AND The Duke of Blue Devils is one of the most prestigious blue blood in Men’s Faculty Basketball.
Winning five national championships, reaching 17 finals and winning 23 ACC Titles in the regular season, Duke is one of the most famous programs in all collegial sports. Moreover, he produced 102 Nba/Aba players.
Accordingly, here are the 10 best dukes of all time (combining a college and NBA career):
10 best basketball players of all time
10. Bobby Hurley
Before acting in Blue Chips, Hurley was one of the best guards in the country. A four -year -old player, Hurley led ACC in assists in each of the last two seasons in Duke, with which he won two national championships (1991 and 1992). Hurley, which in total installed a program in high programs career, was the seventh overall choice in the 1993 NBA draft.
Deng took the maximum of one season in Durham in North Carolina. The player of the stroke at both ends of the floor, Deng scored 15.1 points on average, 6.9 rebounds, 1.3 stolen balls and 1,1 blockages per game on the Duke, which passed 31-6 and reached the last four in the 2003-04 season. Deng was also the seventh overall selection of NBA draft in 2004, and continues to be a double all-star and earned the honor of all the defense.
8. Shane Battier
A four -year -old Blue Devils player, Battier has received a play time since the beginning of his career, has constantly earned more minutes and was one of the focal points of their 2001 national championship team. Through his last two seasons, Battier scored an average of 18.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.2 blockages and 2.1 thefts per game, while shooting 42.8% behind the port. Battier was the sixth overall choice on the 2001 NBA draft and helped Miami Heat Win two titles.
7. Carlos Boozer
Boozer was a color rock for blue devils during his three seasons. Part of their 2001 Championship teams, Boozer led the ACC in the percentage of shooting and in the students of students and in the junior season and ended the time on average 14.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. The second round of the NBA draft, Boozer continued one of the best great people of his generation, earned two All-Star nods and scored 16.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game for his career.
6. brand Elton
Through his two seasons in Duke, the brand average was 16.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, while in the last season he led the ACC in the percentage of goals on the field. The brand was part of the Duke that reached the Elite Eight 1998 and the 1999 national championship. The first overall selection on the 1999 NBA draft, the brand was double all-star and post 20-plus per game in six seasons.
Williamson was special one season in Duke. Whether he was a force to count on dribbling, he adorned above the edge, taking the ball vice versa or occasionally withdrawing from medium range, Williamson was an unstoppable force with 6 feet-7, 285 pounds. In the 2018-19 season, he scored 22.6 points on average, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 stolen balls and 1.8 blocks per game, while NCAA-Record 74.7% from the Blue Devils team, which reached Elite eight, shot. Williamson was the first overall choice on the 2019 NBA draft and to this day is a double all-star.
Tatum swallowed the potential to be a top scorer and a shock defender in his 2016-17 campaign in Duke, an average of 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 thefts and 1.1 blockade per game. Long -lasting striker built on his impressive fresh season in Duke in his first season with Boston Celticswho selected him with the third overall selection in the 2017 NBA, helping them reach the 7 finals of the Eastern Conference, although they are without both of them Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. So far, Tatum is a four-time All-Nba Honore, which is an average of 24.0 points per season and has just helped Celtics to win the NBA 2024 finals.
Redick achieved Duke – a lot. The All-ACC player in each of his four seasons with the program, Redick is the first in the history of Duke with 2,769 career points and 457 in a 3-pointer career. Redick, which was part of the four teams that reached Sweet 16 and those who reached Final Four, is one of the best scorers and scorers in basketball history, an average of 26.8 points per game in his senior season (2005-06)-which was the second in the country behind Adam Morrison. Redick played 15 seasons in the NBA, an average of 12.8 points per season, while it fired 41.5% behind the arch.
2. Christian Laettner
Laettner has made one of the most famous shots in basketball history and, without question, in college basketball. Lag Kentucky Wildcats 103-102 with the remaining 2.1 seconds in the extension, Laettner received a passage throughout the court on the free-throw line from Grant Hill, turned and made a jumping jumper that he went to Duke in Final Four in 1992; Blue devils later won the state title. During his four seasons in Duke, the big man was part of the title title for titles (1991 and 1992) and scored 16.6 points on average, 7.8 rebounds, 1.6 stolen balls and one block per game. Laettner is third in the history of the program with 2,460 career points. He was the third overall choice on the 1992 NBA draft, continues to play for 13 seasons, earn one All-Star cinema and an average of 12.8 points per game for his career.
1. Grant Hill
The person who broke through the entrance to Laettar did not even have a scary career. Hill, All-Acc Honorar in three of his four seasons in Duke, was part of the teams of national titles in 1991 and 1992 (his champion and second-grade champion). He ended up in Durham, an average of 14.9 points, six rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.7 stolen balls per game. The third overall selection of NBA draft in 1994, Hill continued five-time All-Nba Honore, sevenfold All-Star and in five seasons released 20 points per game. It was introduced to the basketball hall of Naismith in 2018.
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