Duke’s Coach K to make special visit to Atlanta on Tuesday night — guess which prized recruit he is here to see??
Will Coach K invade Georgia to steal Tony Parker? (AP)
You gotta be good — well great — to get Coach K to make a special trip to Atlanta.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is scheduled to attend Miller Grove’s game at Douglass High at 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to Miller Grove coach Sharman White.
And who is Coach K here to see? None other than Tony Parker, one of the nation’s top juniors with more than 40 scholarship offers.
Parker is a 6-foot-9, 270-pound power forward who averages 19.5 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
“Coach K isn’t coming for a casual visit — Duke loves Tony and they want to sign him very badly,” White said. “He’s a 6-9 guy who can make things happen in the paint. They like his ability to score, and they think he’s a great kid — a ‘Duke kind of kid.’”
Parker, who has built a close relationship with Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt, says he has no favorites.
“It’s exciting that Duke will be here,” Parker said. “They obviously have a great program and I’m definitely considering them.”
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Really!
December 14th, 2010
4:51 am
Hewitt will not be around long, and Coach K is one of the most overrated coaches in college basketball. So,,,,He should stay in state and go to Georgia!
Really!
December 14th, 2010
4:53 am
Should I have said it????? Well here goes,,,, Fir___T! Sorry I cannot lower myself to say it.
dougmo2
December 14th, 2010
6:25 am
Really!, you are offically on crack. Four national championships, numereous players in the NBA, Olympic gold medals,and he is overrated? What planet are you from Really?
truth
December 14th, 2010
7:21 am
Really is from the planet Georgia, where reality gives way to pure “me” emotion.
Jesse Stone
December 14th, 2010
7:31 am
Coach K is overrated? He should go to UGA? Play for Coach K, or play for Mark Fox? Hmmm. One has won a few NTs and the other finished BELOW .500 in a WEAK conference last year. Even you should be able to figure that one out.
Larry
December 14th, 2010
7:48 am
“….Coach K is one of the most overrated coaches in college basketball.”
And some wonder how a community organizer can be elected President and then proceed to perfectly exemplify utter, unabashed buffoonery! It is because people like this get to vote!
Whew!
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 14th, 2010
7:56 am
I’ve attended his coaching clinics up in Durham. He has forgotten more BB than any of the chuckle-heads that criticize him will EVER know. Good for Big Tony. Make DeKalb proud and go play for the greatest BB Coach in History!
Paul Hewitt
December 14th, 2010
8:01 am
I recruited Glen Rice Jr. thinking he could play in the ACC. He couldn’t play at Georgia Southern, so I need you Tony. Please save my job because Glen Rice Jr. is about to get me fired.
Joe
December 14th, 2010
8:04 am
Coach Fox is going to have to go head-to-head with Coach K. on 2 juniors in the state.
Hewitt is a non-factor going forward. Gtu cannot afford to fire him, and unless he is handing out bags of Cam Newton Money, I cannot imagine anymore kids being stupid enough to go play for him.
Walker, Texas Ranger
December 14th, 2010
8:10 am
Well said Larry
DamntheButcher
December 14th, 2010
8:35 am
Since UGA dominates GA Tech in Mens BB now I am just curious when some of the top players are going to sign with UGA. GA Tech is pathetic in BB.
DamntheButcher
December 14th, 2010
8:36 am
Larry I bet you are one of the Idiots that beleive there are WMD in Iraq.
orangej
December 14th, 2010
8:55 am
How can the worst coach in the ACC continue to recruit so well? I would like to hear what he tells these kids.
