Duke roster...
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I think Javin Delaurier is pretty good.
Richards, Reid, and Washington already have two fouls on them.
Can't wait to watch us swarm and fluster Zion. This is gonna be one of the funnest wins in a long time.
They have no one real noteworthy after Jones. So 5-10, yeah they're not great. Extremely top heavy team.
Once again everyone seems to focus on Zion... he’s not their best player.
The way many games will play out is that the big 3 will never foul out and the majority of the fouls will go on the expendable guys..... thats how UNC, KU , and Duke do things...
Thank God we've got Montgomery then...
imp:Yes it should just saying something is false doesn’t get it. Why is his comment false? Come on man tell us. We are waiting.
We seem to have some that keep trying to convince themselves that every other team sucks. I’m not sure if they do it to make themselves feel better, or they’re really that delusional.
Duke, Kansas, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Nevada, and UNC will all be really good.
Duke, Kansas, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Nevada, and UNC will all be really good.
Micheal Jordan and Scottie Pippen were a handfull by theirself, those guys up there will be a handfull if they didn't have anyone else, our boys are really good but never underestimate the enemy, especially with the zebras having a big say in it.
These guys at Duke aren’t MJ and Scotty.
They are good and we shouldn’t down play that. But to argue that they are as deep as the Cats is wrong too.
I just read a little about DeLaurier and he trained with David Robinson this year. Look for him to be much improved.
He might have a hard time learning to flop. He probably doesn't feel much contact.
Once again, like he did with Bagley, K is going to have his 3 Superstars playing straight up Matador defense. Duke won’t get in foul trouble because Duke won’t play defense.
We will score at will against them and they will be completely worn out the final 10 minutes of the game.
My only concern, I saw RJ Barrett single handedly destroy a John Calipari coached team of All Stars once before so I can’t pretend he’s not capable of doing it again. Other then that, I just don’t see how that roster can hang with our 9 deep for 40 minutes.
We will score at will against them and they will be completely worn out the final 10 minutes of the game.
My only concern, I saw RJ Barrett single handedly destroy a John Calipari coached team of All Stars once before so I can’t pretend he’s not capable of doing it again. Other then that, I just don’t see how that roster can hang with our 9 deep for 40 minutes.
If I remember correctly, a ton of the best players didn't make the trip. So, Cal was without them plus Langford was having back spasms or something. He didn't have the best of the best.
But Barrett looked amazing in that game. He was on fire. He's easily their best player, and the one that concerns me the most. Hope Cal just unleashes KJ on him for the entire game.
Losing that game was an embarrassment for Cal and it temporarily screwed his recruiting of that class, there are no excuses he had the far superior roster.
KJ is perfect to defend Barrett but you know just as well as I do that he will be in foul trouble immediately and all game. He’s too aggressive and will be too amped to defend Barrett to stay out of trouble.
Ultimately, I just can’t see Duke’s 4 guys outplaying our 9 though. I honestly think we want it a lot more then they do.
That's so true. I didn't even think about this. KJ is going to come out like a Tazmanian Devil and get 2 fouls really quick. This should be K's game plan too. Get KJ out of the game and then let RJ go to town. Now you got me worried...PJ better learn to guard the small forward position!
Barrett did look amazing in that game, I've heard about it a gazillion times, but did he play like that in any other games? Did he become a legend just on that one performance alone? I know he's a phenomenal player, but did he dominate any other games where the opponent wasn't made up of average high school players?
I’m also willing to bet that when KJ gets in foul trouble, it’s going to be Ashton Hagans on Barrett. I honestly don’t think the height difference will be much of a factor and I will confidently say already Hagans is the best on ball defender in the country.
He can touch the top of the backboard. Not a shot blocker?