Kyle Filipowski sat down with The Athletic’s Brendan Marks for a Q&A ahead of Wednesday’s NBA draft and provided some fun insights on his Duke career.
He broke down his workout schedule ahead of the draft and shared his favorite memory as a Blue Devil, the ACC Tournament run in 2023, but the best moment of the interview came from his [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] story.
Filipowski said his favorite memories with the Duke head coach came from practice. Scheyer would, as every coach does, get upset if players didn’t execute correctly on the court, but his response didn’t always go as planned.
“There are times where it’s a very serious moment in practice, and we’ve messed up — like, we messed something up in practice, so he’s mad at us, yelling at us,” Filipowski said. “Then he takes the ball to show us what we need to do, and it ends with a layup — but then he missed the layup.”
Filipowski said the team would try to hold back laughter if the mood was truly serious but not always succeed.
Filipowski finds out what NBA team he’ll begin his career with on Wednesday night.