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Dev11
What say you, Jahlil?
Jahlil Okafor was born after Christian Laettner graduated from college. It says a lot about the kid that he recognizes that the last 3-5 years are not the only years on K's resume.
Realizing of course that in the last 6 years where Duke hasn't had as many good bigs as we might hope, Josh McRoberts, Lance Thomas, Miles Plumlee have been bigs to go pro from Duke, with Mason to follow next year and perhaps Ryan. This also doesn't include Zoubek, who had himself a pretty impressive senior season and had some pro opportunities, before injuries limited him.
“Those two kids, they’re champions,” Krzyzewski said of his senior leaders. “They’re trying to teach the other kids how to become that, and it’s a long road to become that.”