{"id":1935387,"date":"2026-09-27T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T00:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1935387"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T00:52:32","slug":"high-energy-young-welcomed-return-to-unc-after-talking-to-malone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1935387","title":{"rendered":"High-energy Young welcomed return to UNC after talking to Malone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u2014 It was his energy and tough defense that led Jaydon Young to start five consecutive games in the middle of ACC play last season. Now playing for Coach Michael Malone, who values good defenders to fuel the fast pace he seeks, Young has a chance to play a bigger role in Carolina\u2019s rotation this season if his shooting gets better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/09\/27\/high-energy-young-welcomed-return-to-unc-after-talking-to-malone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u2014 It was his energy and tough defense that led Jaydon Young to start five consecutive games in the middle of ACC play last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1935388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarheeltribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/unc-roster-header-e1759169996823.png?resize=1140%2C228&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1935387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1935387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935389,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935387\/revisions\/1935389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1935387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1935387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1935387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}