Luke Kennard, who used his sweet stroke to lead the 2016-17 Duke basketball team in scoring when he was a sophomore, has had a rough start to his sophomore campaign as a professional — that is, until Monday night.
Prior to the Detroit Pistons’ 116-102 loss on the road to the Philadelphia 76ers, Kennard’s lone start this season came on opening night.
But on Monday, the 3-point specialist, whose shoulder strain sidelined him for a 16-game stretch that included the entire month of November, had a chance to begin the game on the floor opposite another former Blue Devil shooting phenom, the 76ers’ J.