William Avery -
Avery had couple good seasons at Duke and left early for the NBA. This was against Coach K's wishes.
Apparently, it wasn't a very good 'split'. This is what Avery's mother said about Coach K in in an article. (scroll)
"Coach K is selfish," said Simonton, WILLIAM AVERY's mother. "He wants what's best for him. He says it's for the players. It's not."
There was a famous Curry Kirkpatrick article about K cursing William's mother (if you have a copy of this please submit it. Here is an article from a local Georgia newspaper on Avery's departure:
The early focus of the story, written by former Sports Illustrated writer Curry Kirkpatrick, is that Blue Devil basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski had a big disagreement with Avery and his mother, Terri Simonton, in April before Avery announced he was leaving.
Reportedly, Krzyzewski used an expletive to tell Simonton that her son was going to mess up his program. She said Krzyzewski was 'rude, personal.'
'Coach K is selfish,' Simonton told ESPN The Magazine. 'He talks about a so-called close Duke family. But he just wants to protect his program. He lied to us about where William would go in the draft. Late in the first round? Maybe even second round? Come on. Even I could pick up the papers and read he was going earlier than that.'