G-dub
December 14th, 2010
9:20 am
I saw him play Columbia he is a great player they had a lot of GREAT PLAYERS on the court and it was a great game I was really impressed with the soph pg for Columbia he finished with 26 points and was feeling under the weather what a game. Hats off to Miller Grove and Columbia. Also the game before that featured Redan girls vs SWD and that was a great game. The ajc seems biased with their coverage (Milton, Wheeler, Walton) but after attending saturday’s games at MGHS I am convinced that dekalb county has the best teams boys and girls
YesWeCan!!!!!bs
December 14th, 2010
9:26 am
DamntheButcher, and I guess you actually believe that tripling the national debt is good for the economy. Moron…
Great Kid
December 14th, 2010
9:42 am
Tony Parker is an excellent student, good kid and great player! He comes from a wonderful family too. All the best!
gt4ever
December 14th, 2010
9:46 am
Really,
Your really NOT that STUPID…. Coach K, overrated….. Spoken like a true dawg fan!
collegeballfan
December 14th, 2010
9:53 am
Joe at 8:04 am
Who is Gtu? Do not recognize this school.
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 14th, 2010
10:16 am
Lots of K haters out there. Gotta hate when you can’t measure up.
And Yes, the best BB in GA is in DeKalb
not impressed
December 14th, 2010
10:19 am
who cares, just a couple of years ago, Duke was losing to Belmont in the NCAA tournament, they don’t walk on water and neither does this coach…sick of him
G-dub
December 14th, 2010
10:21 am
@ Really, I’m no big Duke fan and I love to see Coach K lose but damn he is probably one of the greatest coaches ever his teams are always disciplined and always good. How you say he is overrated i do not know but i do know he is a great coach and I am sure that Mark Fox has the upmost respect for Coach K
stick
December 14th, 2010
10:30 am
Anybody who criticizes Paul Hewitt is a racist.
None of the poor seasons that GT has had are Paul’s fault. It’s the players’ fault plain and simple. We have discussed it over dinner many times and Paul knows more about basketball than many folks give him credit for. He is certainly on Coach K’s level.
My love for Paul goes beyond just friendship. HE LITES MY FIRE and makes my head swim everytime I look into his dreamy brown eyes.
Thank God for that 7 year forever roll over contract which allows me to continue my man love of Paul.
Paul if you read this….. know that I will always love you!
Stick
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 14th, 2010
10:48 am
Awesome “stick,” just awesome
FirePaulHewitt
December 14th, 2010
11:10 am
Stick – who are you kidding? Blewitt is a joke – he lost to Kennesaw State for Pete’s sake!!
Screw the buyout, D-Rad needs to fire CPH sooner rather than later!
joe
December 14th, 2010
11:15 am
Tony needs to go about 3 hours north…UT hoops is where it’s at…see what they did at Pitt? They’ll role right over UGA. KY and FL on their way to the SEC title.
heartofdarkness
December 14th, 2010
11:31 am
The upside to playing for a coach like Krzyzewski, Bobby Knight, Dean Smith and John Wooden is that you are a better person coming out of the program than you were going in.
Richard Cranium
December 14th, 2010
11:47 am
IF HIS GOAL IS TO PLAY PRO BALL IN THE NBA…
HE SHOULD GO TO GT.
GT WILL ACTUALLY BE REALLY GOOD IN 2012.
David
December 14th, 2010
11:52 am
Glen Rice Jr. is actually a beast dummy. He will be an ALL-ACC player before he leaves Tech. Butcher UGA bball is a joke and always will be!
SuperB
December 14th, 2010
11:54 am
I disagree witht he writer who called Coach Krzyzewski “overrated.” If Coach K is overrated, then who deserves to be “rated?” As for GT’s Hewitt, he can recruit but his teams flop. GT has to be looking around.
Go Coach K
December 14th, 2010
12:00 pm
Really, how can you get any lower the pushing Georgia Basketball. And DumbtheButcher, according to the news they found nerve gas that was used on the Kurds in Iraq and that is WMDs. And according to WIKILEAKS they found over 300 barrels of yellow cake that Joe blow Wilson claims that Sadam wasn’t trying to buy. But again you wouldn’t hear this on ESPN.
Really!
December 14th, 2010
12:10 pm
He gets top 2 or 3 recruiting classes every year and he hs only won four National Championships. I would call that overrated. Most good coaches would be in the title game ever year with the players he gets.
