<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">CHAPEL HILL ? The fliers plastered all over the Smith Center walls Thursday afternoon billed it as ?The Return.? Atlanta versus Charlotte on Oct. 27 with Hawks forward Marvin Williams battling former North Carolina teammates Raymond Felton and Sean May in an NBA preseason game under the 2005 NCAA championship banner they helped raise. Williams, now 20 years old and readying to begin his second season in Atlanta, admired the Hollywood-style posters which featured him front and center palming a ball while smaller images of May and Felton flanked him. ?Man, I think it looks great,? Williams said. ?They obviously put the best looking guy in the middle.? There may be some dissent to that opinion. ?Wait ?til I tell Raymond and Sean,? Roy Williams, his former college coach, joked. Back on campus On Thursday, UNC?s favorite Williamses joined forces with Atlanta general manager Billy Knight at the Smith Center to promote the NBA preseason game between the Hawks and Bobcats. The game, which will also feature former Duke forward and Hawks rookie Shelden Williams, will be one of two NBA preseason games in Chapel Hill this year. (Charlotte also plays Washington on Oct. 17.) But while the posters touted it as ?The Return,? Marvin Williams? homecoming to Chapel Hill took place months ago. The 6-foot-9 forward has spent most of his offseason on campus taking summer-school classes in pursuit of his degree. ?Chapel Hill is a very special place to me,? Marvin Williams said. ?I love being around coach and his staff. And one of my biggest reasons to come back was for school. My education is very, very important to me.? Roy Williams said it?s been common this summer to find Marvin Williams and May in the Smith Center at 7:15 in the morning working with strength coach Jonas Sahratian, then attending class before playing pickup games in the afternoon. The veteran coach applauded his former players? efforts in the classroom. ?When Marvin left, I made him promise that while he was giving up his eligibility, he wouldn?t give up his education,? Roy Williams said.</div> Source
