Episode 257 - Travis Branham on Recruiting
The Devil's Den: A Duke Athletics Podcast · The Devils Den Podcast, Duke, Duke basketball, Duke athletics, Duke Blue Devils
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Show Notes
Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by 247Sports National Basketball Analyst Travis Branham for a discussion on the national recruiting landscape as a whole and Duke recruiting specifically.
Topics include:
- The impact of NIL and the transfer portal on the timing of player commitments
- How the top programs targeting smaller classes will impact the distribution of talent across college basketball
- Patterns in the type of players Coach Scheyer has chosen to recruit
- The freshman outside of Cooper Flagg likely to have the most impact at Duke
- Kon Knueppel's NBA draft stock and player comps
- Cooper Flagg's potential impact at Duke
- Flagg's best role on offense
- Which school leads in the recruitment of the Boozer twins
- Where Duke might pivot if they don't land the Boozers
- How long Cayden Boozer will likely stay in college
- Cam Boozer vs. Paolo Banchero
- The fit of other Duke recruits alongside the Boozers
- How to achieve greater roster stability in college basketball going forward
- The possibility of multiyear NIL contracts for players
Travis Branham can be found on Twitter as @TravisBranham or on 247Sports at https://247sports.com/user/Travis%20Branham/
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