Great move for the Duquesne Program; PR frenzy and much publicity surrounding the James family.  Bryce has good size already at 6'5" and will continue to get stronger and may still add an inch or two.  He also has a nice shooting stroke already at the age of15!  

levon1975 wrote:

Great move for the Duquesne Program; PR frenzy and much publicity surrounding the James family.  Bryce has good size already at 6'5" and will continue to get stronger and may still add an inch or two.  He also has a nice shooting stroke already at the age of15!  

It is a PR frenzy for the Duquesne Athletic programs, levon1975.  Between the Bryce offer, LeBron's retweet of Dru Joyce and the run up to the Florida State football game, Duquesne's name is out there for sure.
 

Econ… I agree 100%. 

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lilpav30 wrote:

Make no mistake Coach Dru was hired for 1 reason and 1 reason only: to recruit and bring 1 if not both James boys to Duquesne!

I see real value in this ploy. It is a good idea for a program that needs creative ideas.

However, if the 22-23 Dukes lose 20 games, KD needs to go; no questions asked. This coaching staff has shown no signs of resurrecting this program for better than 3 years. Keeping the program in a holding pattern for 2+ years in the hopes of a first time head coach & an all-time great's promising son will begin a miracle turnaround is a shaky proposition.

kneeguy wrote:

I am quite tired of the whole LeBron thing. Is it anything more than Dambrot trying to grease his reputation by recalling he coached a star in high school? What has LeBron done for Duquesne? Has he ever appeared here? Has he done anything more than allowing Duquesne to use his logo. Let's move on.

 
I think the Lebron thing is over done too but let’s be fair.  Lebron is the most famous Athlete in the world possibly but definitely in the US. Duquesne is about as bottom a D1 program that exists. Lebron has regularly tweeted about KD and the DU program, wore shoes with the DU logo, wore a DU T shirt and posted a pic, and had his son wear a DU shirt.  Millions and millions of people saw that. Just having him associated with the program is a bonus.  How much more do you want him to do?  He’s not a former student/player!

Fortson was great at Cincinnati and a fair NBA career. If John Carroll gets him, who knows. Instead we got his skinny buddy Justin Stright who was not as good. Hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained. All of the comments are very valid. We already know that the money is going to kill most mid-majors. Not in their conferences but in the Dance. Anybody tired yet of seeing Alabama and two other SEC schools plus either Ohio State or Clemson in the football playoffs? Same thing will happen here. Eight or nine Big Ten schools, eight or nine Big East schools (the exception0, eight or nine ACC schools, eight or nine from the Big 12, five or six from the Pac whatever. 22-30 bids left. Anyway, try to generate as much interest and publicity as you are able to. And pray.

KenOTR73 wrote:

Fortson was great at Cincinnati and a fair NBA career. If John Carroll gets him, who knows. Instead we got his skinny buddy Justin Stright who was not as good. Hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained. All of the comments are very valid. We already know that the money is going to kill most mid-majors. Not in their conferences but in the Dance. Anybody tired yet of seeing Alabama and two other SEC schools plus either Ohio State or Clemson in the football playoffs? Same thing will happen here. Eight or nine Big Ten schools, eight or nine Big East schools (the exception0, eight or nine ACC schools, eight or nine from the Big 12, five or six from the Pac whatever. 22-30 bids left. Anyway, try to generate as much interest and publicity as you are able to. And pray.

We never had a chance to get Fortson!! none! At the time he used to work his summer job at Stright's place and he came into the store my cousin managed. He saw my cousin's Dukes hat and they chatted a lot.He told my cousin that Duquesne was never a realistic option for him.