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Multiple Duke basketball players and recruiting targets participating in various offseason camps

Multiple Duke players, alums and recruiting targets participating in offseason camps.

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team has yet to start the season, but the summer is as pivotal as ever for players to improve their game. Whether it’s skill work, weight lifting, conditioning, or playing in actual games, this is the time to work on your craft.

For Duke, the team has moved to campus, practicing, working out, and bonding since June. With the calendar flip to July, things have changed slightly as this year’s roster members have been invited to various camps and player development sessions nationwide.

We documented in June that Cooper Flagg was selected as the only college player to be a part of the Select Team tasked with practicing with Team USA basketball as they prepare for the Olympics. We are now here to add that Tyrese Proctor and Sion James were invited to participate in the 2024 Chris Paul Elite Camp. In addition, freshmen wings Kon Knueppel and Isaiah Evans were selected to participate in Jayson Tatum’s Elite Camp.

There’s a Duke flavor at both camps. Paolo Banchero, a former Blue Devil, appeared at Paul’s and dominated the competition in some pickup games.

This is also an opportunity for Duke to use it as a mini-recruiting tool. Names like Nate Ament, Jalen Montonati, Nikolas Khamenia, Hudson Greer, Shelton Henderson, Acaden Lewis, and Brayden Burries are all receiving interest from Duke or have offers from Duke. It wouldn’t be farfetched to imagine the high schoolers chatting things up with Proctor, James, Knueppel, and Evans about Duke and what it feels like to be a Duke player.

Plus, it helps when Paolo Banchero and Jayson Tatum are there. It’s too early to tell, but maybe a year from now, we’ll look back and see how many commits for Duke were at these off-season camps.

 

 

Duke offers 2025 CG Acaden Lewis

Duke offers 2025 CG Acaden Lewis.

2025 will be a massive year for Jon Scheyer, no matter what happens for him and his program in 2024. The hope is that, by this time next year, the Blue Devils will be figuring out how to repeat as national champions if we work under the assumption that their efforts to surround generational prospect Cooper Flagg with a championship-caliber team were indeed successful.

Even without that assumption, we know a few almost undoubtedly true things. Duke will lose at least four players from this year’s roster. Five, considering this will likely be junior Tyrese Proctor’s last year as a Duke Blue Devil.

With the departure of key players, Duke will again face a significant challenge in rebuilding the team to maintain its competitive edge next year.

Assuming Proctor leaves alongside Sion James, who only has one year of eligibility remaining, Duke will need actual ball handlers on next year’s team. It’s too far out to know who will be available via the transfer portal, so it makes sense why Duke recently offered 2025 combo guard Acaden Lewis.

Lewis is ranked as the 34th-best prospect in 247Sports player rankings for the class of 2025. He’s ranked nationally as the sixth-best combo guard and the number-one player from Washington, D.C.

 

In the film, you see a 6-foot-3 guard who thrives on using ball screens to get downhill, where he can finish with either hand. He is quite proficient in using mid-range jump shots or floaters to score. He uses pace to make defenders uneasy.

He has an effortless release and range. He also showcased the ability to be a proficient spot-up shooter. He has the versatility that Scheyer covets and could be a fit either playing on or off the ball in Durham.

He is being recruited heavily by UNC, Maryland, Georgetown, Kentucky, and Virginia Tech.

Tennessee basketball offers 2025 combo guard Acaden Lewis

Tennessee basketball offers 2025 combo guard Acaden Lewis from Washington, D.C.

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 combo guard prospect Acaden Lewis.

“Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Lewis said.

The 6-foot-2, 170-pound four-star combo guard prospect is from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

Lewis ranks as the No. 49 prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. 9 combo guard and No. 2 player in Washington, D.C., according to 247Sports.

Lewis has scholarship offers from Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland, Florida State, Virginia, Penn State, Bryant, Norfolk State, Brown, Providence, Nebraska, George Mason, St. John’s, Kentucky, Missouri, UConn, Cincinnati, Indiana, Auburn, North Carolina, Miami, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Michigan, West Virginia, Syracuse, Villanova, Georgetown, Virginia Tech, George Washington, Howard, Vanderbilt and Oregon.

Center DeWayne Brown is Tennessee’s only commitment in its 2025 recruiting class.

Four-star 2025 recruit receives an offer from Kentucky basketball

Acaden Lewis, a 2025 guard, has received an offer from Kentucky basketball.

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope has been in contact with quite a few players from the 2025 class, and has begun to extend scholarship offers. In recent weeks, Chris Cenac, Niko Bundalo, and Mikel Brown Jr. have received offers, and now Acaden Lewis is added to that list.

Lewis announced an unofficial visit to Lexington recently, and took that visit on Monday. The combo guard announced the offer from Pope while on that visit.

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The 6’2″, 170lb guard is rated four stars by 247sports, and is the 59th overall player in their composite rankings. He’s their number 11 combo guard. Lewis also has offers from a number of other top programs, including Connecticut, North Carolina, and Louisville. The Auburn Tigers and Tennessee Volunteers are among the SEC schools who have recruited him.

Mark Pope had to build his 2024 squad almost entirely from the transfer portal, so his 2025 class will be his first as a recruiter. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out, but getting quality players like Acaden Lewis will prove to fans he can get top talent.

Class of 2025 guard Acaden Lewis plans to visit Kentucky basketball

Guard Acaden Lewis hasn’t heard from Kentucky basketball, but will be making a visit.

Kentucky basketball and coach Mark Pope have been attached to a number of 2025 prospects thus far, as they try to put together their first recruiting class. Point guard Acaden Lewis hasn’t heard from the Wildcats, but will be taking a visit.

Lewis is rated four stars by 247sports, and is their 81st overall ranked player. He’s 6’2″, 170 lbs, and comes from Washington, DC. His ranking could rise, as he has been impressing with recent play.

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With offers from a number of schools already on the table, Lewis has already visited Florida State and Virginia. He plans to add Kentucky to that list with an unofficial visit on June 17, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. He told Kentucky Sports Radio:

It’s Kentucky. It’s a huge school and there’s a lot of history there. I want to enjoy my unofficial, talk to players, and get as much as I can out of it.

The 2025 class for Kentucky hasn’t begun to take shape yet, and there will be many more visits, contacts, and rumors. Acaden Lewis is a very good player, and seemingly has some interest in the program. Big Blue Nation will wait and see what develops from here.