As you all know, Summer is the busy time for AAU basketball. Coming up this weekend, a lot of the high-major prospects will take time off from playing with their traveling teams and travel up to the NBAPA Camp in Charlottesville, VA. For a list of all the invitees, check Scout.com here.
For all the Duke targets attending, stay right here:
Tyler Adams, Isiah Austin, Anthony Davis, Amir Garrett, Amile Jefferson, Tyler Lewis, Marshall Plumlee, JP Tokoto, and Deuce Bello.
Duke has recently turned up the heat again on Marshall Plumlee, and it will be interesting to see how Anthony Davis responds after his injury last weekend. Tyler Lewis is always an exciting player to watch, and it will be fun to see how he competes with all the talent on the UVA campus.
If you noticed a couple of names missing, they are probably going to be in San Antonio, Texas for two days starting today trying out for the USA U18 team. There were only 19 players invited, so it should be an honor for all those attending. See the full list here.
Duke has quite a few incoming Freshman and recruits trying out for the opportunity to represent their country:
Quincy Miller, Austin Rivers, Amir Williams, Michael Gbinije, Josh Hairston, and Kyrie Irving have all been invited to participate this weekend. 6 out of 19 ain't bad... Not to mention, former Duke player Jeff Capel is the head coach and Jay Williams will be assisting in picking out the team.
Kyrie actually had a tough decision to make, as he was born in Australia while his father, Drederick Irving was playing professionally down under. He could have played for USA or Australia, but chose to represent his father's birth country and should get to spend valuable time with one of his best friend's and potential Duke backcourt mate, Austin Rivers.
Congrats to all those mentioned as their hard work is paying off in a big way!
A. Rowe
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