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Another NBA-bound Duke basketball name is exhibiting first-round qualities.
As an NBA Draft Combine participant, all Cassius Stanley had to do to set this century’s record for the event was match his max vertical leap of 46 inches as a Blue Devil, which broke Zion Williamson’s Duke basketball record from a year prior.
But Stanley came up just a bit short this week, per a tweet from ESPN draft analyst Jonathan Givony.
The 6-foot-6 wing — son to former long jump standout Tonya Sedwick — reached only 44 inches, placing Stanley third since 2000, behind Hamidou Diallo’s 44.