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Improving Quinn Cook talks off-season with BDN
It’s been a busy off-season for Duke point guard Quinn Cook. Be it the sweltering nights at the North Carolina Pro-Am or some real road games in Eastern Europe, Cook has been playing a lot of basketball. To Blue Devils fans’ delight, he is clearly improving his game, and that is what many had hoped [...]
Welcome To The Hood: A Rodney Hood Exclusive
Blue Devil Nation was the first to have an exclusive one on one interview with Rodney Hood after he transferred to Duke from Mississippi State. This interview ran for our BDN Premium members in early July and we are now opening the article up for the public to give you an idea of the articles you will [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Everybody’s All-American: Jabari Parker
Last year, we profiled 6’8,” 220 lb Jabari Parker after a Nike AAU event in Dallas, Texas. In the time since, the young man from the South side of Chicago has continued to lead an ambitious and altruistic life. In June, Jabari led the United States U-16 Team to a gold medal at the 2011 [...]