Duke basketball wing Dariq Whitehead has been drafted back home.
It’s been a long year for Duke basketball wing Dariq Whitehead but now he can finally head home.
The Newark, New Jersey native was selected with the No. 22 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft by the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.
Whitehead was not at the draft, which was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but was gathered with family and friends a few miles away in Manhattan as his named was called by commissioner Adam Silver.