Another Tar Heel In The NBA Finals

                            

Dallas is in the NBA Finals....meaning that former Tar Heel Jerry Stackhouse will be making his Finals debut.

Oh, and Bob McAdoo....another former Tar Heel....is an assistant coach for the Miami Heat.

In 14 of the last 19 seasons, the NBA Champion has had a UNC Tar Heel on the roster.   In 21 of the last 26 seasons....a Carolina player has been in the NBA Finals.  In 7 of those 21 seasons, one of the head coaches in the NBA Finals was a Tar Heel [Billy Cunningham, George Karl, Larry Brown].

1980-Bobby Jones [Phil], Billy Cunningham [Phil-coach]
1981-
1982-Bobby Jones [Phil], Bob McAdoo [LAL], Mitch Kupchak [LAL], Billy Cunningham [Phil-coach]
1983-James Worthy [LAL], Bob McAdoo [LAL], Bobby Jones [Phil], Billy Cunningham [Phil-coach]
1984-James Worthy [LAL], Bob McAdoo [LAL], Mitch Kupchak [LAL]
1985-James Worthy [LAL], Bob McAdoo [LAL], Mitch Kupchak [LAL]
1986-
1987-James Worthy [LAL]
1988-James Worthy [LAL]
1989-James Worthy [LAL]
1990-
1991-Sam Perkins [LAL], Michael Jordan [Chi], Scott Williams [Chi]
1992-Michael Jordan [Chi], Scott Williams [Chi]
1993-Michael Jordan [Chi], Scott Williams [Chi]
1994-Kenny Smith [Hou], Pete Chilcutt [Hou]
1995-Kenny Smith [Hou]
1996-Michael Jordan [Chi], Sam Perkins [Sea], George Karl [Sea-coach]
1997-Michael Jordan [Chi]
1998-Michael Jordan [Chi]
1999-
2000-Rick Fox [LAL], Sam Perkins [Ind]
2001-Rick Fox [LAL], George Lynch [Phi], Larry Brown [Phil-coach]
2002-Rick Fox [LAL]
2003-
2004-Rick Fox [LAL], Rasheed Wallace [Det], Larry Brown [Det-coach]
2005-Rasheed Wallace [Det], Larry Brown [Det-coach]
2006-Jerry Stackhouse [Dall]

By the way, the only Duke player to ever go on to win an NBA title was Danny Ferry with the 2003 Spurs.