Does Duke have a super-star?
Does Duke need one?
Mike Krzyzewski danced around those questions last Friday, following Duke’s Countdown to Craziness intrasquad game.
“We don’t have the separation on this team that we’ve had the last few years. So, that’s not bad, if there are enough guys who can play and we have enough guys who can play.”
There’s no question Duke has been a star-driven team in recent years. Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett were consensus first-team All-Americans last season but it goes back further than that. Duke has had at least one All-American every year beginning in 2009, at least one NBA first-round selection every year beginning in 2011 and at least one one-and-done freshman beginning in 2014.