The Tar Heels traded Walker Kessler for Brady Manek.
If Armando Bacot is advised by NBA teams for which he is auditioning that the needs another year in college instead of coming out as an undrafted free agent, the 2022 Tar Heels could be much-improved over the last two seasons.
And if Dean Smith’s old axiom is true that college players make the most improvement between their freshman and sophomore years, Caleb Love, RJ Davis and Kerwin Walton will be a lot better.
Walker Kessler, who must prove that at Auburn, will be replaced by a true stretch forward that Kessler’s family thought he should have been as a UNC frosh.