It has been in the works since June, and Duke Blue Planet has a new page, and it's pretty snazzy. The site, run by Duke recruiting and communications coordinator Dave Bradley, features all the video on the team, social media, player pages, Coach K info and more.
Here are some of the highlights:
- DBP Vault — More than 400 videos of highlights, interviews and even really old school clips.
- Duke in the NBA — Closely tracks all the Blue Devils in the league.
- Coach K — Interactive timeline and lots of other cool mini-features with Duke's head coach.
The best feature, though, might be the individual player pages. They're pretty funny and humanizing, and here are some of the best of those:
- One of the three words Tyler Thornton uses to describe himself as is "handsome."
- Quinn Cook claims he can sing.
- Seth Curry likes to hunt and fish. His favorite NBA player is his brother, Steph Curry.
- Amile Jefferson says he is an above-average chef and before games he listens to "Don't Like" by Chief Kief.
- Ryan Kelly's favorite TV show is Seinfeld.
- Alex Murphy's favorite class at Duke has been Chem 83 (that is more amusing if you are actually a Duke student). His favorite Duke player is Mike Dunleavy... shocker that it's not Kyle Singler.
- Mason Plumlee's favorite NBA player is his brother, Miles Plumlee.
- Whoa, watch out. Marshall Plumlee in three words: "Loquacious, insatiable, voluptuous."
- Josh Hairston's favorite class at Duke has been theater.
- Rasheed Sulaimon played the saxophone for five years.
- Before games, Todd Zafirovski listens to "Call Me Maybe." Perhaps a better music selection will lead to more minutes.
- Rodney Hood likes the classics: His favorite video game is NBA Live 2003. Who remembers who was on the cover of NBA Live 2003? (Jason Kidd).
- Cook, Thornton and Hairston all listed Nolan Smith as their favorite Duke player.
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