Boozer twins choose Duke in college basketball coup

The force is strong with these two.Twins Cameron and Cayden Boozer, top prospects in the 2025 class, announced they will continue their basketball careers together at Duke University via a video posted to X Friday morning.With their commitment, the Boozers will follow in the footsteps of their father, Carlos, who won a national title with the Blue Devils in 2001.Their decision to attend Duke comes over competing offers from Miami, Kentucky and Florida, among others.The brothers out of Christopher Columbus High in Miami, Cameron and Cayden rank as the No.2 and No.

21 overall prospects, respectively, per 247 sports.Cameron is a five-star recruit and the top ranked power forward in the 2025 class.During his junior year at Columbus, he averaged 22.2 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game en route to Florida’s Class 7A State Championship — Columbus’ third in as many years. A year prior, on the heels of his sophomore campaign, Cameron was named the Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year, joining elite company in Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Jayson Tatum.Cayden, a 6-foot-4 point guard, is a four-star recruit and the fourth ranked guard in the 2025 class, also per 247.

During his junior year, he averaged 12 points, 2.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game. The twins were born on July 18, 2007, to two-time NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer and his wife Cece.Carlos played for head coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University from 1999-2002. The elder Boozer went on to play 13 seasons in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.He was also a part of the USA team that won bronze at the 2004 Olympics and Gold at the 2008 Olympics.“I am proud of them.

They worked incredibly hard for this moment,” Carlos said of his son’s commitment, per Paul Biancardi, recruiting director for ESPN.“They took their time and decided to play together in college, which is amazing.

They complement each other so well.They made...