Earlier on Wednesday we rolled out our NBA Trade Deadline primer on which former University of North Carolina Tar Heels players could be on the move before Thursday afternoon. Little did we know that two of them would be involved in the same trade later that night.
Former UNC standouts Harrison Barnes and Justin Jackson were part of a trade between the Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, just the latest in a flurry of moves ahead of the deadline.
Dallas agreed to send Barnes to Sacramento in exchange for Jackson and Zach Randolph on Wednesday night:
The Kings are trading Justin Jackson and Zach Randolph to the Mavericks for Harrison Barnes, league sources tell ESPN.