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In Sunday’s NBA action, Charlotte, Dallas and Cleveland were in action. Cooper Flagg and Dallas won for the first time, winning 139-129 over Toronto. Flagg finished with 22 points on 8-14/2-6. He also had four rebounds and four assists and no turnovers. Former Blue Devil and current teammate Derrick Lively had four points, seven rebounds, […]
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Before the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, they had a long and pretty amazing history of futility known as the curse, or, more fully, the Curse of the Bambino, so-called because the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to New York in 1919 (it was formally announced shortly after New Year’s Day). The […]
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Any questions that may have lingered about Cameron Boozer after Duke’s win over UCF were answered in Knoxville as the freshman stepped up with 24 points and 23 rebounds against one of America’s most physical defenses. It wasn’t a perfect game for Duke but there were some good things as we see Duke’s offense starting […]
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The season hasn’t officially started yet and we don’t have a really good grip on who Tennessee will start. Fortunately, this guy from Rocky Top Insider does, and Ryan Schumpert thinks this is their starting lineup Sunday night: Notably, Okpara is the only returning starter. Both Gillespie and Boswell are transfers, as is Jaylen Carey. […]
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With the Dallas Mavericks opening at 0-2, people are questioning Jason Kidd’s decision to start Duke rookie Cooper Flagg at point guard. Actually, he calls him point forward, but potato potahto. Here’s what he said on his podcast as quoted on the Smoking Cuban: “I wanna go on the record really emphatically. This ‘Flagg playing […]
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We thought given the significance of the NBA gambling scandal, it would be a good idea to put together a links run. This stuff is not good at all. Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions | Drop us a line
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In 1988, the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Oakland A’s in the World Series. The Dodgers were the underdogs for most of the playoffs, a task made tougher by injuries to star outfielder Kirk Gibson, who had both a left hamstring injury and a swollen right knee. He didn’t play at all in Game 1 […]
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We’re not sure what’s going on with former Duke star Kyle Singler these days, but it can’t be good. Last year he posted some video of himself in apparent mental distress, which worried a lot of people, and now, this: According to Oklahoma TV station KFOR, Singler was arrested Thursday “allegedly threatening to rape his […]
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We’ve only seen a brief glance of what Cameron Boozer brings to the court for Duke in the exhibition game against UCF earlier in the week, but it was pretty good: Boozer finished with 33 points, four assists and 12 rebounds. He’s clearly going to be a major factor for Duke this year and the […]
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Tyrese Proctor fell to the second round in this past summer’s NBA Draft and when he did, the Cleveland Cavaliers made it clear they felt like they got a steal. And so far, so good. The Cavs have a lot of injuries, which means other guys have to step up and so far, Proctor has. […]
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With the World Series upon us, we thought we’d spend some time looking at iconic moments from past series. In this case, let’s look at the legendary play from the 1954 World Series. Mays, who played for the Giants in New York and then San Francisco and a brief stint with the New York Mets […]
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Date 10/26 || Time 7:00 || Venue Food City Center || Video ESPN2 Next up for Duke is the second and final exhibition game, this time a trip to Knoxville to play the Tennessee Volunteers, where Rick Barnes has done something pretty unusual. We’ve written before about how difficult it is for older coaches to […]
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When Charlotte took Kon Knueppel with the #4 pick in this past summer’s NBA Draft, there were a lot of doubters. It’s still early, but he’s made a case for the faith the Hornets have shown in him. Knueppel finished the opener against the Nets with 11 points, five rebounds an assist – and a […]
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For Duke fans, seeing Zion Williamson’s extraordinary game in Cameron was a once in a lifetime treat. Williamson is unlike anyone else. At 6-6 and maybe 265 now – he’s clearly lost weight but it’s not officially changed – Williamson has been compared to a flying refrigerator. His build and explosiveness is utterly unique. Injuries […]
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We return with DBR Bites 117 as we preview the second and final exhibition game for Duke when they take on Tennessee on the road this weekend. Duke has a big preseason test in the road trip to face the Volunteers, a team that is always tough to play. Donald and Jason break down what […]
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If you haven’t heard by now, this morning the FBI announced arrests on gambling charges. Among the accused: NBA coach Chauncey Billups and former players Terry Rozier and Damon Jones. There appear to be two different situations. In the first, four Mafia crime families – the Bonnano, Genovese, Gambino and Lucchese – ran allegedly fixed […]
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Something has changed. Maybe we just hadn’t noticed because Billy Packer isn’t around to point it out. With him went a good, overarching grasp of the college game and an incisive and opinionated perspective on how the game was evolving. For more than three decades Packer focused his TV commentary – much of it ACC […]
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Duke typically reels in a star-studded freshman class, but in recent years, a lot of them have left for the NBA after their first year. That wasn’t as true last season. While Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach all left. However, Darren Harris, Patrick Ngongba and Isaiah Evans returned. And while Harris played minimal […]
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With the NBA getting started, we thought we’d have a good links run to see how everyone did in their first regular season NBA games. Box Scores Cooper Flagg Kon Knueppel Khaman Maluach Tyrese Proctor Sion James Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions | Drop us a line
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By the time the ABA collapsed, the league had developed some real superstars who were a revelation when they got to the NBA. Obviously everyone knew about Julius Erving and David Thompson, but there were many others, including George McGinnis, Dan Issel and Artis “the A-Train” Gilmore. Gilmore, considered by many to be the second […]
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It was just an exhibition, just his first game ever against fellow collegians, but Cameron Boozer looked like a truly special player as Duke pulled away in the second half to beat Central Florida 96-71. Just like they do with every game, the Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down all the good things to takeaway from […]
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had an extraordinary NBA career, starting in 1969 and finishing in 1989. People tend to remember him now more for his role in the Showtime Lakers, but he had already been in the NBA for 10 years when Magic Johnson arrived and the perception of the iconic big man was very different pre-Magic. […]
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The middle part of the game was kind of sketchy, but ultimately Duke put the University of Central Florida away, 96-71. The Knights acquitted themselves well but Blue Devils freshman Cameron Boozer was the unquestionable star of the game. Things started off with a nice moment as former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, current coach Jon […]
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We know you are probably focused on Duke’s first preseason game against Central Florida but the Duke Basketball Roundup could not let a huge recruiting win go by unmentioned. On Tuesday afternoon, Duke landed the first recruit of the class of 2026, 6-5 wing Bryson Howard. The son of former Wake Forest star Josh Howard […]
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