Shut up
December 14th, 2010
12:19 pm
Really… you are really an idiot.. keep your stupid mouth shut and your grimmey little fingers off the keyboard.
Good News Really
December 14th, 2010
12:26 pm
@Really – Good news for you! Being a UGA fan you will never have to worry about saying Fir___T!
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 14th, 2010
12:34 pm
@Really Dumb,
Duke Recruiting Classes:
2007 – 6th
2008 – 23rd
2009 – 9th
2010 – 6th
Dang, I hate when the facts get in the way of my hate……. -Really
GTBob
December 14th, 2010
12:41 pm
So Coach K is overrated and recruits should go to UGA instead of Duke. I love the entertainment these blogs provide sometimes.
the real Old Gold
December 14th, 2010
12:42 pm
Hewitt is the most over-rated coach in the country! A kid would have to be a dope to go to Ga. Tech!
G-dub
December 14th, 2010
1:14 pm
Not to change the subjectwher but has anyone heard anything about Jalen Kendrick or Marcus Thorton I was looking at Memphis and did not hear his name during the broadcast and where is Thornton playing at
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2010
1:14 pm
It makes sense for Coach K to be going after a stud PF in the class of 2012. Mason Plumlee won’t stay for his senior year and Duke will be thin in the front court. Of course, if Parker commits to Duke in the 2011 early signing period it will probably guarantee that he is a McDAA.
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2010
1:18 pm
Other overrated college b’ball coaches according to Really!
John Wooden
Dean Smith
Bob Knight
Jim Calhoun
Roy Williams
Tom Izzo
Denny Crum
Tech Man
December 14th, 2010
1:27 pm
If he goes to Tech (ONE AND DONE) as usual.
Steve
December 14th, 2010
1:29 pm
Close with hewitt. Ouch. I guess if you want to diminish your basketball skills for 2 years and then jump to the nba, gt is a great place. Cause one thing hewitt has shown is that players regress when he coaches them.
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 14th, 2010
1:36 pm
Mfon from MG is proof of that, Steve
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 14th, 2010
1:38 pm
‘cept for the nba part
Skeezix
December 14th, 2010
1:38 pm
Coach K over rated? let’s see–4 NCAA titles, most NCAA tournament wins, on 10/29 will become the #2 all time in career wins (behind Knight),
Skeezix
December 14th, 2010
1:54 pm
Re: Coach K–Might as well have fun with this one: More Coach K facts for the complete idiots out there:1 Olympic Gold Medal as a head coach, 1 Olympic Gold Medal as an Assistant (the Dream Team), 1 World Championship, Coach of the year 12 times, Naismith Hall of Fame, John Wooden Legend of Coaching Award, 11 ACC regular season championships and one season ACC regular co-champion, 12 ACC Tournament Championships, 7 National Players of the Year, 6 Defensive Players of the year, #1 ranking in 15 different seasons, NABC Coach of the Decade, and in 2001 voted America’s best coach in any sport (Times/CNN.
G-dub
December 14th, 2010
1:57 pm
@Joe Tennessee should go very far this year, Bruce Pearl is a great coach. He has 4 players from ga this year and already has a commitment for next year.
Farnsworthy
December 14th, 2010
2:00 pm
The folks out there who think Coach K is overrated are probably the same ones who still can’t recognize the legendary place Bobby Cox, a certain first ballot Hall of Famer, holds in MLB coaching history.
FromtheBARstool
December 14th, 2010
2:03 pm
Really!!!
Coach K can take Smart White kids and win NCAA Championships. How the hell is that overrated?
After learning the GAME from Coach K the sky is the limit. The kids can go on to Play Pro or go into Coaching.
REALLY
We all know what type of players needs and gets. The Brightest in the classroom pick UGA over DUKE? HAHAHAHAH. Guys at Business Christmas Party. I graduated from DUKE. Wow you must be really smart. I went to UGA. Wow you probably didn’t graduate, but I bet you can Drink me under the table.
