In recent years, as the population of North Carolina has gone up so has the overall level of talent. And it got us to thinking about this: what states are close to NC in talent? Just consider who has come out of the Old North State:
- Sam Jones
- Walt Bellamy
- David Thompson
- Tom Burleson
- Bob McAdoo
- John Lucas
- Walter Davis
- Phil Ford
- Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell
- James Worthy
- Michael Jordan
- Buck Williams
- Dominique Wilkins
- Brad Daugherty
- Chris Paul
- Antawn Jamison
- Steph Curry
- Rodney Rogers
- John Wall
- Bam Adebayo
- Brandon Ingram
You could take any 13 and put that group up against the best of any other state.