I am so excited and what a coup for Duquesne to have KD as our coach and his strong relationship with
Lebron James,its such a game changer for Duquesne. I live in Columbus and to have Duquesne and Ohio
State mentioned in the same sentence,very cool.Lebron has strong ties to Ohio State and I think thats where his son will play .
    Hopefully this is what I will be seeing this summer,another Nba championship and Lebron comes down
to the Bluff and works out with the Dukes and it is covered in a big way locally.The attitude of what is relevant in Pittsburgh changes for Duquesne.
 I am really loving this and cant wait to see KDs second recruiting class ,and who he brings on board.Duquesne has a lot of momentum and  I think the donors are going to make this Palumbo renovation
happen,so many good things within Duquesnes reach.
 The Duquesne community needs to fill Palumbo,we have to be there in the seats, if you are on this message board you gotta be here at these games. The fan support is very critcal to all this good stuff
to continue.
 

LeBron played some games with friends and Zip players at the JAR on the UofA campus because it was a few minutes from his home in Akron.  I am not sure that will continue without KD at Akron and I doubt that he will make the trip to DU just for those pick-up games with friends. He will probably help in other ways though....DU will likely benefit from the relationship.

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Bilgy wrote:

James never went to college and still has 4 years of eligibility.  Maybe he's being recruited for Duquesne.

In all seriousness, I would imagine that lebron jr. will at least take a visit to Duquesne when his time comes. However, he already has offers from Duke and kentucky.

townsonkid wrote:

Dukes2012 wrote:

Bilgy wrote:

James never went to college and still has 4 years of eligibility.  Maybe he's being recruited for Duquesne.

In all seriousness, I would imagine that lebron jr. will at least take a visit to Duquesne when his time comes. However, he already has offers from Duke and kentucky.

If Jr is even half the player his dad was in high school, he is a one and done too, and can go anywhere for one year, why not Duquesne?  Duke and Kentucky are the one and done "schools" to go to now a days.
But at the same time, if there ever was a kid who should take his time and enjoy life, its Jr.  There is no financial pressure on him unlike most of the one and dones.

How old is the son?

Dukes2012 wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

townsonkid wrote:

If Jr is even half the player his dad was in high school, he is a one and done too, and can go anywhere for one year, why not Duquesne?  Duke and Kentucky are the one and done "schools" to go to now a days.
But at the same time, if there ever was a kid who should take his time and enjoy life, its Jr.  There is no financial pressure on him unlike most of the one and dones.

How old is the son?

I believe he is in 8th grade but I could be wrong. His highlights are quite impressive for a kid that age.

So he'll theoretically be a college freshman going into Dambrots 5th contract year. Hey, if we get to where we hope to be as a program by then, ya never know.

If we become a program that is consistently ranked and getting in the tournament we might at least have a punchers chance. That's is a long way off from where we are as a program and also from a time perspective. Still putting my money on him ending up at one of the blue bloods for a semester, if the one and done rule is even still in place (I bet we'll be back to guys going pro out of high school at that point)

We didn't get Jelly Bryant's kid, we didn't get Lindsey Timmons' kid (ah, he was a football player anyway), we didn't get Torrell Harris' kid. Don't see us getting Lebron's kid. But I'd certainly take him in a heartbeat. 

ElDuque wrote:

We didn't get Jelly Bryant's kid, we didn't get Lindsey Timmons' kid (ah, he was a football player anyway), we didn't get Torrell Harris' kid. Don't see us getting Lebron's kid. But I'd certainly take him in a heartbeat. 

We got Scott Grote.

currentstudent wrote:

=20pxZion Williamson.....you want to be the next Lebron? Learn from his coach. Be the lone star like he was at SVSM. 

I know who Zion Williamson is, the next high school player who is projected to be an NBA star, maybe the best young prospect since Durant or Thon Maker, but what is this that you posted? Was that a tweet from him or a tweet from you to him. That would be insane if we got him, he is legitimately compared to Lebron James very often.

(in reference to roster changes on the website) probably won't be done until everything is official.

we've known for a while that most (all?) of dambrot's coaches were coming here. but they had to wait to get out of contracts/sign contracts, etc.

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