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Originally Posted by pgardn
Coach K has had an extraordinary number of NBA failures.
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I was just about to type that same thing. I know part of the reason though. He doesn't recruit NBA players. He recruits good high school players that he thinks will form a good college team but not necessarily the top high school players that are great pro prospects. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James being the big exceptions but I remember when Baron Davis was available and Coach didn't want him because he didn't think he was a good fit. Some coaches, Calipari and Bobby Cremins, for instance, will look specifically to get a superstar player and work around him and let that player take them as far as he can for as long as he can before moving on. I look at the all-Americans that Duke has coming in next year and I don't think either of them are close to being pro prospects.
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