Ranking the 25 Best NBA Players to Come from Coach K’s Duke Program (And The 10 Biggest Busts)

4. Shane Battier

Who would have ever thought Shane Battier would be one of the all time great Blue Devils in the NBA? Battier certainly had the accolades. He won the Wooden, Rupp, and Naismith awards at Duke and was the Most Outstanding Player when Duke won the championship his senior year, and Battier really never stopped winning.

He made two All Defense teams in the NBA and should’ve made more and he was the league’s ultimate 3 and D glue guy, locking down opponents and hitting 38% of his threes. Battier was an all time great role player and deserved every bit of the two championship rings he earned with the Miami Heat near the end of his career.