basketball gig. UNC is a school known to value its alumni, spawning the expectation that the Tar Heels will ultimately hire a general manager who bleeds the school's powder blue blood. Mitch Kupchak, most recently the Charlotte Hornets' lead executive and once ACC Player of the Year as a Tar Heel, is known to be advising the process.
Adrian Wojnarowski: The Cleveland Cavaliers are signing F/C Pete Nance on a 10-day contract, sources tell ESPN. Nance has averaged 13.5 points and 7.9 rebounds for Cavs’ G League affiliate. He went undrafted in 2023 after spending his final college season at UNC. pic.twitter.com/kkb4I1vuD0
Immanuel Quickley on his trade to Toronto: 'Direct, quick, no warning'
Immanuel Quickley on his trade to Toronto: “Obviously this is a business, but when you literally have no idea this is coming…. I mean, there were no rumors, no nothing. Just woke up from a nap on a road trip, in a random hotel room in Indiana, to a text from my agent Raymond Brothers saying, “Call me. You’re getting traded.” Direct, quick, no warning. You get a text like that, and your heart just sinks. It didn’t even feel real. It was like I was in a dream or something. Before I can even hit him back, my phone starts ringing. It’s the Knicks front office. But it wasn’t just anybody. It was one of my guys, World Wide Wes. I call him Unc. I picked up, and man…... as soon as he got on the call, he just started crying. And just like that, my career with the New York Knicks was over. I knew it was for real.”
Harrison Barnes: This is heartbreaking. One week into school. Change has to come. Extending my prayers and thoughts to my UNC-Chapel Hill community. 🩵🤍
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Hapoel Tel Aviv targeting Justin Jackson
Hapoel Tel Aviv is targeting former Boston Celtics forward Justin Jackson, according to Walla Sport. Jackson, 278 games in 6 NBA seasons, would help the team during Jaylen Hoard’s absence due to injury. The UNC product owns career-averages of 6 points and 2.4 rebounds.
After days in critical condition in intensive care at a hospital due to lung problems, Cecil Exum passed away at 60. The father of Dante Exum fought until the end, but the news broke on July 3, as condolences were sent from the basketball world to the Exum family. Former 10-year professional basketball player, Cecil Exum came out of North Carolina University in 1984, winning the 1982 NCAA championship alongside Michael Jordan and James Worthy before being selected by the Denver Nuggets with the No.194 overall pick.
Chase Hughes: The Wizards will hold another pre-draft workout tomorrow: Timmy Allen (Texas) Leaky Black (UNC) Nathan Mensah (San Diego St.) Adama Sanogo (UConn) Justice Sueing (Ohio St.) Race Thompson (Indiana)
Eric Montross, a former NBA center who starred at North Carolina before going pro, announced on Saturday he started treatments for cancer. The Montross family issued a statement through the University of North Carolina.
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