Trajan Langdon's career trajectory is emblematic of the ever-strengthening Duke basketball presence across the NBA.
, including a reigning All-NBA First Team selection in Boston Celtics centerpiece Jayson Tatum and three others remaining in the ongoing Conference Finals. A few former Duke basketball players are serving as general managers. And program legend Grant Hill is a part owner of the Atlanta Hawks.Plus, there's Hawks head coach Quin Snyder, along with various assistants and scouts throughout the league.
"Pistons owner Tom Gores is hiring Langdon with sweeping power to make changes to the organization and set a course for the franchise's future after a league-worst 14 victories and several consecutive years in the draft lottery, sources said.
Of course, King, former team president of the Philadelphia 76ers, was the 1987-88 NABC Defensive Player of the Year as a Duke basketball senior. As for Trajan Langdon, he was the silkiest high-volume 3-point shooter in Blue Devil history before JJ Redick arrived in Durham a few years after the "Alaskan Assassin" graduated.
The Anchorage native, a three-time All-ACC First Team honoree and consensus All-American as a senior for a Duke basketball squad that finished 37-2 overall and undefeated in conference play, averaged 14.5 points for his college career while shooting a blistering 42.6 percent beyond the arc.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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