Shaun Livingston was the almost-Devil. He committed to Duke then decided to go straight to the NBA which high school seniors could then do. Had he signed with Duke, the Blue Devils might have won the 2004 national championship (then again, maybe not: Duke lost because Shavlik Randolph and Shelden Williams both fouled out trying to guard UConn’s Omeka Okefor. Duke was winning until he fouled out; after that, the game was essentially over).
He would have made a big difference though.
We kept up with him in the NBA anyway because we liked him and thought he would become a good player.