Duke Basketball: 3 potential takeaways if Blue Devils get Jacob Grandison

What Grandison would bring to Duke

Grandison fills Duke’s biggest hole in more than one way. In recent weeks, Duke was connected to several different potential fits in the transfer portal but was delivered disappointing news when former Northern Iowa star A. J. Green chose to declare for the NBA Draft instead of returning to college. While he’s not quite as dynamic a player, Grandison isn’t really a Plan B for the Blue Devils.

At Duke, Grandison wouldn’t need to be in the starting lineup, but he would instantly become one of the best Sixth Men in the country. His role off the bench as a shooting specialist would really open up the offense, especially when so much of the young talent plays forward or center. There’s the potential that Roach and a few of those young players pick up the pieces on offense, but having a shooter like Grandison would be quite the move.

Duke already has the talent and potential of a Top 10 team in the nation; with Grandison, they would almost certainly be considered among the Top 5. It’s almost unexplainable how important Grandison would be on this team from both the experience standpoint and the addition of a talented long-range shooter. Duke’s offense was physical and dynamic all over the court last season, and Grandison would insure that that trend continues, even with the deck completely redone.