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By Matt Audilet
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Former Duke basketball star Grayson Allen is returning to the state of North Carolina to begin the next chapter of his NBA career with the Charlotte Hornets.
Allen, along with NBA veteran Royce O'Neal and a 2033 first-round pick, were sent to Charlotte in a significant trade that sent Miles Bridges to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.
With this move, Allen joins two fellow former Blue Devils: Kon Knueppel and Sion James.
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The Duke Basketball program took to social media to react to this move on Sunday.
"Kon, Sion & Grayson hooping together in the league only 2 hours from Duke," the team wrote on X.
Knueppel is entering his second season with the Hornets after finishing as the NBA Rookie of the Year runner-up in 2025-26. The young sharpshooter finished only behind Dallas Mavericks star Cooper Flagg, his fellow one-and-done Duke teammate.
James, another former Duke teammate of Knueppel and Flagg, joined the Hornets as the team's No. 33 overall pick in the 2025 draft. He averaged 5.4 points through 22.5 minutes per game in his rookie season.
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Allen just finished up his eighth NBA season, averaging a career-high 16.5 points per game for the Suns in 2025-26. The former four-year Duke player recorded his single-game career high this past season, dropping 42 points on a franchise-record 10 3-pointers.
Allen, who's spent time with Utah, Memphis, Milwaukee and Phoenix, now joins his fifth NBA team in Charlotte.
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