Coach K Academy Photo Gallery (former players)

[watzone]

Here is the Photo Gallery - http://myblogdevils.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2008/6/6/3731564.html

[Shammrog]

Here is the Photo Gallery - http://myblogdevils.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2008/6/6/3731564.html

Hey Watzone - thanks for the great photos!

A suggestion (don't know how much trouble this is) - can you include a caption with the names of the former players/coaches? Sad to admit, but I am having a hard time recognizing a few of them... :rolleyes:

[Indoor66]

Hey Watzone - thanks for the great photos!

A suggestion (don't know how much trouble this is) - can you include a caption with the names of the former players/coaches? Sad to admit, but I am having a hard time recognizing a few of them... :rolleyes:

Trust me, Shamm, it will get worse - but only if you continue to live! :D

[SilkyJ]

A shav sighting! Shav is there on picture/slide 21 (top right, red shirt) and 25.

I only bring it up b/c I didn't see his name mentioned anywhere in articles regarding former duke players at the academy(particularly ones currently in the NBA)

Thanks Wat.

[Oriole Way]

There must be some pretty nasty pickup games between all the former players.

[Oriole Way]

A shav sighting! Shav is there on picture/slide 21 (top right, red shirt) and 25.

I only bring it up b/c I didn't see his name mentioned anywhere in articles regarding former duke players at the academy(particularly ones currently in the NBA)

Thanks Wat.

Anyone know what Shav's pro plans are at this time?

Watzone, you had a chance to speak with him at all during the academy?

[watzone]

I put some captions up on most of the pics, leaving off a few obvious ones. I guess I need a life for I knew who all the players were on site. Even had some vet Duke sports writers asking me who "that guy" is on a couple of occasions.

I talked with almost all of the players and will be doing some articles in between recruiting stuff in my premium section in the coming weeks.

Shav is very faithful to Duke, and well, his faith. He was happy to be there and I actually did see him mentioned in a few articles. I was able to be in the middle of some interesting comments from Shav, Shelden and Dockery when I was getting a few q and a's. It's great that they are so comfortable around me. Shelden said that K brought him out of his, pardon the pun, shell. "I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you like this during my freshman year at Duke," said Shelden.

Needless to say, it was a family atmosphere. I should have some follow up pictures in the coming days. There were at least ten more worth printing and I expect some new ones as well.

BTW, hoops prospect Leslie McDonald is visiting this weekend. I am talking about that and much more in my premium section;)

Shav will be working out with several teams.

[jimbonelson]

thanks for all the info

[Shammrog]

I put some captions up on most of the pics, leaving off a few obvious ones. I guess I need a life for I knew who all the players were on site. Even had some vet Duke sports writers asking me who "that guy" is on a couple of occasions.

I talked with almost all of the players and will be doing some articles in between recruiting stuff in my premium section in the coming weeks.

Shav is very faithful to Duke, and well, his faith. He was happy to be there and I actually did see him mentioned in a few articles. I was able to be in the middle of some interesting comments from Shav, Shelden and Dockery when I was getting a few q and a's. It's great that they are so comfortable around me. Shelden said that K brought him out of his, pardon the pun, shell. "I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you like this during my freshman year at Duke," said Shelden.

Needless to say, it was a family atmosphere. I should have some follow up pictures in the coming days. There were at least ten more worth printing and I expect some new ones as well.

BTW, hoops prospect Leslie McDonald is visiting this weekend. I am talking about that and much more in my premium section;)

Shav will be working out with several teams.

Nice to see Kenny in game shape! :)

[DukeUsul]

Ricky Price sighting! Next I was expecting to see Greg Newton and Tony Moore (T-moooooooo!)

[Exiled_Devil]

There must be some pretty nasty pickup games between all the former players.

As a former K-camper, I recall that they played pick-up against the campers in the mornings, and sometimes against themselves. I recall watching Jay Bilas come down and drop a 3. He then commented that he could always do that, but 'something about the interests of the team' He was a great guy.

[happydays1949]

Many thanks for the pics. Is Jay Bilas there?

[Verga3]

Awesome, Watzone! You are the best. Great photos.....great memories.

The Kenny Dennard (King, NC) and Gene Banks (Philly) combo was utterly priceless. I can still see Dennard elevating for his patented reverse jam, pointing to Tinkerbell and hustling back on D.......it's fantasy camp, right?

Thanks again, Watzone.

[WiJoe]

Jay is keeping bobby knight's balls clean in Ireland.

ie, They're playing golf.

[roywhite]

Jay is keeping bobby knight's balls clean in Ireland.

ie, They're playing golf.

Really? Great!

How'd you like to be in an Irish pub and hear those two swap stories and entertain the locals?

[bludev03]

Seems like it's a bunch of old men with too much money to throw away and too much time on their hands...

The $10,000 fee to attend camp could send 20 inner city kids to a basketball camp. They could give 200 teachers a $50 gas card.
It's a shame how some people are so out of touch w/ reality and lack a conscious of people who aren't fortunate. Some people just don't get and never will.....

[studdlee10]

You do know the proceeds from the camp go to the Emily K center and to the Duke scholarship fund, right? Who are you to judge how somebody spends their money, and who's to say that the old rich guys don't donate money/time outside of K Acadmey? They're just living out a dream, even if for only a few days. I'm hardly rich, but as a die hard Duke fan, even I woudl consider K academy when I'm at that age.