George Bush
December 14th, 2010
2:33 pm
leave politics out of these discussions guys trust me when i tell you there is plenty of blame to go around in this country on both sides ..Coach K is a good coach because in the games because he makes adjustments..hewitt is a great recruiter but a tad bit slow to make in game adjustments. He should also go for the best players to develop a team not the one and done specials…..
Brad
December 14th, 2010
3:14 pm
I say we put Larry, Walker Texas Ranger, and Yes we can…bs on a small boat and ship them out to sea. That way we won’t have to put up with their racists reality. You make idiotic remarks on a sports blog. What? Do you not have anyone else to listen to you at home?
And no, I am not African American… I’m a successful, professional Caucasian.
I say that to say, I’m not just defending your president because he does not look like us.
I say it’s GREAT that Tony Parker has one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game want to come see him play.
No response needed gentlemen…. Please!
Go Coach K
December 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
Well Brad you had everything handed to you so that is why your successful.
blah blah
December 14th, 2010
3:40 pm
Who ever thinks Coach K is overrated is an idiot. Winning national championships and ACC championships is not overratted. He has had his program at the top of the college sporting universe for years. But I think that GT will be searching for a new head coach if CPH doesnt step up. He is a great recruiter and a great motivator but he is a below average Xs & os coach. If he leaves UGA will land a large and great class which they will need with all that they are losing. But once again idiots taht are allowed to write on here make these coments nearly unreadable.
Techno
December 14th, 2010
3:43 pm
How stupid are all of you. Really is just rattling your chains. Really !
BuckheadBill
December 14th, 2010
4:16 pm
I can remember a top recruit from Atlanta area several years ago having his mother moved to Durham and provided a much better job than she had in ATL. Not a peep from NCAA. Corch K is on the “untouchable” list along with Corch C at Kentucky. Corch C gets schools on probation, but he is never touched.
Get Paid Tony
December 14th, 2010
5:02 pm
Before there was Cam Newton, there was Stephon Marbury
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2010
5:07 pm
BuckheadBill – I don’t remember a top recruit from Atlanta going to Duke after his mother got a high paying job in Durham.
I do remember Chris Duhon, from Slidell, LA going to Duke after his mother was hired by a company in Durham.
http://www.truthaboutduke.com/duhon_nola.php
AfghanHound
December 14th, 2010
5:20 pm
I’m a UNC fan, and for anyone who thinks K is overrated, you should keep your mouth shut and try like hell to disguise your utter stupidity.
GwinnettDad
December 14th, 2010
5:28 pm
@Really, I don’t think you could find your ass with both hands. Hate Duke, despise their success, but to call him overrated makes you look foolish, or worse, like a selfish, blind idiot.
SOOHSO
December 14th, 2010
5:43 pm
They don’t teach ebonics at Duke.
jackets!
December 14th, 2010
6:03 pm
Coach K over rated? Are you kidding me! He has 4 national championships and like 12 final fours….70 something NCAA tournament wins. He could have quit back in 2001 and been a lock to the college basketball hall of fame.
AfghanHound
December 14th, 2010
6:13 pm
There is nothing wrong w/a parent, who is minimally employed, following their son to wherever he chooses to play. This is often the case w/a high school coach or teacher, who can often find employment in a similar position near the school the son chooses. Ryan Brenner at UNC is a good. example. His dad found a coaching job in or near Chapel Hill. I’m sure UNC did not arrange the job for him. He was a standout coach in Northern Va. who went to a high school with a losing program.
jackets!
December 14th, 2010
6:14 pm
12 counting this year of course. I dont see anyone beating Duke come tourney time.
Kapoonka
December 14th, 2010
6:16 pm
@Brad..thank you sir for saving me the keystrokes it would take to address those morons. When someone takes a blog that has zilch to do with PRESIDENT Obama and turns it into something else, it is pure, unabashed racism rearing its ugly head where it has no business. Whatever your sorry circumstances are, he is not the blame. Maybe you should look in the mirror in your backwoods cabin. I’m sure you voted for Deal and Purdue..two upstanding citizens who are screwing Georgia without a condom. Boehner vowed to vote against everything President Obama initiated, and you are witnessing and will soon be victimized by his stupidity.
