It probably won't be back. The info has been moved here: http://www.sportsstats.com/nba/report.php
I apologize if this has already been addressed on the site, but I don't remember seeing anything on when/if this feature will return to DBR. In the meantime, does anyone know if someone else is compiling this information on another Duke-centric web site? Thanks in advance for any info.
It probably won't be back. The info has been moved here: http://www.sportsstats.com/nba/report.php
Don't know anything about that site, but Duke Blue Planet has a page dedicated to Dukies in the NBA. See NBA.com Duke player stats (must use IE) and Duke in the NBA
Thought I'd resurrect this thread for the sake of what is an unprecedented year for Dukies in the NBA.
At this current moment there at FOURTEEN Dukies in the NBA as follows:
Boozer - Jazz
Dunleavy - Pacers
McRoberts - Pacers
Brand - Nets
Jones - Nuggets
Maggette - Warriors
Nelson - Warriors
Battier - Rockets
Redick - Magic
Williams - Kings
Duhon - Knicks
Randolph - Blazers
Deng - Bulls
Hill - Suns
Very nice collection indeed - more than anyone. Include international players like Langdon, Horvath, Dockery, and Ewing and our players have been quite successful.
Quite an impressive list. Adding salary figures for 2008-09...
Brand - 76ers - $14,248,000
Boozer - Jazz - $11,593,817
Deng - Bulls -$9,385,000
Dunleavy - Pacers - $9,000,000
Maggette - Warriors - $8,275,862
Battier - Rockets -$6,448,900
Duhon - Knicks - $5,585,000
Williams - Kings - $3,395,760
Redick - Magic - $2,139,720
Hill - Suns - $1,976,400
Randolph - Blazers -$826,269
Jones - Nuggets - $797,581
McRoberts - Pacers - $711,517
Nelson - Warriors - $442,114
http://dukeblueplanet.com/blog.asp?bid=8
Great to see so many Devils doing so well. At this point I think the old "Duke can't produce NBA players" trope is dead, buried, decomposed, and growing flowers. (I also hope someone's putting these numbers in Kenny Boynton's ear.)
i can only have a 13 man roster for my all duke nba fantasy team.
who should i keep on the roster for the last spot out of shav or mcbob?
right now i have the following, drafted in this order:
1. brand
2. boozer
3. dunleavy
4. maggette
5. deng
6. battier
7. hill
8. duhon
9. williams
10. redick
11. jones
12. nelson
13. shav or mcbob
i have no idea if either will even make their respective teams, but if they both do, its going to be a hard decision.
mcbob is listed as a PF/C which is huge because my only other C eligble players are boozer and brand.
shav is listed as a SF/PF.
I haven't seen anything on Dock posted in quite some time...where is he and how is he doing? One of my favorite Duke players...so unselfish and a great team player!
He was released by the Edmonton Chill of the International Basketball League in May of this year...See discussion.
Deng played 45 minutes tonight. Average night for him, but just interesting to see that they played him 45 mins in a preseason game.
One guess would be that they are still deciding on their starting lineup and depth chart and with Luol as the primary offensive option, or at leat tied for "primary" with Hinrich, they are seeing how the team plays and how he plays with different players around him...
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=281014004
Dukies in the NBA would make a decent team! Brackets as backup...
PG: Duhon (Nelson)
SG: Maggette (Dunleavy, Redick)
SF: Deng (Battier, Jones)
PF: Brand/Boozer (Randolph)
C: Boozer/Brand (Williams, McRoberts)
Weird to see that we are weakest at the PG spot given Duke is traditionally seen as guard oriented. But with the above lineup we can also have Dunleavy or Maggette bring up the ball.
With the above line up I think D'Antoni would be the perfect coach. Every starter (assuming Brand is at PF and Boozer is at C) can run and score. The only weakness in the starting five is an outside shooter, but you can always switch Dunleavy (and to a lesser degree Redick) for Maggette if you need it.
Overall, I think Duke NBA players would make a decent NBA team.
I love how Duke somehow has the reputation as a school that doesn't put good big men in the NBA. If you were to collect all the Duke players in the NBA onto one team it'd be unstoppable at the 3-5, but a little weak at the 2, and with only 1 real point. If anything, our reputation is the exact opposite of reality.
We also could go real tall with Grant Hill running as point forward. I know he is older, but surely he is in the rotation.
I forgot about Hill! He can still play that's for sure.
Duke's rep as PG U is tainted from an NBA perspective by the fact that our 2 top PGs both had what appeared to be very promissing careers cut short by vehicular accidents.
Imagine the Duke NBA team if it had a healthy JWill at PG!!
--Jason "FWIW, I think Dun or Hill could be solid point-forwards on the all-Duke NBA team" Evans