Former Duke standout Kyle Singler set off fresh alarm within the basketball world late Tuesday, posting a series of videos to his Instagram account that directly accused former coach Mike Krzyzewski of ignoring his pleas for help.
Mr. Singler, who played for Mr. Krzyzewski from 2007 to 2011 and helped Duke win the 2010 national championship, spoke from what appeared to be his home in a series of rambling, difficult-to-follow clips.
“Coach K has set me up,” he said in the first video, adding that he no longer has power or a house.
He went on to allege, without offering evidence, that unnamed people have cut his power, broken into his house, stolen money and threatened his life. He then turned his frustration toward his old coach directly: “Coach, where you at? Help a brother out.”
In a second video, Mr. Singler said he felt “imprisoned” in his home and claimed his life was “on the line,” again invoking Duke and Mr. Krzyzewski by name. A third clip found him claiming his bank accounts had been “hijacked and frozen” and that he was under surveillance, before closing with a jab at his alma mater and hometown.
Tuesday’s videos are the latest in what has become a recurring and increasingly alarming public struggle for the 38-year-old. In November 2024, Mr. Singler posted a video saying he feared for his life and had been “mistreated and abused,” a post that drew an outpouring of support from current and former NBA players, including Kevin Love, Isaiah Thomas and Andre Drummond.
In January, he posted another video making unsubstantiated claims that his child was being abused and lashing out at Duke and his hometown of Medford, Oregon.
Between those posts, Mr. Singler’s public troubles took a legal turn. He was charged with a misdemeanor count of assault and battery in the presence of a child after an October 2025 incident in Whitefield, Oklahoma. According to an arrest affidavit, his girlfriend told deputies he grabbed her by the head and shoved her to the ground; the responding deputy reported observing marks consistent with the account. Mr. Singler was released on $6,000 bond and has denied assaulting her.
Neither Mr. Krzyzewski nor Duke has publicly responded to the latest videos.
Mr. Singler was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 NCAA Tournament before being picked 33rd overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2011 draft. He spent the 2011-12 season in Spain, first with Lucentum Alicante during the NBA lockout and later with Real Madrid, before joining the Pistons in 2012. He went on to play six NBA seasons with the Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder, retiring in 2019.
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