Duke basketball welcomes strongest Blue Devil of all time

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Theo John is now the unofficial “world’s strongest Duke basketball player.”

As of Wednesday, at least in terms of continuous bench reps at 185 pounds, no other Duke basketball player in history has ever tested as strong as the program’s fifth-year grad transfer out of Marquette, Theo John.

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According to the Blue Devils’ official Twitter account, the 6-foot-9, 242-pound power forward now sits alone at No. 1 among all current and former Dukies with his 26 reps.

John’s total is one more than that of the previous record-holder, Shelden Williams, who served as “The Landlord” down low in Durham for…