One of the first things we noticed about Jon Scheyer at his introductory press conference was language.
He was of course polite and respectful, especially towards his superiors at Duke and Coach K, as you’d expect.
But he spoke also in the casual language that younger people use and that’s one thing that, for all of his many unusual gifts, Mike Krzyzewski can’t be: young.
Scheyer isn’t that much older than the players he recruits and he’s completely at home with mobile phones, Twitter, Instagram and, God help us, Facebook.
Coach K is smart enough to be aware of this and has talked about it in his books.