Paul Grier one of the forgotten stars of segregated basketball in North Carolina

Posted Dec 1, 2010
Paul Grier says he didn't think much then about chances he missed - until Charlie Scott went to UNC. "That kind of hit my mind," he says. And now there's no way to know how opportunities would have played out. On this day, in this gym, he and Richard Vinroot talk about the best players they've seen - including Charlotte's and UNC's Walter Davis and Bobby Jones, names this basketball state will forever celebrate. (Bellingham Herald)

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