JD King

1 day ago | dukebasketballreport.com | JD King

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Pretty clearly, folks in Dallas are still traumatized by the trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. How can you tell? People are already spooked about the possibility of GM Nico Harrison trading Cooper Flagg away. Klay Thompson’s dad Mychal even suggests that Dallas may trade him to - you guessed it, L.A. - in five years, when, as he points out, Doncic will still be just 31.

1 day ago | dukebasketballreport.com | JD King

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Jon Scheyer came to Duke as a player in 2006, left in 2010 with a national championship and returned as an assistant in 2014, winning another national championship in 2015. And of course he took the reins in 2022 after Mike Krzyzewski retired and has been the head coach since, racking up a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight, and this year getting to the Final Four.

1 day ago | dukebasketballreport.com | JD King

Set Number: X31039 Let’s start at the beginning: LeBron James is not better than Michael Jordan and it’s not particularly close. To be clear, James has immense gifts and has an insanely long career, but if they had played at the same time, Jordan would have killed him, much as Bill Russell regularly took it to Wilt Chamberlain. Why? Because like Russell, Jordan is a stone-cold killer and a basketball assassin.

1 day ago | sports.yahoo.com | JD King

Let’s start at the beginning: LeBron James is not better than Michael Jordan and it’s not particularly close. To be clear, James has immense gifts and has an insanely long career, but if they had played at the same time, Jordan would have killed him, much as Bill Russell regularly took it to Wilt Chamberlain. Why? AdvertisementBecause like Russell, Jordan is a stone-cold killer and a basketball assassin.

2 days ago | dukebasketballreport.com | JD King

Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images And the winner of the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes is... the Dallas Mavericks. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down what it means for Flagg to be heading the Kyrie and Lively’s team. Jason and Donald both think it is a pretty good fit for the guy who seems poised to be a budding superstar in the league. After the break, the podcast guys dive into what they are hearing about Cedric Coward, the Duke transfer portal prospect who is testing the NBA Draft waters.