Jamal Boykin from Duke (bball) Transferring

[DiamondM]

Sophmore from Duke, Jamal Boykin, who has been sitting out so far this year with mono, has asked for a release from Duke and intends to transfer. Since he left campus earlier this fall to recover from mono after limited play in the first three games, I'm not sure what his eligibility situation would be. Yeah, he was a little used bench guy as a freshman, but one man's trash is another man's treasure, right?

Methinks credit hours tranferring and academics would not be a problem.


EDITED TO REFLECT THAT HE DID PLAY SOME LIMITED TIME IN THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THE SEASON. SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE, I THOUGHT HE'D NOT PLAYED AT ALL.

[DiamondM]

By the way, here's some info on his skillz.

High School
Named the 2005 Gatorade State Player of the Year in California after averaging 22 points, 12 rebounds, four blocked shots and five assists for Fairfax High School ... Parade third team All-America in 2005 ... John Wooden Award winner as a senior for the city Player of the Year in Los Angeles ... three-time all-city selection ... Street and Smith third team All-America as a junior ... earned California High School Sports Junior Player of the Year honors ... shot .766 from the field and averaged 19.5 points and 11.4 rebounds per game while leading Fairfax to the California state championship in 2004 ... also had 103 assists, 97 blocked shots and 63 steals as a junior ... named state Sophomore Player of the Year after registering 16 points and 10 rebounds per game ... rated as the country’s 108th-best prospect overall and 24th-ranked small forward by Rivals.com ... listed 88th overall and No. 20 among power forwards by Scout.com.

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22727&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=186180&Q_SEASON=2006

[Junior]

Any indication where he is considering?

[Dukie]

I'm on the super-secret Duke basketball mafia email list and will see if I can find out.

[EastStang]

Umm think again about credit hours, we had a QB from Northwestern look at transferring to SMU and decided to stay because he would lose something like half his hours. This was Northwestern not Sligo State Teachers Junior College.

[DiamondM]

Since it is only hot of the presses that he's asked for (received?????) his release, he shouldn't have actually been talking to anyone yet. I ran into Malcom Farmer and Coach Doherty at the ground breaking today and told them about this in case they didn't know (they didn't seem to yet). Coach asked how tall he is, and when I told him, he took out some little slips of paper, shuffled through them, and said he would get on it.

[Kiper]

Since it is only hot of the presses that he's asked for (received?????) his release, he shouldn't have actually been talking to anyone yet. I ran into Malcom Farmer and Coach Doherty at the ground breaking today and told them about this in case they didn't know (they didn't seem to yet). Coach asked how tall he is, and when I told him, he took out some little slips of paper, shuffled through them, and said he would get on it.

In case they didn't know?
Hard to believe Coach Doherty and his staff aren't on PF.com all day, every day.

[DiamondM]

Since it is only hot of the presses that he's asked for (received?????) his release, he shouldn't have actually been talking to anyone yet. I ran into Malcom Farmer and Coach Doherty at the ground breaking today and told them about this in case they didn't know (they didn't seem to yet). Coach asked how tall he is, and when I told him, he took out some little slips of paper, shuffled through them, and said he would get on it.

In case they didn't know?
Hard to believe Coach Doherty and his staff aren't on PF.com all day, every day.

"in case they didn't know" as in, "in case they hadn't heard it through other media outlets or recruiting circles before I let them know"

[jkflamebo]

I love Coach Doherty...takin out slips of paper and writing notes about a recruit from a pony fan, love the guy

[gostangs]

That guy is a born salesman. Well let me see, .....I better find something to write that done real fast .....how tall was he again?........I get right on it......thanks for your contribution to SMU basketball - how bout season tickets????

[DiamondM]

Well, if you must get details.... He seemed to have 4 or 5 index card sized slips of paper with red borders, with names and other info written on them. It seemed to me to some kind of "system" where he keeps names, stats, and contact info -- just a guess, but this wasn't like me trying to rumage through my purse to find an old receipt to write on.

Also, since Coach knows who I am and knows I already have season tickets, I don't think it was about putting on a show to feign interest in order to sell me something.

But, whatever. My point was just to say, maybe Coach will put some feelers out for a guy who was the California Player of the Year a couple years ago -- it would be a legitimate Div. I transfer and quite a coup. Dave O'Brien and Majerus seemed to think Boykin would be looking to stay on the west coast (yesterday during Duke v. George Mason), but Dallas is a heck of a lot closer to home than North Carolina.