Caleb Love put on a show in his NBA Summer League debut, and Armando Bacot had his best performance in three games during the second day of action in Las Vegas ahead of playing each other on Saturday night.
Tag: Carolina basketball
Ustby stars as 3-on-3 team advances in Romanian tournament, playing with fellow Tar Heel Littlefield
Wearing No. 23, a number she couldn’t wear during her five seasons at North Carolina, Alyssa Ustby and fellow former Tar Heel Carlie Littlefield led Seattle 3XBA to a pair of blowout pool-play victories Friday at the FIBA three-on-three Bucharest 2025 tournament.
Ryan, Nance have big nights in Bucks win; Ingram solid; tough game for Davis
Cormac Ryan and Pete Nance made strong impressions in their 2025 NBA Summer League debuts as the Milwaukee Bucks won their opener in Las Vegas 90–89 on Thursday night.
UNC wins Capital One women’s title for second time in school history
Carolina set the standard in women’s sports in the last year, and no other college could match the Tar Heels, who won two national championships.
11 Tar Heels playing in Summer League games in Las Vegas — when and how to watch
After four former Tar Heels got mixed results during preliminary Summer League games in either San Francisco or Salt Lake City, they’ll head to Las Vegas beginning Thursday, along with seven others UNC alums, for the main part of the NBA Summer League.
Knee issue will sideline Powell out of NBA Summer League
Drake Powell’s pro basketball debut will have to wait until this fall. The former Carolina wing reportedly won’t play for the Brooklyn Nets’ Summer League team because of left knee tendinopathy, according to the New York Post.
Ustby will continue basketball career in Italy
Alyssa Ustby will continue her basketball career playing for the Panthers Roseto pro basketball team in Roseto, Italy.
How to watch RJ Davis’ Summer League debut; Ingram, Bacot also have Saturday games
RJ Davis makes his NBA Summer League debut on Saturday, when Harrison Ingram and Armando Bacot are also scheduled to play.
Gakdeng signs with Hungary team, to be part of South Sudanese basketball history
Former Carolina center Maria Gakdeng will take her basketball career to international and professional stages this year — and be part of history.
Powell says he never sulked or complained about his low usage rate at Carolina
Drake Powell suggested Tuesday that he was frustrated when the usage rate that he was accustomed to in high school and AAU games dropped significantly during his only season at North Carolina.
Nets deal Cam Johnson to Nuggets
After playing the last 2½ seasons with the Brooklyn Nets, Cameron Johnson has been traded to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick.
Sharpe reportedly will sign two-year, $12-million deal with Nets
Former North Carolina center Day’Ron Sharpe will sign a two-year, $12-million deal to return to the Brooklyn Nets, according to a Monday afternoon report from ESPN’s Shams Charania. This comes one day after the news that Brooklyn didn’t tender qualifying offers to Sharpe and Ziaire Williams, making both unrestricted free agents.
UNC’s nonconference men’s basketball schedule will feature more home games, less travel
North Carolina announced a nonconference men’s basketball schedule Friday that will include more home games than last season and less travel. The highlights of the nine nonconference games at the Smith Center will be the first Chapel Hill matchup in program history on Nov. 7 against Kansas and the Dec. 7 matchup with Georgetown.
RJ Davis signs with Lakers; Love strikes deal with Blazers
Neither RJ Davis nor Caleb Love heard their names called during the NBA draft after five-year college careers, but both former UNC guards will get a chance to prove they deserve a spot on an NBA roster.
ESPN’s Givony says good team will take Powell but ‘he’s not ready to play an NBA game’
A quality team will take Drake Powell this week in the NBA draft based on his potential, not expecting him to make a significant immediate impact. That’s the assessment of ESPN draft analyst Jonathan Givony ahead of the draft at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
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