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NBA ready to resume
It’s been four months since Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a chain of events that brought sports across the world to a screeching halt. On Thursday, the NBA […]
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It’s a summer of opportunity for NBA hopefuls
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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Trent Jr. has best game on slow day at Vegas Summer League
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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Carter emerges from Bagley’s shadow to shine in Vegas
Wendell Carter Jr.’s mother made headlines recently with some controversial comments criticizing college basketball, Duke and its Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski. But there was at least one thing about which she was spot […]
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Tony Bradley, Amile Jefferson shine in NBA Vegas Summer League
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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Undrafted free agent Duval off to strong start in NBA Vegas Summer League
Trevon Duval was the only member of Duke’s starting five last year that wasn’t selected in the NBA draft. But if he keeps putting up performances like the one he had Friday on the opening […]
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Bagley, Carter ready to prove themselves after being high picks
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
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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All five Duke starters invited to NBA Combine
All five members of Duke’s starting five from last season are among the players invited to the NBA’s predraft scouting combine. Senior Grayson Allen will be joined by one-and-done former teammates Marvin Bagley III, Wendell […]
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Duke’s Duval, BC’s North Carolina backcourt latest to declare for draft
Freshman guard Trevon Duval became Duke’s second one-and-done player this season Wednesday with his announcement that he will join teammate Marvin Bagley III in the NBA draft. Duval is the 14th Blue Devil to declare […]