DBR Podcast #122 - Featuring The Alaskan Assassin!

What a thrill to have Trajan Langdon, aka the Alaskan Assassin, drop by. You’ll enjoy this episode.

• 0:00 Byrd Campbell loves the podcast!
• 0:35 Jason hosting this week. Sam is officially a Duke student again. Donald is no longer in Utah.
• 2:10 Jason intros our very special guest, the Alaskan Assassin, Trajan Langdon. Jason’s intro is long and full of gushing.
• 5:00 Jason’s intro is finally over, we hear from Trajan about the how great that 1999 team was.
• 9:15 Trajan talks about the final game and the controversial travelling call that cost Duke a title.
• 10:30 Trajan talks about his close relationship with his teammates that has lasted well beyond their hoops careers.
• 12:45 Jason asks about the transition from the 1995 disaster to the 1999 success.
• 14:45 Trajan reflects on his minor league baseball career and why he chose basketball over baseball.
• 17:35 Trajan talks about how K has changed over the years, including talk about Duke playing zone.
• 18:50 Donald takes over and wants to know about the difference Trajan saw in NBA versus college ball.
• 21:10 Trajan talks about his remarkable career in Europe.
• 24:20 Donald asks about winning the Euroleague title.
• 26:30 Trajan talks about leadership and how his desire to be a leader has driven his entire career.
• 30:45 Trajan gives his favorite Coach K story… and it is a great one!
• 35:10 We react to the interview.
• 44:55 Byrd Campbell gives a tribute to Trajan Langdon.
• 46:15 Jason plays: What was the most significant thing to happen for Duke this summer? Topic #1- RJ’s play for team Canada.
• 47:40 Topic #2 – Zion breaks the vertical leap record at Duke.
• 48:30 Topic #3 – K says Bolden will be one of the best big men in the country next season.
• 49:10 Sam and Donald react to Jason’s nominees and they both say Zion’s freak athleticism is the biggest thing happening for Duke.
• 55:30 Jason just can’t stop talking about how great RJ Barrett is going to be.
• 58:25 We preview Duke’s tour of Canada coming up in a couple weeks.
• 1:00:30 Donald says he will be paying close attention to the rotations and how much K experiments with different combinations.
• 1:01:45 Sam values PG play and wants to see what Tre Jones is like.
• 1:03:55 Jason is going to be watching who takes and who makes 3 pointers.
• 1:06:50 Parting shots – Donald talks about a brilliant twitter thread about ACC Football
• 1:10:55 Parting shots – Sam can’t believe how much Duke’s campus has changed since he left.
• 1:12:05 Parting shots – Jason wants to know why there is no Duke team at the $2 mil TBT?!?!
• 1:16:15 Goodbye and Duke band