While Jayson Tatum is busy rehabbing his Achilles injury , he also added a new role. Duke announced Tuesday that Tatum is the program’s first-ever chief basketball officer , which entails being a “special advisor” to coach Jon Scheyer.

In the announcement , Duke said Tatum “will leverage his career success to provide perspective and guidance on basketball development, leadership and life as a successful athlete.”

“I have a lot of pride and love about this program,” Tatum said on the “The Brotherhood Podcast” with Scheyer . “What it meant for me as a kid and what it’s meant for me in my career. Just the doors and relationships it’s provided. I said all the time, the unique thing about being a part of this program is everybody that came before wanted me to be the best version of mys

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