Duke basketball is set to welcome a versatile forward to The Brotherhood in Nikolas Khamenia.
Harvard-Westlake School senior forward Nikolas Khamenia committed to Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils back on Oct. 22. On Tuesday, the second-to-last day of the early signing period, he put his pledge in ink.Now that Khamenia has signed his scholarship agreement with the Blue Devils, Scheyer is permitted to comment on the prospect publicly.
"I've been blown away by Nik's skillset — he can shoot, handle, he's a high-level passer, and he can defend multiple positions. We can't wait to welcome him to our program." Not counting Duke basketball sophomore guard Caleb Foster, who spent his senior season at Notre Dame High School but hails from North Carolina, Nikolas Khamenia is the program's second California addition across Scheyer's four recruiting cycles as head coach. The other is 2023-24 Blue Devil one-and-done guard Jared McCain, now a sharpshooting Philadelphia 76ers rookie who recently
Khamenia, one of four early signees in the nation's top-ranked recruiting haul, attends the alma mater of a Duke basketball graduate reserve guard in the Cameron Crazies' favorite player during mop-up duty, Spencer Hubbard.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of Duke Blue Devils on SI, North Carolina Tar Heels on SI, and NC State Wolfpack on SI, making him a key source for comprehensive coverage of these storied college basketball programs.
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