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Blue Devils land projected 2025 lottery pick Khaman Maluach

Duke lands massive prospect as 2025 center Khaman Maluach has committed to Duke.

Ahead of their biggest game of the season against their rivals with a chance to take home a share of the ACC regular season title, the Duke Blue Devils just received a significant boost to their 2024-2025 season.

Projected lottery pick and soon-to-be five-star on every primary recruiting website Khaman Maluach announced his commitment to Duke Wednesday afternoon.

Maluach is a massive commitment, figuratively and literally. He stands 7-foot-2 and will slot into the center spot soon to be vacated by Kyle Filipowski at year’s end. He brings rim protection, which the Blue Devils have missed the most defensively this season after losing Dereck Lively to the NBA.

However, he’s a much more refined offensive product who can handle the ball, shoot and facilitate for others. Combine that with the athleticism and lateral quickness to guard on the perimeter, and you have something special.

In short, there’s a reason he’s projected as the third overall prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft behind his soon-to-be teammate Cooper Flagg.

Maluach has been on Duke’s radar for a year, and as they methodically built a relationship with him from Durham all the way to Africa, where he hails from. Duke has remained a constant despite visits to Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, and advances from G League Ignite.

“Duke is home, that’s where I belong.” Maluach said in a conversation with ESPN. “This was the hardest decision I’ve ever made. I felt like I could succeed anywhere, but I was most comfortable going to Duke. All the schools recruiting me are big-time programs, but in terms of my development and the relationships I built with the coaches, they were the best.”

Maluach has an impressive basketball resume already. This summer, at 16 years old, he helped his native country of South Sudan qualify for the Paris Olympics as one of the youngest players in FIBA World Cup History.

He plays at the NBA Academy Africa and will headline the World team at the Nike Hoop Summit next month, where he will take on his future teammates Cooper Flagg, Isaiah Evans, and Patrick Ngongba II.

Full rosters are set for the 2023 Nike Hoop Summit

The best in U.S. boys and girls high school basketball now have matchups with the announcement of the World Teams.

The Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, will be the site of the 24th Nike Hoop Summit on April 8, where elite high school basketball players from the U.S. will take the hardwood against an international crop of talent.

This year’s event also features an inaugural tipoff for women’s the game, which will have Archbishop Mitty’s (Calif.) coach Sue Phillips leading the select group of top-tier American athletes.

While the U.S. rosters were announced in February, the details about the international squads remained unknown—outside of being approved by FIBA, the international basketball governing body.

But the full scope of what’s in store is now clear, with both World Select teams getting revealed on March 24.

Here’s a look at all four rosters.

U.S. Men’s team:

Men’s World Select team:

U.S. Women’s team:

Women’s World Select team:

Overall, the matchups are intriguing, an excellent barometer—albeit brief—to see how skillsets stack up from a worldwide perspective.

Will it be “USA all the way”?

If that’s not the case, it won’t be from a lack of experience: The women’s and men’s squads have a combined 26 gold medals in national team competitions;  the USA men currently hold a 16-7 head-to-head win total over the World Team.

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Max Christie among players selected to 2021 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team

Michigan State commit Max Christie was named to the 2021 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team tonight joining 13 other players on this illustrious team

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Michigan State commit Max Christie was named to the 2021 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team tonight and becomes the first Spartan commit to participate in the event since Jaren Jackson Jr. did in 2017. Christie is joined by other top 2021 prospects like Chet Holmgren, Jaden Hardy, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Hunter Sallis, Jabari Smith, Peyton Watson and a few other players.

Top players like Zion Williamson, Cade Cunningham, and Michael Porter Jr. have been apart of this team in years past. Christie and the USA team will face off against the World select team sometime in April in Portland, Oregon.  The United State currently boast 15-7 record over the World team.

Christie continues to expand his resume which already includes making the McDonald’s All-American Game roster. Christie, by the time he gets on campus, he will be a very decorated man and will look to be a key player for the Spartans for years to come.

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