Heels: Playing time up for grabs

Posted Apr 25, 2007

Deon Thompson of North Carolina had a summer of basketball and hard training planned, but he’ll be sweating even more after Brandan Wright’s decision to leave school and enter the NBA Draft. Thompson, who will be a sophomore next season, will be among three players that Coach Roy Williams will count on to help replace Wright, last season’s ACC rookie of the year and ACC Tournament MVP. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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