The message came from Duke's Khaman Maluach: "Big time." Maluach has made plenty of news himself as he elected to head into the NBA draft. The 18-year-old from South Sudan stands 7-foot-2 and projects to be a top 10 pick in the draft.

Khaman Maluach's Duke career lasted one season. On Sunday, the big man declared for the 2025 NBA draft after his freshman campaign: Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman projected Maluach to go No. 7 overall to the Toronto Raptors in his most recent mock draft.

Duke freshman big man Khaman Maluach is jumping to the NBA. The program announced Sunday in a social media post that the 7-foot-2, 250-pound Maluach would go the one-and-done route after helping the Blue Devils reach the Final Four.