Duke could be getting something special in five-star forward Cooper Flagg.
The hype has not really begun...but it will. It’s May and the NBA playoffs are still dominating basketball news, so it’s going to be a while before Cooper Flagg mania really cranks up.
This should be fun... Since Sion James is now a Blue Devil, this would be a good time to talk about his character a bit. He should fit right in at Duke.
As the Brotherhood rolls on In Wednesday’s Brotherhood Playoff Action, Boston clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 113-98 win over Cleveland and Dallas took a 3-2 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 104-92 win of their own.
We know everything now except for one player’s final destination So with all the transfers out this spring - a new feature across college basketball, for better or worse - it’s a good time to run down where everyone is going to be next fall.
An interesting take on one of the NBA’s absolute legends from another Jerry West is 85 now and he has been a huge part of NBA history. He was one of the greatest players in the league’s history and his Lakers consistently finished second-best to Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics in the 1960’s, losing to the C’s eight times.
An interesting twist for the Duke legend and long-time NBA player Mike Krzyzewski retired in 2022 but he still has significant influence in the basketball world.
Wendell Moore’s season may be down to the last game As we’ve seen so far in the Minnesota-Denver series, former Duke star Wendell Moore hasn’t gotten off the bench and he didn’t on Tuesday either as the Timberwolves fell 112-97.
It’s a bigger club than we realized When Lew Alcindor, now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was in college, the NCAA banned dunks to limit his dominance. Didn’t really work - he won three national titles at UCLA and lost two games in three years.
Even at 77-years-old and retired, Mike Krzyzewski is still providing some valuable input for one big-name NBA team.
This is pretty cool and reciprocated too Jared McCain was only at Duke for his freshman season, but he made a big impression on Duke fans. Not only was he a wonderful player, his buoyant personality won a lot of people over.
But not a great game anywhere Monday night Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics won Game 4 last night while Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively and the Dallas Mavericks fell to Oklahoma City.
Trivia and history all rolled up into one We’ve seen a couple of earlier “where are they now” videos about McDonald’s All-American teams and they’re fun.
Wendell Moore isn’t playing, but he’s learning a lot As we’ve discussed, Wendell Moore hasn’t played a lot for Minnesota lately, partly because Anthony Edwards has emerged as a superstar.
He’s got the right idea here Court storming became a huge issue this past season after Wake Forest upset Duke in Winston-Salem and Kyle Filipowski took a hit from a fan as he tried to leave the court.
On April 3, Christian Reeves became the first of seven Blue Devils in the Jon Scheyer era to enter the transfer portal, as the Duke basketball program didn't lose any talent to the portal last year following Scheyer's first season at the helm.
AJ Dybantsa capturing the attention of the Duke basketball staff, not to mention everyone else who has ever seen him play, is nothing new. The Blue Devils, no strangers to reeling in top-ranked recruiting prizes, have shown up to the Prolific Prep (Calif.) five-star forward's games and reached out to him several times.
After arriving in Durham as a five-star prospect, Chicago native DJ Steward delivered an encouraging freshman campaign, albeit for a 2020-21 Duke basketball squad that finished 13-11 overall, 9-9 in ACC play, and without an NCAA Tournament invite.
The Packers selected a player who could fill in at any offensive line spot.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Duke OL Graham Barton with the No. 26 overall pick as they look to build on this past season's surprise run to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
The Baylor Bears are getting a big boost via the transfer portal, as a key member of Duke’s 2023-24 team is joining their squad.
With seven players looking for new homes — and two stars having declared for the NBA Draft — head coach Jon Scheyer's team will look vastly different next season.
No college basketball team illustrates the perils of the transfer portal era better than Duke right now.
They aren't the only two players who head coach Jon Scheyer will have to replace in the fall.
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