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Paul Biancardi
Basketball Recruiting
- Nationwide Recruiting Director for ESPN.com
- 18 years of training enjoy at Category I stage
- Former Horizon League schoolteacher of the past at Wright Condition
Supremacy-35 senior Nikolas Khamenia introduced his loyalty to Duke on Tuesday, with the Blue Devils surging past due to overhaul UCLA for his word.
Khamenia is Duke’s 3rd impressive loyalty within the hour two weeks, following the decisions of dual brothers Cameron and Cayden Boozer previous this era.
“Duke was a place I visited and felt it was special from the moment I left campus. Coach [Jon] Scheyer believes in me and my abilities,” Khamenia instructed ESPN. “Duke is a special place that has put out a lot of great players and ultimately helped them develop.”
Khamenia constructed a robust courting with Scheyer all through his recruitment.
“Coach Scheyer is a young coach who played at Duke, so he understands both sides of being a player there and a coach,” Khamenia stated. “He connects with his players on a personal level and knows how to help them grow and improve.”
A 6-foot-8 ahead at Harvard-Westlake (California), Khamenia became heads on the contemporary USA Basketball youthful nationwide workforce minicamp, chief NBA scouts to inform ESPN’s Jonathan Givony that they wouldn’t not include Khamenia being a one-and-done anticipation.
He additionally represented USA Basketball on the FIBA U18 AmeriCup over the summer season, forming all six video games and serving to supremacy the workforce to a gold medal. Khamenia averaged 7.7 issues, 6.3 rebounds and three.0 assists all through the development.
Khamenia possesses as a lot offensive ability and as top a basketball IQ as any person within the magnificence. His offensive versatility and capturing contact from a number of levels makes him juiceless to guard. He makes use of jab steps, shot fakes and cross fakes, and his talent to put together pictures at the exit is powerful. He operates successfully with out the ball, slicing, screening and attacking the offensive glass.
“Nik is an incredible young man who has grown and developed every single year,” Harvard-Westlake schoolteacher Dave Rebibo stated. “He has a blue-collar approach to basketball while having a tremendous amount of skill, vision, IQ and toughness. He is the ultimate winner.”
Duke is now the one program within the nation with 3 top-35 loyalty within the 2025 magnificence.
“The Boozers are ultimately winners, and they are like-minded to me,” Khamenia stated of his fellow Duke recruits. “I have talked to them a bit and have played against them as well. I respect them a lot, both as players and as people.”