Here’s a good example..imagine a great coach getting hired after inheriting a crappy team and having all of his players do everything to undermine his efforts. Kind of hard to achieve your objective, isn’t it? Now do you get it? Flex your weak blog muscles elsewhere…this story wasn’t even about politics.
chillywilly
December 14th, 2010
6:36 pm
This kid needs to go to a college where they are serious about educating him and won’t look at him like a piece of live stock. If I was him, I would sign with Morehouse, Howard, North Carolina A&T, FAMU, Morgan State or Hampton. If he’s that good, the pro scouts will find him. Besides, he will find the best of both worlds (academics & social life) at one of the colleges above.
Don’t fall for the blind promises and hype, young man.
Lou
December 14th, 2010
6:42 pm
I can’t believe this man’s last (or first?) name is “K.” I was taught in journalism class that you identify someone on first reference and later may refer to that person by a nickname. Out of curiosity, what does the “K” stand for?
Shirley
December 14th, 2010
7:07 pm
Tony Parker may have all the skills to play basketball, but does he have the skills to graduate Duke??
He should go to UGA. They don’t care about the academics!!
FromtheBARstool
December 14th, 2010
7:12 pm
ChillyWilly
Not one of the colleges you mentioned is even on par with DUKE. Howard is good but it is no DUKE. If he wants an education and sports why would you even suggest those colleges?
chillywilly
December 14th, 2010
8:34 pm
@FromtheBARstool – I suggested Howard, FAMU, Morehouse and the rest of “those colleges” because they have a proven track record of educating black athletes. Duke & the other white colleges graduation rate for black athletes is steadily declining. Lets stop steering our kids to these athletic plantations where most of them are exploited and get absolutely nothing in return. Would you happen to know what college produces the most black college graduates in America? Hint – It ain’t Duke.
AstroFan`
December 14th, 2010
8:43 pm
Let’s GO Astros!!
JP
December 14th, 2010
8:47 pm
UGAY BB is pathetic, GT has the better program and plays in the better conference…despite Paul Hewitt.
truthbtold
December 14th, 2010
8:48 pm
Larry, Walker Texas Ranger, and Yes we can are all fine examples are all fine examplles of unabashed ignorance of the highest order. Larry – forgets that it was OK for an Actor and a Baseball team owner to be elected President. It’s idiots like these that were completely quiet during 8 years of the complete collapse of the Banking Industy, the Housing Industry, the Auto Industry, and Manufacturing. All the while the country was spending hundreds of billions of dollars to destroy Iraq and Afghanistan to turn around and rebuild them. For what? Did you get that? You ignorant puppet headed clones that constantly want to rant about the present administration. You had nothing to say about 8 years of destroying this country while you sat in your stinkin homes with your shot guns, rebel flags, whisky and your smelly dogs while the country was being led to bankruptcy! Shut your freakin yaps…….
Spoke
December 14th, 2010
9:01 pm
@Shirley: Tony Parker sounds like a kid who has all the tools to achieve both athletically and academically at Duke. See here: http://hsgeorgia.scout.com/2/972103.html
The other upside to attending Duke is that you are on national TV two or three times a week. That kind of exposure builds name recognition which tends to improve draft position.
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2010
9:07 pm
AfghanHound – Who is Ryan Brenner? Are you sure you don’t mean Bryn Renner? He’ll be starting QB for UNC in 2011. Renner’s father was a well respected coach who was hired at E. Chapel Hill High School (starting QB in 2010 was Butch Davis’ son – quelle surprise!)