That was one of the most pompous, self righteous posts I have ever read.



Seems like it's a bunch of old men with too much money to throw away and too much time on their hands...

The $10,000 fee to attend camp could send 20 inner city kids to a basketball camp. They could give 200 teachers a $50 gas card.
It's a shame how some people are so out of touch w/ reality and lack a conscious of people who aren't fortunate. Some people just don't get and never will.....

[Gunnar Kaufman]

Seems like it's a bunch of old men with too much money to throw away and too much time on their hands...

The $10,000 fee to attend camp could send 20 inner city kids to a basketball camp. They could give 200 teachers a $50 gas card.
It's a shame how some people are so out of touch w/ reality and lack a conscious of people who aren't fortunate. Some people just don't get and never will.....

This from the poster who derided Chris Spatola, who called out lacrosse players for "failing" to apologize for underage drinking when they had long ago (and repeatedly) done so, and so on and so forth.

Once again, your comments are off-base, presumptuous and arrogantly delivered.

It would seem that the only person "out of touch with reality" is you.

[CathyCA]

Thank you, Watzone, for sharing your pictures!

[gvtucker]

You do know the proceeds from the camp go to the Emily K center and to the Duke scholarship fund, right? Who are you to judge how somebody spends their money, and who's to say that the old rich guys don't donate money/time outside of K Acadmey? They're just living out a dream, even if for only a few days. I'm hardly rich, but as a die hard Duke fan, even I woudl consider K academy when I'm at that age.

That was one of the most pompous, self righteous posts I have ever read.

And even more money than that $10,000 fee is raised from the K Academy campers for various causes.

[watzone]

Many thanks for the pics. Is Jay Bilas there?

Bilas in golfing with Bobby Knight. Laettner, Dunleavy and Reggie Love came in though. Great pics on the way - maybe Monday.

[billybreen]

Seems like it's a bunch of old men with too much money to throw away and too much time on their hands...

The $10,000 fee to attend camp could send 20 inner city kids to a basketball camp. They could give 200 teachers a $50 gas card.
It's a shame how some people are so out of touch w/ reality and lack a conscious of people who aren't fortunate. Some people just don't get and never will.....

Lol at you.

[DevilDan]

Hey bluedev03 ... you've got to be kidding, PAL. Get you facts straight, before you point fingers at K & The Camp. OR maybe YOU just don't get it ...

[SupaDave]

Go easy on bluedev03 - we just need to show him what else is being offered. The Duke players offer MANY basketball programs to the youth. Just look at what the freshmen Singler is doing out in Oregan. Chris Carrawell and Nate here in Durham. Duhon in Chicago and New Orleans - and so on and so forth.

Quite frankly, I'm saving up right NOW to be able to attend the K camp by the time I'm 40 (b/c I want to dominate). I do plenty for the community and will be able to do even more after getting a little advice from Coach K and working on my jumper with JJ Redick.

How much cooler am I if I can tell a young black male that JJ Redick helped me with my jumper? See? That's priceless. I wouldn't have to fish for a topic of conversation - instead I would get questions.

$10,000 is a drop in the bucket for the wealth of basketball and business knowledge that will be at your fingers for an entire week. Don't forget that the campers are businessmen too! So please don't judge the cost of the camp.

I'm actually preparing to send my 11 year little brother (who is a unexpected badass) to the Carawell/James camp this summer. The cost is of no matter to me - what they can provide my younger brother is PRICELESS. He may end up being a Dukie for life and get to follow in the footsteps of his older brother...

[Shammrog]

Seems like it's a bunch of old men with too much money to throw away and too much time on their hands...

The $10,000 fee to attend camp could send 20 inner city kids to a basketball camp. They could give 200 teachers a $50 gas card.
It's a shame how some people are so out of touch w/ reality and lack a conscious of people who aren't fortunate. Some people just don't get and never will.....

Whoa - whoa - whoa dude. Yes, it is probably a bunch of old men with too much money to throw away and too much time on their hands.

AND IT IS GOOD THAT THEY ARE THROWING BOTH AWAY THIS WAY; since it is held for charity! The proceeds go to benefit the Emily Krzyzewski Center at Duke Hospital...

[dkbaseball]

Jay is keeping bobby knight's balls clean in Ireland.

ie, They're playing golf.

A tall order -- keeping Knight's balls clean. I followed him around for a while at a pro-am once, and he's killing snakes all the way down the fairway. Truly ugly. But when he gets around the greens he has a nice touch that allows him to score in the 80s sometimes..

[Savage]

The camp's annual auction also raised an additional ~$460,000 for the Emily K Center

[Inonehand]

Campers at this fantasy week have also become donors to Duke, Duke Athletics, Duke Hospital and the Emily K Center (which is an educational facility that works with low-income kids with potential, not a part of the hospital as was said earlier). Very few of these guys ONLY drop $10k to play hoops and walk away only to show up a year later to do the same. There are a few but the vast majority are doing great things with their cash right here in Durham...and most don't even live here and some have no connection to this area other than this camp.

[BluePlanet28]

Here are a few more photo galleries from this year's K Academy... (http://www.blueplanetshots.com/2008-09/533348)