#826 - KJ Conklin, Alexander Powell join Duke staff
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June 2, 2026 · 48 min · Episode 826
About this episode
The episode discusses the new additions to the Duke Men’s Basketball coaching staff, including KJ Conklin and Alexander Powell, and their roles in the program.
We’re back with Episode 826. As Jason is in the early days of his vacation, Donald is joined by Scott Rich to discuss a couple of new additions to the Duke Men’s Basketball program. First, Duke has added KJ Conklin as a new assistant coach to replace Evan Bradds, who left this offseason to become the new head coach at his alma mater, Belmont. Conklin, like Bradds, has G League coaching experience and is one of the bright young basketball minds who continues Scheyer’s desire to remain ahead of the times. We discuss his addition to the coaching staff and what he brings to the table. We then discuss the addition of Alexander Powell, who will occupy a newly created role: executive director of basketball. More importantly, Powell is a NBA guy who has excelled in salary cap management as well as analytics…for the first time, you’ll hear Donald say the word “quantitative” on a podcast! Powell is here in this new role to help Duke continue to navigate the NIL universe and remain current while also figuring out how to maintain the rising NIL numbers and keep rosters together while the program continues to push forward. Scott also gets to discuss his favorite starting 5 that Donald and…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jason, Donald
Guests: KJ Conklin, Alexander Powell, Scott Rich
Topics covered
- Duke Basketball
- coaching staff
- NIL management
- analytics
- basketball strategy
Keywords
- Duke Basketball
- KJ Conklin
- Alexander Powell
- NIL
- coaching staff
- analytics
- basketball
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Duke Men’s Basketball, Belmont, NBA
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