Found October 28, 2009 on
The Dagger:
Kyrie Irving is a top recruit that just committed to Duke. Adam Zagoria is the reporter who broke Irving's final commitment two days prior to Irving's official announcement,
which was set to take place live on ESPNU. Recruitniks had assumed
Irving was planning on heading to Duke for a while, but Zagoria's
reporting seemed to make it official, and Irving was not pleased: He
denied the decision and said he was still mulling things over, and, oh
yeah, he'd let you know in two days on ESPNU. Naturally,
Irving chose Duke, and his refutation of Zagoria's story ended up being
for no other reason than to push people to watch the ESPNU
announcement. Clever marketing. Also kind of mean. So fellow reporters
Seth Davis and Gary Parrish have come to an agreement: Irving needs to
apologize.From Davis: Make no mistake: Kyrie Irving is worth the hype. He is the best guard Duke has recruited since Jay Williams,
and he is a terrific student to boot. But since he has been playing t...
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