One of the intangible qualifications which is shared by the Duke players whose numbers are retired is program changing influence.

I love watching Jon play and think he's a premier player, but I'm not sure that he's significantly changed the Duke program..... yet.

At this point, if any player's number were to be retired, it would be Gene Banks who was overlooked earlier.

As for being automatic, retiring a number at Duke is anything but that. For many years Eddie Cameron would not agree to any retirement other than Dick Groat's number. In recent years the qualifications have become more nearly consistent, there's no automatic selection.