Duke basketball forward Javin DeLaurier (Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports)
WATCH: Duke Basketball Alum Javin DeLaurier Soars in Lithuania
Former four-year Duke basketball reserve Javin DeLaurier has not lost his hops. That much is evident in a couple of the 6-foot-10, 235-pound forward's highlights from a recent outing.
Check out the following powerful block and posterizing dunk that the 25-year-old DeLaurier, now in his first season playing for Rytas Vilnius in Lithuania, displayed to the delight of the crowd and commentator:
Since leaving Duke and going undrafted in 2020, Javin DeLaurier has played in the NBA G League, Canada, Greece, Israel, and Lithuania. Plus, he logged one appearance in an NBA game while on a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on New Year's Day in 2022; he recorded one rebound and one steal in that game but didn't score.
As a Blue Devil under now-retired legend Mike Krzyzewski, DeLaurier averaged 3.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 13.4 minutes across the 114 games he played.
And as a junior for a 2018-19 Duke basketball squad that featured Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, Tre Jones, and Cam Reddish, the Virginia native drew 16 starts (only two between his other three campaigns in Durham).
That season, which ended with DeLaurier's second straight trip to the Elite Eight, the high-energy role player tallied career-high averages of 3.8 points and 4.4 boards in 16.3 minutes per contest.
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