2020 Duke men's basketball recruiting

[MChambers]

And of course, in 1997 Coach K hired Johnny Dawkins as an assistant coach in hopes of someday landing his then 2-year old son Aubrey. Unfortunately, that didn't work out as planned. Or perhaps it goes further back and Coach K recruited Johnny D as a player in 1982 solely in hopes of landing his yet-to-be conceived offspring.

Or perhaps Vic Bubas recruited Jay Buckley as part of the master plan to help his successor, Coach K, land Clay Buckley?

Also in 1982, Coach K recruited Jay Bilas in the hopes of getting favorable coverage on ESPN. Didn't work out too well.

[mattman91]

Seeing someone mention Monteverde gives me an excuse to talk about how much I want to see Monteverde play Sierra Canyon this coming year. They both seem to be putting together truly legendary high school teams. It is highly likely that each of these teams has 3-5 lottery picks playing for them this year... maybe more!

Monteverde
Sr: Cade Cunningham - PG, 2020 #2 player
Sr: Scottie Barnes - PF, 2020 #9 player
Sr: Moses Moody - SG, 2020 #24 player
Sr: Day'Ron Sharpe - C, 2020 #34 player
So: Caleb Houstan - PF, 2022 #4 player
So: Dariq Whitehead - SG, 2002 #7 player

Sierra Canyon
Sr: Zaire Williams - SF, 2020 #6 player
Sr: BJ Boston - SF, 2020 #7 player
Sr: Zaire Wade - PG, DWade's son with offers from Miami and Michigan St.
So: Terren Frank - PF, 2020 #43 player
So: Amari Bailey - SG, 2022 #6 player
Fr: Lebron James, Jr.

I'd love to watch one of those teams play Boston College, or some other bottom feeder ACC team. Not that I think they would beat them, but it would be funny to see a high school team give them a legitimate challenge.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Also in 1982, Coach K recruited Jay Bilas in the hopes of getting favorable coverage on ESPN. Didn't work out too well.

And Mark Alarie in hopes of getting his daughter to play for Duke?

Too soon?

[phaedrus]

I'd love to watch one of those teams play Boston College, or some other bottom feeder ACC team. Not that I think they would beat them, but it would be funny to see a high school team give them a legitimate challenge.

How many games would Sierra Canyon win in an 82-game NBA season, in which the 2018-2019 Blue Devils also participate?

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[Orange&BlackSheep]

And Mark Alarie in hopes of getting his daughter to play for Duke?

Too soon?

Msr Alarie's daughter made the EDUCATED choice to play for the Orange&Black!!!!!!

Yours,

Orange&Black Sheep

[mattman91]

How many games would Sierra Canyon win in an 82-game NBA season, in which the 2018-2019 Blue Devils also participate?

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Some idiot out there would think they could beat them.

[907bluedevils]

Eric Bossi on rivals mentions Duke has been more recently in contact with 5* and fellow Alaskan Daishen Nix. Sounds like one of the better passers in the nation.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...n-nix-j-t-thor

[JasonEvans]

Eric Bossi on rivals mentions Duke has been more recently in contact with 5* and fellow Alaskan Daishen Nix. Sounds like one of the better passers in the nation.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...n-nix-j-t-thor

Has there ever been a really good player from Alaska who did not go to Duke?

That said, kinda hard to see us getting another PG when we already have Roach coming in from the 2020 class.

-Jason "It could be wrong, but according to Wiki the grand total of Alaskan players who played in the NBA is Boozer, Langdon, and Mario Chalmers" Evans

[jimsumner]

Has there ever been a really good player from Alaska who did not go to Duke?


-Jason "It could be wrong, but according to Wiki the grand total of Alaskan players who played in the NBA is Boozer, Langdon, and Mario Chalmers" Evans

Mario Chambers was pretty darn good.

[accfanfrom1970]

I feel compelled to share, my sister Duke 1976 ended up in Juneau two doors down from Carlos and his family. Couldn’t have been nicer or happier about attending Duke. He came out after games and sat with my kids and asked how they were doing while that enormous bear tattoo memorized them. He was so soft spoken and kind. Duke should own Alaska.

[cato]

Mario Chambers was pretty darn good.

As was Steve Francis.

[frb]

Mario Chambers was pretty darn good.

I think we could have had him but we prioritized Greg Paulus... Paulus turned out to be one of the more frustrating Duke players to follow throughout his career. He left far worse than when he arrived. Chalmers could've been the difference in winning another title.

[frb]

Eric Bossi on rivals mentions Duke has been more recently in contact with 5* and fellow Alaskan Daishen Nix. Sounds like one of the better passers in the nation.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...n-nix-j-t-thor

Coach K talks a lot about "positionless basketball"... why couldn't 2 point guards co-exist? From the youtube videos I've seen, Roach can play off the ball well, too. Selling kids on that is probably difficult but K did it with Duhon when he already had JWill.

[Spanarkel]

Mario Chambers was pretty darn good.

Distant relative of Tom Chambers(20+K points/no HoF).

[lotusland]

Distant relative of Tom Chambers(20+K points/no HoF).

Also an early NBA dunk contest champion. There haven’t been many 6’10 dunk champs. Pretty tame by today’s standards tho.

https://youtu.be/q8VXxrN07jY

[jimsumner]

As was Steve Francis.

Mario Chalmers, of course. Insert icon of Homer Simpson slapping his head.

[superdave]

Mario Chambers was pretty darn good.

Mario "Superintendent" Chalmers

[bullettoothtony]

https://mobile.twitter.com/TiptonEdi...0%2Fframe.html

Ziaire top 7

[JasonEvans]

Ziaire has 6 teams tied for first and then UNC is #23 on his list. I can live with this.

[DukieTiger]

Ziaire has 6 teams tied for first and then UNC is #23 on his list. I can live with this.

I dunno, he clearly can’t do basic math which concerns me that it might be a sign he’s leaning toward UNC.