Getting to know Duke prospect Rodney Purvis
“The only source of knowledge is experience.” -Albert Einstein Last year, Rodney Purvis was a carefree, rising sophomore, who had just finished his freshman year at Upper Room Christian Academy. Sporting braces, he was set to spend a summer as the youngest member of Chris Paul’s 17-and-under CP3 All-Stars and be the only member of [...]
Future Blue Devil Rasheed Sulaimon checks in
In February, junior 6’3″ Rasheed Sulaimon became the second commitment for Duke in the 2012 class. The Houston-area product helped lead his Strake Jesuit squad to a 26-4 record, before getting upset by one point to Lamar in the second round of the Texas playoffs. For the season, the high-scoring guard with an improving defensive [...]
Prospect Spotlight – 2012′s Alex Poythress shines at EYBL
HAMPTON, Va – By the end of the Nike EYBL Session I, many were talking of the improvement in Alex Poythress game from a season ago. In one game he matched teammate Tony Parker’s numbers of 17 points and 11 rebounds and he used that game as a springboard. When Parker had to sit out [...]
Anthony Bennett makes his mark at the Nike EYBL
HAMPTON, Va -Make no mistake that Anthony Bennett is a top notch prospect, physically gifted with a good amount of upside. Bennett didn’t exactly sneak up on anybody during the Nike EYBL Session I in Hampton, Virginia this past weekend, but he did have a monster first game and that started the talk amongst analysts. [...]
2013′s Nerlens Noel talks recruiting
There was a lot of young talent on display at this past weekends Nike EYBL event held at the Boo Williams Facility in Hampton, Virginia. One of those young talents is 2013′s Nerlens Noel of BABC. Noel is a 6-9 front court player from Everett, MA and he went up against the likes of Tony [...]
Nike EYBL Session I – Sulaimon, Parker and young prospects shine
Day One is in the books at the Nike EYBL Session I, otherwise known as the Boo Williams Invitational. There were several Duke targets playing Friday evening, including the nation’s top rated big man Tony Parker. We’ll have plenty of video coming your way as we go into next week, although just about every Duke site [...]
PG Prospect Josiah Turner is Open to Duke
The Oakland Soldiers AAU team has four big time college prospects and one of them is point guard Josiah Turner. Turner [6-3, 195 PG Class of 2011 Sacramento, CA] is very aggressive with the ball and gets after it hard. College coaches are getting after Turner hard as well for there was no shortage of head [...]
Nike Peach Jam Stat Leaders
AUGUSTA – Here are the leaders after four games at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam in Augusta, South Carolina. BDN Premium has live updates as they happen on the premium forum. Scoring leaders team – Oakland Soldiers 84.2, Spiece Indy 76.3, NJ Playaz 73.0, Team Takeover 72.8 Scoring defense -Mean Streets 49.0, BABC 55.8, The [...]
BDN Recruiting Focus – Levi Randolph making some noise on the circuit
As a junior, Levi Randolph led Bob Jones to the Alabama State Title and was named the 6-A Player of the Year. After playing last year for the Nashville Celtics, he joined the nearby Alabama Challenge AAU program and had a great weekend for them at Session I of EYBL in Hampton, Virginia. After a [...]
2012 Prospect Justin Anderson says Duke is his dream school
HAMPTON – BDN continues it’s coverage of the Nike EYBL with another prospect interview, this time with Justin Anderson, a player who already has a college ready body at a very young age. Anderson [6-5 Rockville, MD., Montrose Christian, class of 2012, ranked 14th by in his class by Prep Stars] took time to talk [...]


