Corey Evans @coreyevans_10 2h2 hours ago
Sean Miller, Coach K, Wright, Calipari, Willard, Kansas, Lville, Rutgers among those on hand for 5-star 2019s Bryan Antoine/Scottie Lewis
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Corey Evans @coreyevans_10 2h2 hours ago
Sean Miller, Coach K, Wright, Calipari, Willard, Kansas, Lville, Rutgers among those on hand for 5-star 2019s Bryan Antoine/Scottie Lewis
Evan FloodVerified account @Evan_Flood 1h1 hour ago
Greg Gard, Roy Williams, Coach K, John Calipari, more watching @adidasD1MN 2019 SF Matt Hurt. #adidasUprising
Ryan James @RyanJamesMN 22m22 minutes ago
Race Thompson scored 23 on 8 of 11 shots, made all 6 FTs. Matthew Hurt had 11/10 in front of Richard Pitino, Coach K, Roy Williams,Bill Self
(Self and Coach K talking)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwcXNeU0AARyvY.jpg
Fun night for Coach K, he also took time to watch a game with Shaq.
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(Coach K is on the right)
And just like that, Duke has extended an offer to 2019 SF/SG Scottie Lewis. Lewis is the teammate of SG Bryan Antoine, who very recently received an offer of his own. The pair of them are among the Top 10 in the class. It's not clear that they intend to play together in college, but they haven't ruled it out, either. Here's Adam Zagoria's article on the offer.
Duke extended two offers yesterday to members of the class of 2019, Vernon Carey, Jr. (#1 in 247Sports) and Armando Bacot (Top 30).
Carey, a 6'9" forward form Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a big boy for a rising junior. He clocks in at 245 pounds but wears his weight well. The lefty appears to be a complete package: athletic, good post moves, shooting range out to the 3-point line, etc. Here's a highlight video displaying a variety of his skills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZbKV5CaWm0
Bacot, a 6-10" forward from Richmond, Virginia, appears to be more of a traditional post player. He's planted near the hoop most often and displays a variety of back-to-the-basket moves and counters to score. He appears to be very high on Duke, which is nice. Follow this link to see video clips of Bacot from the NBPA Top 100 camp over the summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC3SkpdiaIM
The two forwards join other recruits in the Class of 2019, guards Bryan Antoine and Scottie Lewis and small forward Matthew Hurt. Bacot, no slouch of a recruit in his own right, is the first guy outside of the Top 10 that Duke has offered. I remember opining a few months ago in the 2018 thread that Duke might have been adjusting it's recruiting strategy to target guys in the 11-50 range to have a more stable roster of 2-4 year players. Boy was I wrong! Duke continues its trend of targeting the best in the class every year.
Rivals has put out their new top 150 rankings for the class of 2019:
This is the link for 2019.
https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals150/2019
so, does LaMelo's shoe make him ineligible?
LaVar doesn't care: "The NCAA is not my boss":
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...aa-not-my-boss
You don't sound like you know much about Duke kids or Duke in general. Perhaps a history lesson is in order. Here is a sampling of some former Duke kids. You may get a hint, but unless you watched them play and watched how well they represented Duke as people I don't know if you will get it. Anyway it's a start.
Just follow the links.
Dick Groat
Gene Banks
Mike Gminski
Jim Sparnakel
Grant Hill
Steve Wojciechowski
Nate James
Shane Battier
Tyler Thornton
Amile Jefferson
Chucktown Dave is not a troll. I've never met him, as far as I know, but we have Low Country living in common so I usually take note of his posts. I think it's interesting to ponder what a "Duke Kid" actually is. Depending on how you feel about Duke it has meant either studious or white and bratty. I'm not sure either is, or was, accurate. Duke is recruiting and landing the best recruits. I don't see a difference between Duke and UNC as far as who they recruit except that Duke is landing way more of the top guys lately. For the OAD guys, academics really doesn't matter these days. Maybe Duke has a different philosophy or possibly K is recruiting same type guys the's always recruited but with better success. Maybe in the past some guys were intimidated by Duke's perceived academic rigor but now they're not. Duke recruited Chris Weber but Jalen Rose believed that Coach K would not have recruited a kid from the inner city like himself. I think Jalen Rose could certainly get a Duke offer today but I'm not sure anything has actually changed except that getting a top PG today means you need to get another one next year.