As a sophomore whom almost nobody predicted would sniff the court during close games, Jordan Goldwire played 14 minutes or more in four of the Duke basketball team’s seven postseason games.
His career-high 28 minutes came in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament against UNC — a one-point Duke win.
And those minutes came on a team with three players — Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett, and Cam Reddish — who are about to become lottery picks; another, Tre Jones, would have probably become a first-round pick in the upcoming NBA Draft had he followed the same path as his fellow starting freshmen.