DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks feature multiple players who were drafted from Duke, such as Kyrie Irving , Cooper Flagg and Dereck Lively II . Meanwhile, Anthony Davis and PJ Washington attended Kentucky. They may all be teammates now, but their college basketball rivalry has apparently led to some healthy competition on the floor.

“I can definitely say that Duke versus Kentucky is already started before the season even started,” Lively told reporters on Monday during Media Day. “It's actually great having that little bit of competitive nature in the locker room and makes it that much more better when we play five-on-five.”

Flagg echoed a similar sentiment. Article Continues Below

“A lot of Duke pride,” Flagg said. “When we started Media Day we were all doing pictures and

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