Duke’s DJ Steward, the Blue Devils’ No.Duke’s DJ Steward declares for 2021 NBA Draft.Duke men’s basketball’s DJ Steward declares for NBA Draft.Duke basketball loses another freshman to the NBA Draft.Duke freshman DJ Steward to enter NBA Draft.We wish him well and hope he proves us wrong. Still, it’s a bold decision and boldness is an admirable quality. We’ve never seen him listed on any mock drafts anywhere. But he’s probably going to spend a lot of time in the G-League and has no guarantee of being drafted. We loved watching him this year and he has a lot of potential. However, you’ll be guarding guys who are 6-6 to 6-9 and who are vastly more powerful.
The NBA is a meritocracy of course, and there’s no reason why you can’t be a 6-2 shooting guard.If you can do it, you can do it. I started this list with Kyrie, as to me that was the beginning of the OAD era at Duke. Steward - Leaving to almost certainly go undrafted after a decent at best freshman season on a 13-11 team. However, when he got to the NBA, he was still a 5-11 shooting guard. Frank Jackson - I still forget he played for Duke sometimes. The closest comparison we can think of is Carson Edwards, but at Purdue, he was a legitimate offensive phenomenon. On top of that, he shot just 42.6 percent overall and 34.1 percent from behind the line. He will really have to learn point guard skills and we haven’t seen enough of that to make a judgement. We don’t usually criticize those decisions but in this case, he’s making a mistake. It didn’t even occur to us that he would apply for the NBA Draft. “We’re going to try and get on them and make a push right now.When we heard that DJ Steward was leaving Duke, we assumed well dang, another transfer. “Definitely Walker Kessler, Henry Coleman and Mark Williams,” Steward told 247. Steward joins five-stars Jalen Johnson and Jeremy Roach in Duke’s class, but Steward said he’s working on adding to the class. He said that when I get there he will always have my back and help me develop as a player and help me reach my goals.”
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You can look on TV and seem kind of mean and straight forward and all about business but he’s really down to earth. “Coach Scheyer and Coach K are both from Chicago so that’s a good connection that we had,” Steward said. He told 247 he felt a connection with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and SCheyer. retiredsoldier Devils Illustrated Hall of Famer. 1 Will get the link shortly Reactions: dukehokie and dbav. DukeRulesBasketball Devils Illustrated Hall of Famer. I was comfortable around the players and felt like I could be really successful off the court if things went wrong as far as basketball.”ĭuke’s whole coaching staff and Texas head coach Shaka Smart in Chicago ? DJ Steward /NxzlNl9coS- September 12, 2019 Thread starter DukeRulesBasketball Start date 1 2 Next. Coaches made me and my family feel really comfortable.
“A lot of people say, once you know and when you feel that feeling that you know it’s the spot that you’re at home, just to go with it,” Steward told. “I would like thank Coach K and the rest of the staff for believing in me and recruiting me to be a student-athlete at a prestigious university,” he said in a video he Tweeted out.Īll glory to God ?… Final destination /AEztpjx1eB- DJ Steward September 18, 2019 6 combo guard nationally by, he averaged 22.9 points on the Nike EYBL circut.
Steward, the 6-foot-3 combo guard from Whitney Young High School (IL), committed to Duke on Wednesday.Īssistant coach Jon Scheyer got the assist.
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