ACC Basketball: Top Players From Each Team This Century, Part 1

Duke

Starting Five: Shane Battier, J.J. Redick, Jason Williams, Nolan Smith, Shelden Williams

Bench: Jon Scheyer, Chris Duhon, Grayson Allen, Marvin Bagley, Jabari Parker, Jahlil Okafor, Kyle Singler, Carlos Boozer, DeMarcus Nelson, Mike Dunleavy, Gerald Henderson

Practice Squad: Austin Rivers, Luke Kennard, Dahntay Jones, The Plumlee Brothers, Quinn Cook, Luol Deng, Josh McRoberts, Seth Curry, Brandon Ingram, Jayson Tatum

MVP: As great as Battier and Williams were, most of Battier’s career was in the 90s (although I had to include him for his senior season, which is one of the best single seasons for a player in this era) and Williams left school a year early. J.J. Redick has to be the choice. He embodied everything about Duke during his run: a loud, hated, sweet-shooting, white kid.

This will easily be one of the hardest for me to do in the whole country. Not only are there an abundance of options, but its a mixture of one-and-done’s and four-year guys, which makes it harder to measure everyone against each other. Plus, Duke is my favorite team so these are some of my favorite players ever.