NBA Hopeful Turns Disappointment Into Lesson Plans for Young Athletes

Onetime Duke player takes cues from Coach K, helps young players sharpen game

By Langston Wertz Jr.

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When Ricky Price enrolled at Duke in 1994, he thought he was on a path to the NBA.Price was a McDonald’s All-American high school basketball player. He could’ve played at virtually any university in America. He could not have foreseen how injuries, academic probation and a personal falling out with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski would greatly affect his college career. He never could have guessed that his NBA dream would not materialize.But Price never gave up on basketball.

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