Of the six players honored by the NBA for their sportsmanship...

[duke03]

... three are Duke alums. Brand and Battier won divisional awards, and Luol Deng won the league-wide award.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2858885

[billybreen]

You beat me to it!

I'm so proud of those Dukies.

[mr. synellinden]

Just saw on ESPN.com that Luol Deng has won the NBA's sportsmanship award.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2858885

[dukemomLA]

Deservedly so. He's truly a class act. (Although I was devastated that he left Duke after only one year. I really thought we'd have him for two.

[dukemomLA]

Yeah, Blue Devils rule!! The Coach K family has learned to do things right! Amen.

[gus]

... three are Duke alums. Brand and Battier won divisional awards, and Luol Deng won the league-wide award.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2858885

Dukie, yes- but I don't think Luol Deng can be considered an alumnus.

[dball]

Dukie, yes- but I don't think Luol Deng can be considered an alumnus.


Alumnus generally defined these days as a graduate or former student.

Luol is thus an alumnus.

[Bluedog]

The Duke University Alumni Association considers anyone who has attended Duke for two consecutive semesters and left the University in good standing to be an alumnus.

[mph]

2005 Grant

2006 Elton

2007 Luol

It's a testament to the type of young men Coach K recruits. Congrats to Shane for finishing second. Maybe next year he can make it 4 in a row.

[gus]

The Duke University Alumni Association considers anyone who has attended Duke for two consecutive semesters and left the University in good standing to be an alumnus.

ah- ok. for some reason I thought it was two consecutive years. nevermind.

[mapei]

And yet everybody hates Duke. Sigh.

[rsvman]

And yet everybody hates Duke. Sigh.

And thinks Coach K is a phoney.

[steely2400]

Not too bad, 3 of the top 6. Looks like K knows how to mold fine men and players...


http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2858885

[hurleyfor3]

And yet everybody hates Duke. Sigh.

Stuff like this is precisely why.

[VaDukie]

When Duke players like this show class, they're holier than thou. When they display some gamesmanship on the court (JJ/Dahntay), then they're classless punks. I think all that matters is we know how good our guys are.