NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
The first round of an NBA Draft feels strange absent Duke basketball names.
Over the past few years, we have seen former Duke basketball stars have to wait only a short time to hear their names called at the NBA Draft.
That was not the case on Wednesday night in the first-ever virtual draft. The first Blue Devil taken off the board was Vernon Carey Jr. to the Charlotte Hornets with the No. 32 overall selection.