No matter how it shakes out, at least three Duke basketball newcomers will be starters for the 2024-25 Blue Devils.
Not counting Spencer Hubbard, a Duke basketball walk-on prior to last season, the 2024-25 Blue Devils boast only two returning scholarship players in junior guard Tyrese Proctor and sophomore guard Caleb Foster. Fortunately for third-year head coach Jon Scheyer, both have some experience as starters.
Chances are Proctor and Foster comprise the starting backcourt when the Blue Devils tip off their campaign at home against Maine on Nov. 4.As for the other three starters, the undeniable lock is freshman forward Cooper Flagg, who arrived in Durham this summer at No. 1 overall on the 247Sports 2024 Composite and is projected to hear his name No. 1 overall at the 2025 NBA Draft. There are several options on the wing.
Cooper Flagg is the only Duke basketball talent on Rothstein's All-ACC First Team, which also features Stanford's Maxime Raynaud, Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis, Clemson's Chase Hunter, and of course, the reigning and Rothstein-projected ACC Player of the Year in the Tar Heels' graduate guard, RJ Davis.
However, 40 percent of Rothstein's 10 Impact ACC Freshmen are Blue Devils. Flagg is on that list, of course, along with Maluach and two five-star wings in Isaiah Evans and Kon Knueppel. Plus, Rothstein's 15 ACC Impact Transfers include three of the four Duke basketball portal additions in Sion James, former four-year Purdue forward Mason Gillis, and former two-year Syracuse forward Maliq Brown.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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