JAYSON TATUM SAYS NBA TEAMS WILL REGRET NOT DRAFTING DUKE BASKETBALL STAR KYLE FILIPOWSKI

Former Duke basketball star [autotag]Kyle Filipowski[/autotag] sat and waited on Wednesday night.

The 7-footer seemed like a sure bet for the first 30 selections. ESPN Analytics put his chances of getting picked on Wednesday between 70% and 80%. Still, 30 selections came and went, and there Filipowski sat. ESPN's player tracker called him the second-best player left on the board.

One former Blue Devil thinks the NBA just made a big mistake.

[autotag]Jayson Tatum[/autotag], who just won his first championship with the Boston Celtics, shared a short message to X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) after the draft concluded.

"Lot of teams gone regret passing up on Flip," Tatum wrote.

If anyone knows what it takes to succeed in the NBA, it's Tatum. He may already be the best Blue Devil in NBA history at just 26 years old, making the First Team All-NBA squad in each of the past three seasons before winning the Finals with the Celtics this year.

Filipowski, a former five-star recruit, won the ACC Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2022-23. He decided to return to school for a sophomore season, and he one-upped himself by making the Second Team All-American squad.

This article originally appeared on Duke Wire: Jayson Tatum says NBA teams will regret not drafting Duke basketball star Kyle Filipowski

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