CHAPEL HILL—Bobby Jones, a standout on Dean Smith's Tar Heel teams in the early 1970s and one of the NBA's greatest defensive players, will be enshrined as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 on Friday night in Springfield, Mass.
Jones is the seventh former UNC player and 11th Tar Heel overall to be elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame, joining Ben Carnevale (1970), Frank McGuire (1977), Dean Smith (1983), Billy Cunningham (1986), Bob McAdoo (2000), Larry Brown (2002), James Worthy (2003), Roy Williams (2007), Michael Jordan (2009) and Charlie Scott (2018).