Duke basketball: Best insta-offense lineup for 2020-21 Blue Devils

Instant-offense Duke basketball lineup: THE RUN-N-GUN RULER

Incoming Duke basketball combo guard DJ Steward doesn’t boast the slickest handles and wouldn’t be the ideal point guard for the Blue Devils in a halfcourt setting. That said, the Chicago native is a vicious playmaker in the open court, an unapologetic 3-point sniper after catching fire, and simply one of the top overall scoring threats among all recent graduates (the five-star will arrive in Durham with a No. 26 ranking on the 247Sports 2020 Composite).

All the evidence one should need of his clutch swishes appears in the highlights below from his 40-point outing as a high school senior against, quite fittingly, soon-to-be archnemesis Caleb Love. Next season, the projected UNC starting point guard could once again have no choice but to cross paths with such a nightmarish Steward should the Blue Devils require his takeover mentality in a ringmaster role versus the Tar Heels.

Yes, when push comes to shove with Duke desperate for points in bunches, true point guard and fellow Blue Devil rookie Jeremy Roach — though uber-talented in his own right and better suited at the one-spot during normal ebb and flow — might need to watch from the bench for a bit as Steward turns his dial to beast-mode.