DonnieWalsh, who played for the Tar Heels before spending 30 years as an NBA coach and executive, said North Carolina's dominance in recruiting started with former coach Frank McGuire in the early 1950s.
The Knicks won just one game in his first two postseasons after former team president DonnieWalsh, who undertook the rebuilding of the Knicks from 2008-11 before returning to the Pacers' front office, made the deal to acquire the All-Star forward from Denver in February 2011.