What would be the city's reaction to having 5 former Tarheels on the roster?

[ziggy]

Hypothetically it could happen

Felton
May
Mcinnis
Brandon Wright (If we miss out on the Oden/Durant sweepstakes)
Vinsanity or Antowain Jamison (if we sign either of them this offseason)

With 5 of an available 15 spots on our roster occupied by the baby blue I'm sure that we would be the butt of many jokes on many of the sports shows.

What do you think the city's reaction would be from a fan standpoint, they are a lot of Tarheel fans out there that would be happy, but there are probably twice as many people that hate the Tarheels that would be turned off by these moves?

Thoughts?

[dav7z]

Thats a great question . Im a Tar Heel freak . But i think its too many Duke , WaKE . NC State fans. That the BOBCATS would lose. You just got to take the best players out thair if you want to win. Carolina Duke State Uconn Who ever . Its the talent you looking for not the college.

[123together]

well i think where someone goes to college should not really be an issue in selecting a player, since we already have 3 UNC players, not many people would like any more. but UNC has such a great crop of NBA players to choose from, its hard not to have one on your team haha. but seriously if the best players are available from UNC, we've gotta take em because they will help

[Mustachio]

quite simply the reaction would be mass hysteria and i would hang myself.

nah im with everyone up here. i preach "its the NBA now, dont make a damn where they played."

and i said this about 500 times last night at the orlando game (JJ Redick) and almost got into some fights arguing with stupid ass carolina fans. and cussing stupid ass duke fans for cheering for Orlando in their own states teams arena because of one player.

LET IT GO.

there are some good carolina fans even on this forum that can seperate NBA from College.

however i couldnt handle another player from UNC, simply because of the dumb ass fans that will cheer for or against the bobcats simply because there are unc players on the team. it just makes us look bad

[rallydurham]

I think I could handle either Wright or Hansborough (with the late 1st rounder) just fine as long as they are good..

And Im a huge Wolfpack fan that grew up a Duke fan

Its all about production to me

[tamburello]

The executives should look at the players regardless of their old school. I wouldn't mind having 10 Tar Heel(or 10 Wolfpack, Blue Devil, Husky doesn't matter) on the roster, as long as they contribute to the Bobcats on the right way. I'm against only when they sign a namely Tar Heel for only being a Tar Heel(remember selecting May in 2005 draft, skipping Danny Granger, Gerald Green etc. btw, no offense to May he's a real solid player but was he our real need?)

This summer if we'd have 3rd pick and Brandan Wright is the best of the rest, take him without thinking one more minute. In my logic, that's simply as this.

[Mustachio]

as far as the may pick is concerned... yeah i feel like they took him based on popularity at the time... but if he can stay healthy... i think he was a great pick...

hes a big dude that has a solid medium range game. automatic from 18 feet im telling you. he can run and post up( when hes fully healthy) so i mean... even if he comes off the bench for us and adds some instant offense with his jumper... im ok with him being our 13th pick...

and as far as brandon wright goes.. i feel like we already got him on our roster but hes wearing a Ryan Hollins jersey. id rather develop ryan and use that pick on another type of player.

[CaptainCrunch]

I might would stop pulling for the bobcats, i hate unc basketball i am not going to lie and 5 of them on our team would just be too much for me.

[dav7z]

MUST you cool but its no way you can put Wright and Hollins in the same class NO WHERE IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM Compare him to a Garnett would be a whole lot closer. But in my eyes hes a Sam Perkins.

[dvdbumpus]

I'll only add another tarheel if his name is Antawn Jamison and he comes at a good price. Other than that I just want the best player available, tar heel or not.