Duke Blue Devils get potential reverse Nikolas Khamenia transfer rumor
This would be a fascinating about-face.
Duke Blue Devils get potential reverse Nikolas Khamenia transfer rumor originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Nikolas Khamenia is in the transfer portal, planning on going somewhere new after being a Duke Blue Devils five-star freshman this past season.
What if the door is still open for a return? That's what the Locked On Blue Devils podcast discussed this week: INTERESTING: Nikolas Khamenia could still RETURN to Duke for next season #dukebasketball pic. twitter.
com/TR4gcLBByr ā Locked On Blue Devils (@LO_BlueDevils) April 14, 2026 It's not necessarily an easy outcome in the transfer portal era. Once Khamenia enters the portal, Duke likely looks to replace him with an incoming transfer. Still, he hasn't latched on quickly, which has some wondering if his portal time isn't going as well as he hoped.
He has previously been linked by multiple people to Arizona. "Nikolas Khamenia to Arizona makes a ton of sense on paper," CBS Sports writer Cameron Salerno wrote on X. "Tommy Lloyd coached him last summer on the U19 team + he has ties to the West Coast.