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Why Duke basketball insiders think Jon Scheyer can avoid the 'following a legend' curse

During his freshman year at Duke, Grant Hill caught a pass from a teammate in practice and held the basketball high above his head. It was an instinctive move by Hill, who'd arrived -- like many of Duke's recruits under Mike Krzyzewski -- as a raw high school All-American with a lot to learn.

Before he could make his next move, however, Krzyzewski stopped the practice to correct him.

"I put the ball above my head, which they did down the road at Carolina, and he said, 'Look, don't do that,'" said Hill, who helped Krzyzewski win his first two national titles in 1991 and 1992.