A Tar Heels was involved in the most high profile NBA player move this season when Cameron Johnson was part of the deal that sent Kevin Durant to the Suns. The North Carolina alumn had been drafted and spent his first couple seasons in Phoenix, making the NBA Finals with them in 2021.
While he was good enough to be one of the most high profile players included in a trade package for a future Hall of Famer like Durant, he was — on paper — going from a team with title aspirations to one that was taking a bit of a step back and unloaded their biggest names.