There is nothing wrong with a parent following their child to the area of a school. Philip Rivers’ father did the same thing when he went to NCSU. What makes the Duhon case unusual is that his mother managed to get a clerical job paying much higher than usual and was hired by a Duke booster
FromtheBARstool
December 14th, 2010
9:07 pm
ChillyWilly
Better to go to a Plantation College with better Professors than a HBC with little devirsity. If you just want to better educate AAs then we should go back to Segreated Schools starting in Pre-K.
FromtheBARstool
December 14th, 2010
9:15 pm
ChillyWilly
The reason the Black athletes don’t always graduate from those Plantation colleges is beacuse they go Pro. Going Pro making a LOT of Money because of the exposure those players will not get at Howard or Morehouse. If they chose to finish college after siging to go pro that is on them. You are asking some very talented athletes to throw away a greater chance at a lot of money to go to Howard or Morehouse.
Lester Miles
December 14th, 2010
9:31 pm
YES Not many WMDs found in Iraq. What wasn’t used on his countrymen ( Sadam was given plenty of time by the UN delays) were moved to and hidden in Syria. They will emerge again. On another matter, are all these bloggers rooting for Coach K (Weasel Face) living in Georgia? If not then say wahat you want ut if you were born and reside in Goergia and pull against UGA and GT then why not pack tour belongings and move to North Carolina. It is a fine state and Coach K is an oustaanding coach so just go there and don’t come back. My state would feed you to the gators. Let,s eat crayfish and play some foosball. Leave the politics to the dummies in Washington. Have a great day..
Lester Miles
December 14th, 2010
9:34 pm
say what you want to—-Georgia We don’t spell too good down here in La
wesleywhatwhat
December 14th, 2010
11:04 pm
could “lester miles” be ANY stupider?
Sean T
December 15th, 2010
9:33 am
@YesWeCan!!!!!bs
you must think that cutting taxes doesnt add to the deficit and that Sister Sarah cares about anything outside of cashing in on her faux celebrity
Sean T
December 15th, 2010
9:35 am
@Lester Miles
turn off Beck and pick up a newspaper dude.
seriously.
Shawn
December 15th, 2010
1:09 pm
REALLY, I bet you wake up with an empty bag of cheetos and an orange d**k often, huh???? You are just plum dumb..overrated is your ability to think logistics!! Can you imagine this….Austin, Kyrie (God willing), Andre, Seth, Cook, Gbinjie, Thorton, Hairston, Kelly, Mason, Miles,Marshall, AND TONY PARKER!!!! WOW im getting a stiffy thinkin about it!!! NATIONAL CHAMPS NOT QUESTION ABOUT IT!!! EVEN IF Kyrie doesnt stay…PG Austin Rivers, SG Andre Dawkins, Combo Seth Curry/Michael Gbinjie, PF TONY PARKER, and C Mason Plumlee!! Oh my god!! NOBODY could beat this team!! NOBODY we’d be bringing Kelly, Miles, Marshall, Quinn Cook, Haiston, Thorton and probably Gbinjie off the bench… are you kidding me?? PS I was in Baghdad for the beginning of the war a hole and THERE WAS WMD over there!! we found paper trails leading to Syria and Iran on several occasions with plenty of Biological weapons accounted for….dont believe what the media tells you, you moron…ever think they just dont want us to know some stuff?? Ask if all the heads of all the major media markets are part of the Billdabergs….they show us what they need to and cover up the rest….thats a whole other forum but my gawd are you niave and childish..Grow up and open your eyes…Quit hatings excellence because you arent
stephen J. Austin
December 16th, 2010
8:04 pm
Where have you been for the past 25 to 30 years? Coach K overrated? Your an idiot obviously, or just a typical hater that cant stand to see someone actually represent the college game the way it should be and to be a leader. So what if you dont like Duke or Coach K, you have to give the man props, he has achieved more than most coaches will never achieve. I have met the man himself, he is one of the most down to earth gentleman you could ever meet. Think before you add an ignorant comment. I dont like UNC but i dont go hating on Roy Williams because he is at UNC. Ive always thought that Coach K and Roy are two of the best coaches in college backetball.