Breaking News.Texas basketball’s 6-foot-4 point guard, JT Toppin, re-signed and flipped to Duke Welcome to men’s basketball over Louisville and Kentucky.
Texas basketball’s JT Toppin re-signs, and Pat Kelsey of Louisville basketball agrees to a $30 million megadeal. At the high school level, Cayden, a 6-foot-4 point guard, and Cameron, a 6-foot-9 power forward, have been dominant.
At Miami’s Christopher Columbus High School, they have won three state crowns and three Nike EYBL Peach Jam titles in a row. Additionally, they took home gold at the FIBA U17 World Cup in July, when Cayden led the team in assists and Cameron was named the Most Valuable Player.
They will also be joining a winning program at Duke, even if the Blue Devils have only advanced to one Final Four (2022) since taking home their most recent national championship in 2015. Nevertheless, elite recruits continue to choose Duke.
The 247Sports Composite ranks the Blue Devils’ incoming freshmen class as the best in the country this year, with No. 1 Cooper Flagg, No. 4 Khaman Maluach, No. 13 Isaiah Evans, No. 18 Kon Knueppel, and No. 21 Patrick Ngongba II among them.
According to Sam Vecenie of The Athletic, who published his mock draft on Thursday, Flagg, a 6-foot-8 forward who performed well in practices against the U.S. Olympic squad this summer, is expected to be selected first overall in the upcoming NBA draft. Additionally, Vecenie sees Maluach (No. 20) and Knueppel (No. 9) as first-round selections. Additionally, he selected two Duke players in the second round: guard Sion James (No. 52), a graduate transfer from Tulane, and junior guard Tyrese Proctor (No. 41).
Including No. 1 overall selections Kyrie Irving (2011), Zion Williamson (2019), and Paolo Banchero (2022), Duke has had 20 players selected in the first round of the NBA draft following their freshmen seasons since 2011. Cameron and Cayden Boozer might be added to that list, but their primary goals will be to win another high school state championship before attending Duke to compete in the NCAA.
In addition to the Boozers, Travis Branham, an analyst for 247Sports, stated on Friday that Duke is also considering two more top recruits from the Class of 2025: Nikolas Khamenia, a 6-foot-8 player from California, ranked No. 27, and Nate Ament, a 6-foot-9 power big from Virginia, ranked No. 4.
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