Basketball lovers (except Duke fans) view Grayson Allen as “The Lucifer of Roundball.” The four-year Duke Blue Devil certainly left the NCAA with a legacy— a legacy defined by ill-advised trips and a strange resemblance to Ted Cruz. With a handful of different judgement calls on his end and some different genes though, Allen’s Duke tenure could just as easily have been defined by his high-flying dunks, three-point marksmanship or his the national title victory his freshman season.
Allen will likely be drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft on Thursday Night. Here’s why he deserves it, why he might go to the Warriors and why he might not.