Tar Heel sharpshooter who later called the shots from the bench

This clue leads to Hubert Davis. The sections below explain what it refers to, why it matches the clue, and why it may be appearing in the current trend cycle.

Hubert Ira Davis Jr. is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's team. Before his coaching career, Davis played for North Carolina from 1988 to 1992 and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and New Jersey Nets from 1992 to 2004. He holds the franchise single-season and career three-point field goal shooting percentage records for both the Knicks and the Mavericks. He is the nephew of Walter Davis, another former Tar Heel and NBA player.

Background summary sourced from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). View source

Hubert Davis is the current head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team, following a playing career at UNC and in the NBA where he set three-point records for the Knicks and Mavericks.