Any remaining 2024-25 UNC basketball roster moves seem to depend on a couple of portal targets' upcoming stay-or-go NBA decisions.
Based on reports and chatter the past few weeks, it's safe to say the UNC basketball staff hopes to add one or both of former four-year Illinois forwardThe issue is, though, that Hawkins, an All-Big Ten Third Team selection this past season, and Onyenso, who finished third in the SEC with his 66 blocks as a sophomore in Lexington, remain early NBA Draft entrants.
"I'd really love to hear from a team that I can at least get a minimum contract, something guaranteed" Coleman Hawkins on what he's looking for going into an NBA Draft decision, still has a year of eligibility left in collegeThey have until the NCAA-imposed May 29 deadline to withdraw their names from the NBA Draft and retain their eligibility. That's next Wednesday, only eight days away.Ugonna Onyenso's journey exemplifies the resilience needed to pursue dreams while Leaving Nigeria and his family behind to chase an NBA career.
UNC basketball's only addition via this year's transfer portal is former two-year sharpshooting Belmont wing Cade Tyson, who arrived on campus for workouts and summer school last week. For now, only 10 scholarship players are on tap for Davis' fourth season at the helm, consisting of Tyson, six returning Tar Heels, and three incoming freshmen.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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