DBR Bites #159 - Silent K Hits The Portal Too
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Hey there, Duke fans. Boy, this is, it's not fun at the moment, but we're going to do it anyway. DBR podcast, DBR Bites, episode 159. Actually, on the one yesterday, I said the wrong number. I said 156. You know, can't even keep up with the numbers anymore. Jason Evans here. Like I said, I was here with you almost exactly 24 hours ago talking about the departure of Darren Harris from the Blue Devils. Here to talk about another one of those. I'm joined by Donald Wine this time. Donald, you were at a ball game yesterday. Was that it?
Yeah, I had a friend in town. First of all, Jason, I leave for one episode and you can't count. We forget how to count on this episode. Come on now. No, but I was at a I have a friend in town from law school. We had made plans to go to the Nats game. So I was taking in taking a Nats game with her and a couple other friends. It was a fun time. But now, as you mentioned, we get to talk about the not fun stuff of college basketball.
Yeah, and we're specifically referring to the fact that Nick Kemenia has announced that he will be transferring from Duke. I guess he has an official, he's entering the transfer portal. Is there a scenario where Duke lures him back? I think anytime a guy enters the portal, that's always possible. It seems pretty unlikely, doesn't tend to happen very often. It tends to be kind of like a bunch of Carolina guys got in the portal, but they've got a new coach there and you could see a scenario where those guys get lured back. with a sort of a new situation, even though it's at the same school. You don't often see guys occasionally. Actually, Flory Bedunga last year, I think, entered the portal. They went back to Kansas.
Bottom line, I don't think anyone, there's not a lot of talk that Nick Hemenia has entered the portal with the intention of maybe coming back to Duke. So in all likelihoods,
What prompted Nik Khamenia's decision to enter the transfer portal?
Nick will be a one and done, so to speak, as a Blue Devil, that being his freshman year and then moving on elsewhere. I will go ahead and say that... though this one stings, far, far worse than the Darren Harris departure. Not that it has anything to do with how beloved or anything like that, but just in terms of contributions and expected roles and the such, it's very, very easy to see where you would think that Nick was going to be a key player, probably not a starter, but sixth or seventh man, same kind of role, maybe slightly elevated from what he had this past season. And you would go, dude, 20 plus minutes a game, you know, if not starting games, finishing a pretty fair number of them, why don't you want to stick around?
Well, Donald, the reality is... For that kind of role, Duke probably wasn't going to pay him like a starter. There are other schools, other power conference schools, big-name schools I've heard, who will pay him like a starter and who will offer him starter minutes. I don't think there's, barring injuries and the such, Donald, I don't think there's a scenario where you could reasonably project Nick Hemenia to be playing 30 minutes a game at Duke next year. I think that at, for example, like a UCLA or a Gonzaga, who are two schools I've heard connected to him, That scenario exists. So I understand what he's done.
So I'm going to talk about it in two different segments. I'll save the money portion for just a minute. But let me first start with Nick Hamania, because as you mentioned, it's not I can't say any of these moves are surprising anymore because you can't really be shocked about a guy wishing to enter the transfer portal. there's so many guys over half of college basketball is in the transfer portal right now. So you can't be surprised when someone does this, but I will say that given what we had thought about next year's team.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:28
2
What prompted Nik Khamenia's decision to enter the transfer portal?
2:28–7:31
3
How do the hosts feel about the impact of Nik's departure on Duke's basketball team?
7:31–11:00
4
What are the implications of the NCAA's proposed eligibility rule changes?
11:00–12:57
5
How might the new eligibility rules benefit players like Maliq Brown?
12:57–16:04
6
What factors are influencing players' decisions to leave or stay at Duke?
16:04–35:07