We have the same birthday — 10 years apart. His middle name is my first name. His first name is my dad’s name. And the moment I first watched him play in Cameron Indoor Stadium when I was a 7-year-old, his last name moved into a tie with that of Laettner as my all-time favorite surname to have ever appeared on the back of a Duke basketball jersey.
Thirty years later, the top of that list has yet to change. I doubt it ever will.
Therefore, if it was left up to me to decide who should succeed Mike Krzyzewski as head coach of the Blue Devils more than a decade from now — a Duke fan can dream — I’d have to side with the legendary point guard in Durham who wore No.