MARCH 9, 2013 Duke 69, UNC 53 Duke’s Josh Hairston, center, cheers from the bench in in the Blue Devils win in Chapel Hill. Duke scored the first 14 points of the game and the Tar Heels trailed by 19 points and hadn’t made a 3-pointer with 7 minutes and 42 seconds left to play.
Robert Willett
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Josh Hairston, a former Duke basketball player now employed as an NBA agent by Mike Miller’s Lift Sports Management, joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman to talk about his journey from basketball player to agent representing former Duke forward Wendell Moore. Hairston discusses how his former Blue Devils teammate and longtime friend, Kyrie Irving, helped him transition from his overseas playing career to a role supporting players. He also provides unique insight into the controversial Irving, who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets.
Wiseman and Hairston also discuss Duke’s transition from Mike Krzyzewski to Jon Scheyer after Krzyzewski’s retirement. And they breakdown how name, imagine and likeness (NIL) deals are impacting college basketball.
MARCH 9, 2013 Duke 69, UNC 53 Duke’s Josh Hairston, center, cheers from the bench in in the Blue Devils win in Chapel Hill. Duke scored the first 14 points of the game and the Tar Heels trailed by 19 points and hadn’t made a 3-pointer with 7 minutes and 42 seconds left to play. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
This story was originally published June 14, 2022 at 5:05 AM.
Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989.
