Kyrie Irving sends Duke new shoes for NCAA tournament
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Kyrie Irving spent about as much time at Duke as a high school senior taking a campus tour, but apparently those 11 games he played during the 2010-11 season stuck with him. Irving, who's gone on to some small measure of success in his current occupation, has sent the Duke Blue Devils a shipment of his new Kyrie 1 Nike shoes. Here are current Blue Devils Marshall Plumlee and Amile Jefferson with the story:
Duke reached the Sweet 16 during Irving's one injury-plagued year there. The Blue Devils are certainly hoping that this year ends a little further on down the line.
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Also, regarding the whole NCAA-gifts aspect of Irving "giving" college athletes new shoes ... assuming those shoeboxes weren't stuffed with cash, this is all perfectly up-and-up. Duke has a shoe deal in place with Nike, and this is presumably part of that ongoing relationship. Earlier this year, Duke players got to try out the new Nike Kobe 10. So, yeah, life's not so bad for a Blue Devil.
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