In college hoops, no team is more hated than the Duke Blue Devils. Why? You could point to Coach K's fake piety, the hoity-toityness of the actual school, or the simple fact that they're consistently a great team. Or...it could just be Duke's legacy of producing the most annoying white basketball players to ever hit a parquet floor, from Christian Laettner to fuckin' Wojo to this year's nominee, Jon Scheyer. So, as the Dukies prepare for the start of the NCAA Tournament, here's a look back at the most hated white Duke players of all time...
10. CHEROKEE PARKS
YEARS AT DUKE: 1991-1995
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: Two Final Fours, one national title
NBA CAREER: Retired after averaging 4.4 ppg over 11 years
WHY WE HATED HIM: This awkward, immobile giant got his name from his great grandma, who was part of the Cherokee tribe. To think, he was already annoying as fuck before he covered himself in lame tattoos.
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9. MIKE DUNLEAVY
YEARS AT DUKE: 1999-2002
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: One Final Four, one national title
NBA CAREER: Averaging 12 ppg through his ninth year
WHY WE HATED HIM: Dunleavy Junior had the type of traditional white-man's game (tenacious, "smart," WHITE) that gives Dickie V boners—and pro scouts, evidently. The dude who looks like homie from Mask (not the Jim Carrey one) was drafted third overall in 2002...over Amare Stoudemire, Caron Butler, Tayshaun Prince, Carlos Boozer, to name four.
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8. DANNY FERRY
YEARS AT DUKE: 1985-1989
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: Three Final Fours, zero national titles
NBA CAREER: Retired after averaging 7 ppg in 13 seasons; current GM of the Cleveland Cavaliers
WHY WE HATED HIM: The prototype of the under-athletic, overachieving white Dukie had an undeniably productive collegiate career which led to him being picked second(!) overall in the '89 draft. He may have had some good NCAA moments, but his only pro highlights are shit like this and this. Exposed!
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7. BOBBY HURLEY
YEARS AT DUKE: 1989-1993
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: Three Final Fours, two national titles
NBA CAREER: Retired after averaging 3.8 ppg over three seasons
WHY WE HATED HIM: We can't lie—the little PG from Jersey was pretty damn awesome at Duke, ending his career as the NCAA assists leader with a shitload of fundamentally sound chest passes. Still, back then we were riding with LJ, the Tark, and the Runnin' Rebels. So naturally, we hated Hurley.
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6. JON SCHEYER
YEARS AT DUKE: 2006-present
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: Zero Final Fours...yet
NBA CAREER: TBD
WHY WE HATE HIM: ESPN's Dan Schuler writes: "He's not your prototypical break-you-down-off-the-dribble with blow-by speed kind of point guard. I would describe him as a very cerebral player, a very unselfish player..." Doesn't that scouting report fit everybody on this list? WHITE!
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5. GREG PAULUS
YEARS AT DUKE: 2005-2009
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: Zero Final Fours
NBA CAREER: None; 2010 NFL draft prospect
WHY WE HATED HIM: After four seasons at Duke, he joined Syracuse for a year as quarterback on their football team. Are there flopping bitches in the NFL?
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2. CHRISTIAN LAETTNER
YEARS AT DUKE:1988-1992
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: Four Final Fours, two national titles
NBA CAREER: Averaged 12 ppg over 17 seasons in the NBA
WHY WE HATED HIM: OK, we're not gonna hate on the jumper against Kentucky—that shit was clutch, no denying that. What's crazy about Laettner is that the media propped him up as this blond-haired, blue-eyed basketball savior, when he was really a dirty, nasty, angry villain. Not to play the Isiah card, but if he was "Tyrone from St. John's," we would have been spared some of the cringe-inducing accolades. But NOPE! "Christian from Duke" gets a '92 Dream Team spot over Shaq. WTF!?!
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1. J.J. REDICK
YEARS AT DUKE: 2002-2006
NCAA HIGHLIGHTS: One Final Four
NBA CAREER: Averaging 5 ppg through his fourth year in the NBA
WHY WE HATED HIM: He's the quintessential arrogant, shot-happy whitePG from Duke who generates enough hype to become a bench-riding NBA millionaire...and would-be rapper. Just look at the cockboy pose above. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the GOAT of most hated white duke players. Congratulations, J.J.!
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