View Article  Sean wants to play in Charlotte; MJ and Coach Smith to help select Team USA
Sean May thinks the Charlotte Bobcats should select at least one former Tar Heel. He's right. Their fanbase could be enhanced by the Carolina fans in-state that otherwise couldn't care less about professional basketball.

"I think it would be good for the franchise to have a Carolina basketball player here, especially someone the fans can relate to since they have seen them play the last few years," May said Monday. "What other great person can that be besides me?"

I think that last bit was sarcastic given the number of Tar Heels that could potentially be drafted.

(Charlotte Coach Bernie) Bickerstaff insists he's looking only for the best available players. But when pressed if having a local tie would give a player an edge, he relented.
"All things being equal, I would say 'Yes,' " Bickerstaff said. "That's the intelligent thing to do. But they would have to be equal."

Michael Jordan and Dean Smith will help select the USA Olympic basketball team as part of Jerry Colangelo's committee.

Jordan :  "I think what we need to do here is to get some of the basics taught back to kids, to where the emphasis is not so much on the highlight film. Yes, it's a part of it. We have some very good athletes. But if they're shooting 35% from the free throw line and can't make a three-pointer, a zone can really bother them. We can't compete, when (international) guys are very versatile. We have to re-evaluate our approach."

He's absolutely right. If you bothered to watch Olympic basketball last year, you know that too much highlight-style individual play was the downfall of the American team. That and the fact that no one but Allen Iverson a) wanted to play or b) cared. AI ought to be on that 2008 team, in my opinion. Who would you pick?

View Article  Site Stats; Back from vacation
HeelsBlog had 18,453 hits during the month of May. That's the most since the site started, including a week where I was out on vacation. So thanks for reading!

So what happened in my absence? Well some Tar Heels on the court and on the staff helped the Detroit Pistons surprise the Heat in Miami in Game 7. What a great game. Congrats to Rasheed, Larry, Phil, Dave Hanners and Pat Sullivan.

No committments while I was in Utah. I was hoping for one, but maybe we'll grab a prospect in the weeks to come.

The Daily Tar Heel has a good recap of the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions from last weekend, with a focus on Danny Green and Wayne Ellington.

The baseball Heels fell in the College World Series, losing yesterday to Notre Dame, 3-0. While the season ended early, Mike Fox has a program on the rise.

Tickets went on sale for the 4th Annual World's Greatest Alumni Game, in which former Carolina stars take on former ACC and area foes. It's a great show. Buy tickets from Tar Heel Blue.

More to come later. Email me if you want to see Moab pictures. It's good to be home.
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