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March 4, 2021

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NBA picks, free agents look to make impression

July 10, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Call it the Pelican brief. No, not that 1990s movie starring Julia Roberts. Rather, it’s a phrase that sums up Zion Williamson’s first experience as a professional basketball player. The first overall draft pick from […]

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It’s a summer of opportunity for NBA hopefuls

July 18, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The NBA’s Summer League tournaments represent different things to different players. For this year’s draft picks, they’re an opportunity get acquainted with the NBA style while playing for the first time in the uniforms of […]

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Duke’s Trent Jr. helps team into Vegas Summer League semifinals

July 16, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  Gary Trent Jr. helped the Portland Trailblazers advance to the semifinals of the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League on Sunday by contributing eight points, five rebounds and two assists to a 95-80 victory against the […]

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Play winding down in NBA Las Vegas Summer League

July 15, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  Twenty-seven players with North Carolina ties have seen action in at least one game at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League. Only two of them, Wake Forest’s Codi Miller-McIntyre and Duke’s Gary Trent Jr., is […]

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Trent Jr. has best game on slow day at Vegas Summer League

July 13, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  Thursday was a slow day for players with North Carolina ties at the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League.   Although the tournament is in its playoff phase, many of the 30 teams involved have seen all […]

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UNC’s Jackson showing off offensive skills in NBA Vegas Summer League

July 11, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  The Sacramento Kings have spent the offseason looking a small forward capable of putting up big offensive numbers. Justin Jackson has spent the past couple of weeks trying to convince the team it already has […]

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Tony Bradley, Amile Jefferson shine in NBA Vegas Summer League

July 9, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  Sunday was a day of rest for some of the biggest names in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League tournament, with recent first round draft picks Marvin Bagley III and Grayson Allen of Duke and […]

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Bagley, Carter ready to prove themselves after being high picks

June 27, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Draft night was a memorable occasion for freshman big men from Duke and their senior leader Grayson Allen. But there were few celebrations among the other underclassmen from state schools with professional basketball aspirations and […]

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Blue Devils’ Bagley, Carter go early; Hornets draft and deal

June 21, 2018 Cory Lavalette

As expected, Duke’s two one-and-done big men were taken in the lottery of Thursday’s 2018 NBA Draft. Marvin Bagley III, the ACC Player and Rookie of the Year, went second overall to the Sacramento Kings, […]

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Duke leads parade of local players in NBA Draft

June 20, 2018 Shawn Krest

Plenty of area players will be watching the NBA Draft with interest on Thursday night, including several Duke Blue Devils who will be there in person at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Three months after […]

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