Knicks Draft Duke's Trevor Keels, leej twg poob 25 cov ntsiab lus ntawm Madison Square Garden

Rov qab rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis, Duke tus neeg saib xyuas Trevor Keels tau qhab nia 25 ntsiab lus thaum Blue Devils yeej Kentucky hauv Champions Classic ntawm Madison Square Garden.

Ua si nrog qhov thib 1 xaiv Paolo Banchero, 6-ko taw-5 Keels yog qhov kev xav tsis thoob tshaj plaws thaum yav tsaus ntuj thaum nws tau tswj hwm nws cov neeg tiv thaiv los ntawm kev siv nws tus ncej Ron Dayne zoo li mus rau pob tawb 10-ntawm-18 hmo ntuj tua. .

"Tus menyuam no nyob ntawm no yuav yog tus neeg ncaws pob zoo," Duke tus kws qhia Mike Krzyzewski tau hais hmo ntawd. "Trevor yuav yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob zoo, nws hnyav 230 phaus thiab yog tias nws khiav rov qab nws yuav paub xaiv qhov. Nws tau fouled, nws tsis them nyiaj ntau vim nws qis heev thiab tswj lub cev zoo. Rau peb xyoos ncaj, nws yog tej zaum tus neeg ua si zoo tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam DC. "

Xya lub hlis tom qab qhov kev ua si, Knicks tau sau Keels nrog tus lej 42 xaiv hauv NBA Draft thiab coj nws rov qab mus rau Lub Vaj. Kentucky kev ua si tau sib cav tias nws qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub caij nyoog, thaum nws ua tiav nrog qhov nruab nrab ntawm 11.5 cov ntsiab lus, 3.4 rebounds thiab 2.7 pab thaum tua 42% ntawm lub tshav pob thiab 31% los ntawm qhov tob.

Ib qho kev pabcuam tshawb nrhiav hais tias ntawm Keels: "Nws yog tus tiv thaiv zoo thaum koom nrog, tus kws ua yeeb yam zoo thib ob, tuaj yeem ua si tawm ntawm lub pob-ntsuab, thiab muaj kev tua tiag tiag. Nws muaj NBA npaj lub cev thiab yog ib qho ntawm cov kev cia siab tshaj plaws hauv tag nrho cov qauv. "

"Nyob rau hauv peb, plaub xyoos, koj tuaj yeem muaj tus neeg ua si uas nrog nws lub cev, nws tau zoo, txhim kho hauv cov cheeb tsam ntawd, koj tau txais ib tus neeg ncaws pob zoo thaum nws muaj 22 xyoos," Duke tus pab Chris Carrawell hais tsis ntev los no.

Keels yog thib tsib Blue Devil xaiv los ntawm Knicks, koom nrog Ronnie Mayer (hauv 1956), Art Heyman 1st tag nrho hauv 1963), Vince Taylor (34th tag nrho) hauv 1982 thiab RJ Barrett (3rd zuag qhia tag nrho) hauv 2019.

Qhov kev txav mus los tau raug cuam tshuam los ntawm qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm Knicks txav uas pom lawv pauv tus lej 11 xaiv rau Oklahoma City Thunder thiab tseem cuam tshuam Kemba Walker rau Detroit Pistons nrog plaub qhov kev xaiv thib ob kom tau txais peb qhov kev xaiv thawj zaug yav tom ntej.

Cov Knicks tau tso tseg txog $ 20 lab hauv qhov chaw cap thiab tam sim no muaj yim qhov kev xaiv thawj zaug los siv mus tom qab ib tus neeg nyiam Jalen Brunson lossis Kyrie Irving, ESPN's Brian Windhorst tau tshaj tawm ntawm "Get Up."

Keels tau mus txog rau hnub kawg ntawm seb puas yuav rov qab mus rau Duke rau nws lub caij kawm thib ob los txhim kho nws cov khoom lag luam mus rau qhov kev xaiv thawj zaug lossis tuaj tawm xyoo no.

Carrawell hais tias, "Tau tiag tiag, nws raug torn, txiv neej," Carrawell hais. “Thaum cov neeg no txiav txim siab, kuv tsuas yog sim txhawb lawv. Tau kawg, peb xav kom koj rov qab los, kuv ib puas feem pua ​​​​hais tias ntau zaus, zoo li peb xav kom koj rov qab los, tab sis thaum lawv txiav txim siab sim, kuv yog ib puas feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev txhawb nqa. "

Keels yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob hnub qub ntawm Paul VI hauv Chantilly, Va, thiab yeej lub xeev kev sib tw nrog Brandon Slater (Villanova) thiab Jeremy Roach (UNC). Lub trio rov sib ntsib dua zaum kawg Plaub lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav no, qhov twg North Carolina yeej Duke hauv lub tebchaws semifinal ua ntej poob rau Kansas hauv kev sib tw ncaws pob.

Ntawm ib qho ntawm Krzyzewski qhov kev mus ntsib Roach, tus thawj coj qhia Glenn Farello hu Keels rau hauv nws lub chaw ua haujlwm kom cov tub ntxhais hluas tuaj yeem ntsib Hall of Fame tus kws qhia. Farello paub Duke yog Keels lub tsev kawm npau suav.

Farello hais tias, "Nws tau taug kev hauv thiab nws lub qhov muag dav," Farello hais. "Thiab thaum nws tawm mus, kuv tig mus rau Coach K thiab kuv hais tias, 'Kuv tsuas yog xav kom koj paub tias nws yog leej twg, vim qee lub sijhawm, kuv xav tias koj yuav xav rov qab nrog tus no.' Thiab txaus txaus, lawv tau ua. "

Keels thaum kawg tau cog lus rau Duke thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2021 thiab koom nrog chav kawm uas suav nrog 6-9 Banchero, uas tau los ua Duke tus thib tsib No. mus No.1 mus rau Atlanta Hawks.

Txhua tus tau hais, tsib tus neeg ncaws pob Duke raug xaiv, suav nrog thawj tus neeg sib tw Mark Williams (No. 15 rau Charlotte) thiab Wendell Moore Jr. (No. 26 rau Mavericks).