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How Grayson Allen's Comeback Season Is Impacting 2018 NBA Draft Stock

Say those two first names together, and it probably incites a strong reaction in college basketball fans.

For those who cheer for Duke, they love their heel. (Although loving anything "heel-ish" might be sacrilegious in Durham.)

For fans of other teams, he's reached Christian Laettner levels of Duke hate.

Tripper! Cheater! Dirty! Punk!

But for NBA scouts…

"I don't think anyone, at least from where we sit and having to analyze it constantly, I don't think anyone has ever thought less of him just because of incidents that have kind of defined his perception," an NBA scout told Bleacher Report.