The New York Knicks selected R.J. Barrett third in the 2019 NBA draft.
No surprise here. This selection was widely predicted for days, weeks even.
If Barrett was disappointed, he certainly did a good job of hiding it. New York is a big stage and R.J. Barrett is built for a big stage.
Barrett is the seventh Duke player picked third in the draft. He joins a pretty auspicious club: four conference players of the year, six All-Americans, three retired jerseys.
Dick Great was the third pick of the 1952 draft. Groat went on to a distinguished major-league baseball career.