It’s officially 2024 NBA Draft week. Nikola Topić | 6-6 lead guard | 18 years old | Crvena zvezda Topić’s draft range is one of the biggest talking points around the league now. Ron Holland | 6-7 wing | 18 years old | G League Ignite Holland was the Ignite’s most productive player last season, averaging 19.5 points, 6.7 rebounds …
NEW YORK — Sixteen seconds into the game, Jared McCain took a kick-out pass from Kyle Filipowski, swished a 3 from the wing and smiled toward the raucous section of James Madison fans as if to say, better get used to this. McCain scored 22 of his 30 points in the first half and set a Duke record for an …
The men’s college basketball season is upon us, which means it’s time to update my NBA mock draft. Justin Edwards | 6-8 forward | 19 years old | Kentucky Scouts have regarded Edwards as a solid, well-rounded player who fills a critical need in today’s NBA. Ryan Dunn | 6-8 wing | 20 years old | Virginia It’s no exaggeration …
DURHAM, N.C. — Four takeaways from No. “Working a lot in the summer, obviously you see it paying off in the season,” Blakes said, “but that confidence had to start from the beginning.” Per KenPom, Blakes’ offensive rating is now the third best on the team — behind Ryan Young and Jacob Grandison — and strictly from a percentage basis, …
PORTLAND, Ore. — Kyle Filipowski phrases it like a question. “You noticed that?” Filipowski says, sitting slumped over in front of a crowded cubby in Duke’s locker room, deep within the bowels of Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Duke does not win Thursday’s rock fight without all of them, but Filipowski is more focused on something else: one specific defensive possession, late …
