Coach Dino

[NBA @NBA]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆

New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

for the boroughs and Knicks fans around the world 🏆

[BILLIONAIRE UNIVERSITY® @TheBillionaireU]

In the summer of 2024 Jalen Brunson left $113 million on the table. 👀

He could have signed a 5 year $269M supermax in 2025.
Instead he signed a 4 year $156.5M extension one year early.
$113 million less in guaranteed money. On purpose.
Why? Because he understood the business.
That decision kept the Knicks under the NBA's second apron, the hard cap that restricts roster moves. It unlocked OG Anunoby's $212.5M extension. It made the Mikal Bridges trade possible. It built the roster playing in the NBA Finals tonight.

But here's the part nobody is talking about. He didn't just sacrifice. He was strategic. Fourth year is a player option. He can opt out and sign a 4 year $323M deal in 2028 or a 5 year $418M deal in 2029. He positioned himself to earn more than the supermax would have paid him anyway.
That is not a pay cut. That is a business move.

52 years since the last championship. $113 million left on the table. One player who understood that winning builds more wealth than any contract ever could.
Game 1 tonight. 8:30 PM ET on ABC.
Was Brunson's $113M sacrifice the greatest team move in NBA history?

[MD @mike_daddino]

There are two types of guys that play in the NBA...

[Coach Dino @DMercer57]

@Hoopss How's @masonplumlee gonna lay a dirty blow to a fellow member of the Duke brotherhood?

[90s WWE @90sWWE]

The Rock imitating other wrestlers will forever be funny! 😂

[Overtime @overtime]

Duke commit Bryson Howard hit Flight emote mid game then got the nastiest clip ever 🤣

(via movsuals/TT)

[Matt Giles @MattGilesBD]

"He said he doesn't coach losers. He only coaches winners!" - Zion Williamson on Coach K's message when the 2018-19 Blue Devils trailed by 23 points with under 10 minutes to play at Louisville.

Today's "Random Duke Basketball Lore Generator" takes us back that epic 71-69 comeback victory over the Cardinals on Feb. 12, 2019, giving Coach K an early birthday present!😈🏀🎥⬇️

[Steve Shultz @elijahliststeve]

BREAKING: This nurse blows the lid off of the Covid Shot. Now you know what happened in the hospitals as Covid happened!!

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[Chlöe @ChloeBailey]

kissed by the sun ☀️

[NE-YO @NeYoCompound]

I love me a country girl…. 🎶

[Duke Men’s Basketball @DukeMBB]

Coop’s the ROTY‼️‼️‼️😈

[Scottie Pippen @ScottiePippen]

🔥🔥🔥 @game5ball

[Duke Men’s Basketball @DukeMBB]

A Duke player has led the NBA in 3pt FG% each of the past 5⃣ seasons‼️🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[CanesMuse @canesmuse]

There aren’t more than 3 other QBs doing this in the league

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Elite freshmen only 🔥

Cam Boozer joins elite company as the fifth freshman to win the men's Wooden Award 🏆

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Cam Boozer has been named the 2026 Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year 👏

Back-to-back men’s winners for Duke 🔥

[College Hoops @CollegeHoops]

Jabari Parker’s Freshman season at Duke (2013)

[Jay Williams @RealJayWilliams]

The fastest way to expose yourself as a casual? Call Scheyer a choker.

Coach K - 16 yrs
Bill Self - 15 yrs
Roy Williams - 17 yrs
John Wooden - 16 yrs
Jay Wright - 22 yrs
Izzo - 5 yrs
John Calipari - 20 yrs
John Thompson - 12 yrs

[Duke Men’s Basketball @DukeMBB]

THE SHOT (#DukeOnThisDay 1992)