Duke basketball recruiting target takes home big time award

Duke Men's Basketball Open Practice | Lance King/GettyImagesOne of the Duke basketball program's biggest recruiting targets in the class of 2026 is five-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr., the No. 2 point guard according to the 247Sports 2026 Composite Rankings. Rippey is continuing to get better, and just took home the MVP award from Steph Curry's basketball camp in California.

Rippey is the No. 17 overall player in his class and No. 1 player out of the state of New Jersey per 247.

There were several elite prospects that Rippey outplayed, earning the MVP award from the greatest shooter in NBA history himself. Some of the top prospects at the camp were 2026 five-star prospect Baba Oladotun and…