UNC Basketball: NBA Playoff Preview

While the introduction of the Play-In Tournament changes the calculus a bit, the NBA Playoffs as we traditionally know them are set to start later today. Over the next two-ish months, the 16 teams remaining will be whittled down to one over the course of four best-of-seven rounds, concluding with the NBA Finals.

Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of North Carolina Tar Heels make deep runs in the NBA Playoffs. For one, a certain Michael Jordan exists, but even beyond him, there have been plenty of notable Heels have played notable roles on great NBA teams.

The discussion of why that isn’t quite the case at the moment is another whole topic for another whole day. While UNC doesn’t really have…