Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon has started all three games for the U.S. U19 World Championship team thus far, but it has been rising seniors Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow who have stolen the show.
Okafor and Winslow, who are the only two high school players on the team and both hold scholarship offers from Duke, were second and third on the team in scoring through three contests.
The Class of 2014 products have come off the bench in the United States' first three matchups. In an 88-29 victory against Ivory Coast, Okafor scored 10 points on 5-of-6 from the field and Winslow led the Americans in scoring with 14 points and added seven rebounds.
Winslow followed that performance up with the same scoring and rebounding totals in a 113-57 U.S. victory against China, also adding five assists. Okafor scored 11 points and pulled down eight boards in the team's second victory.
Okafor scored a team-high 15 points in the United States' third victory, a 115-47 blowout against Russia, and added eight rebounds in just 15 minutes of action. Winslow poured in 10 points and added eight boards of his own.
Okafor's averages of 12.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game are even more impressive when noting that he has averaged just 13.7 minutes of action through his team's first three contest. He is definitely making the most of his opportunities on the floor.
Back in the United States, Duke commit Grayson Allen was in Washington D.C. over the weekend for the Kevin Durant Skills Academy, hosted by Nike Elite Youth Basketball.
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Joining Allen at the three-day camp were Duke target Devin Booker—ranked the No. 16 player in the Class of 2014 by ESPN—and incoming freshman Jabari Parker.
All three had the opportunity to take official measurements at the showcase. Allen, a Jacksonville, Fla. native, measured in at 6 feet, 4 1/2 inches and 189 pounds, with a wingspan of 6 feet, 6 1/2 inches. A Moss Point, Miss. product, Booker measured in at 6-foot-6, 194 pounds and had a wingspan of 6 feet, 7 inches.
Parker, who began classes at Duke today, tipped the scales at 240 pounds, measuring 6 feet, 8 1/2 inches with wingspan of 6 feet, 11 1/2 inches. In addition to honing his skills and competing against some of the top high school and college players in the nation, Parker also got a crack at some 1-on-1 with Durant himself. The Blue Devil forward reportedly held his own.
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