It was clearly a mistake. Should have known better. With that said, it happens. Before last night, everything I've heard and seen from him has been very positive. Hopefully this will be a one-time occurrence and he'll learn from this. I was very surprised to see what happened -- but it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things as long as he takes care of his business moving forward. One of the problems with jumping to the NBA at 19 is that you're not in a supportive environment that can shield you from some of the type of stuff that happened on Wed. night.
On the note of drinking, I'd just add that I couldn't care less about that. 95% of Duke students are drinking underage -- including our basketball players mid-season. But, if you're in Jah's position, you just got to be a lot smarter about making good decisions while drinking. Here, he did something colossally dumb and is lucky that they guys he confronted were just unarmed punks -- rather than tougher guys with knives or even, god forbid, a gun.
On the note of drinking, I'd just add that I couldn't care less about that. 95% of Duke students are drinking underage -- including our basketball players mid-season. But, if you're in Jah's position, you just got to be a lot smarter about making good decisions while drinking. Here, he did something colossally dumb and is lucky that they guys he confronted were just unarmed punks -- rather than tougher guys with knives or even, god forbid, a gun.