Over the years, North Carolina has been host to a lot of impressive basketball prospects and has gradually built a reputation as one of the more talented areas for athletics. There have been 132 NBA/ABA players who were born in North Carolina, which firmly places the Hoopstate in the top fifth of all states. Upon looking deeper and only highlighting active players, we are right amongst the top group. So, why is this information relevant to the current day' Well, in the last five years this state is almost guaranteed to send at least one player per class to the NBA.
Just going back to 2015, Brandon Ingram, Luke Maye, Chris Clemons, Jerome Robinson, Dennis Smith, Harry Giles, Bam Adebayo, Grant Williams, Kyran Bowman, Coby White, and Jaylen Hoard have already made it with guys like Jay Huff, Devon Dotson, Trey Murphy, Trey Wertz, Aaron Wiggins, Patrick Williams, Isaiah Todd, and Josh Hall preparing to make the leap. Some of these guys were obvious NBA talents in high school while others were not, and identifying someone as a professional prospect at this stage (whether correct or not) is a surefire way to make others distraught.
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