Duke Tuesday Tidbits

Published: 22^nd Jun 10 9:35 am

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RANT It!

Not content on just being the next Duke point guard, Kyrie Irving is spending his summer trying to make the under-18 US National team. He’s doing a real good job too, as he is the best player on the court.

“And it’s not even close,” said one observer who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Irving is also spending his summer taking down former Blue Devil point guards in one-on-one. Here’s the recap.

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Joining Irving in the 2011-12 season will be Michael Gbinije. The small forward looks like he will take over for Kyle Singler.

Gbinije (pronounced Ben-ih-jhay) is a different player than Singler, he’s more agile than the senior. He will need to get stronger, especially for him to stand up to the intense ACC grind, but his quickness will allow Coach K to return to a more up tempo game when he arrives in the fall of 2011.

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Remember Taylor King, the three point specialist who was in the same freshman class as Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith who transferred to Villanova? Well, he ‘voluntarily’ left the Villanova team. He’s still at the school, but no longer on the team.