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Karl Towns: Something Like A Phenomenon
Phenom: phenomenon; especially: a person of phenomenal ability or promise Merriam-Webster Dictionary Phenom is an overused term in sports, but there are times when it merits use. 6’11″ freshman Karl Towns, Jr. has already helped lead St. Joseph’s Falcons of Metuchen, New Jersey to a 28-2 record and its first New Jersey state title. [...]
Center of Attention: A Jahlil Okafor Update
Hailed as the best big man from Chicagoland since Eddy Curry, 6’11″ Jahlil Okafor, the Brobdingnagian sophomore center from Whitney Young, has lived up to the high expectations. Last September, Jahlil was the first player that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski offered a scholarship to in the 2014 class. It was a particularly early offer from [...]
Philadelphia Express: Amile Jefferson To Duke
Duke landed its second commitment of the 2012 class when Friends Central forward Amile Jefferson pledged to the Blue Devils. Jefferson, who was a McDonald’s All-American this March, will bring length, skill around the basket, a good basketball IQ, and versatility to the Duke frontline. Although the courtship was quite lengthy, it heated up this [...]
Texas Shooter: A Matt Jones Update
Note – We’ve opened up our most recent chat with Duke bound Matt Jones to the public in order to give you an idea of the types of interviews you will gfind as a member of BDN Premium. On the Monday after Thanksgiving, Matt Jones committed to Duke, but that didn’t make him any less [...]
The Sunshine Kid: Joel Berry
“Point guards should only be judged by whether you win or lose. The rest of that stuff doesn’t matter.’’ -Mike D’Antoni In the humid central Florida city of Apopka, a 6’1″ point guard named Joel Berry II is working on perfecting his craft. For the past few months, he’s worked with trainer Cornell Rivers, who [...]
Me and Mr. Jones: The Tyus Jones Interview
“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.” – Sun Tzu At fifteen, Tyus Jones, the 6’1″ 175 lb point guard from Apple Valley, Minnesota, has accomplished more on the basketball court than almost all of his peers, utilizing a mix of court vision, change [...]