Grayson Allen Legacy
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Belle Knox has a better chance to pass as a virgin than Grayson allen does to have his jersey in the rafters. No disrespect to him as he helped you guys win a title as is a solid team player. You all have had too many great players play there that deserve it over him.
If Allen is all American and wins NCAA tournament, yes he will get his jersey in rafters. Easy decision.
If I could double like your first of two posts I would.....good lord
No issue here with them hanging that jersey. Especially if he comes out and produces a senior season without incident. Most kids would have walked away from their school after what GA has done and went through. Just coming back to face what he will most likely face and do it successfully warrants a retired jersey IMO. No doubt if he leads this team to a Natty they hang it in the rafters. I just want to see him have a senior season that we all fell in love with early in his career. Heart and fight and a will to win.
If we won a title and he won NPOY, it would be hard to deny him.
Having your jersey in the rafters is not the only way to be a "Duke legend." Duke has probably the most strict jersey hanging requirements of any program in the country (which I think is very cool). With another solid year, Grayson will be in a great group that includes guys like Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith, Jon Scheyer, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Boozer, Chris Carrawell, Chris Duhon, Tony Lang and other 3 or 4 year guys who's names ring out and how had a huge impact on the program despite no hanging jersey.
As much as I loved him I don't think Tony belongs in that group but I do agree that Grayson will find himself in this group you mentioned.
If he meets the criteria his goes up just like everyone elses. It's that simple. OFC
I don't know if Grayson will get his jersey retired or not, but he's one of my favorites, and a helluva ball player. He needs a little less than 600 points to get to 2,000 for his career. If he averages around 17 points a game and plays 35 games or so, he'll make it. That's pretty good company right there. He made some All American 2nd and 3rd teams last year under some very trying conditions. If he stays healthy this year I look for Grayson to explode, and when Grayson plays well, Duke does mighty fine. I think he's got a chance at the rafters if things break right, if not, he's still an elite player that I'll never forget.
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The difference between Grayson and that list of multi-year players, is that nobody on that list was a 2x All-American. And nobody on that least won 2 National Titles. If Grayson is a 1st-Team AA and a National Champ in 2018, he is far, far, above all of those guys.
Grayson is one of my favorite Blue Devils ever so I would love to see him in the rafters, but I assume his on-court incidences would be taken into account when making the decision which obviously works against him.
I don't believe Grayson's on court actions (blown way out of proportion) will have any effect on whether he gets in the rafters or not. If ESPN, or Tar Heel fans had a vote, yes, but Coach K doesn't let that nonsense affect him. Grayson's performance and/or awards will determine if he makes the rafters, unless of course he decapitates someone this year...then all bets are off.
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Agree with ya Dirt. I don't think his prior court actions will have anything to do with going to rafters, unless he does it again. He has been a great student, won a title, and if he has an all American season, pencil him down. He doesn't have to win another title, though I hope and pray he does
Believe me, I completely agree with you guys in the fact that the trips were completely blown out of proportion. He's a great student and kid off the court. His trips were big enough of a deal to have Coach K strip him of his captaincy though. To my knowledge that's the first time Coach K has ever done that. I just think that will mean something when trying to place him in the rafters.
To yalls point though, I'm assuming Grayson will be given the title of captain again this season if he hasn't already. I expect a great season from him on and off the court. If that happens, I could definitely be wrong which I hope I am!
Just get the national championship(team award) if the POY and jersey in the rafters happen then great....but title is the #1 goal
I actually think Grayson and his very public incidents last year (suck an egg espn) work in his favor in regards to getting a rafter spot. If he bounces back from a year like his last to capture a title and an 1st team and/or npoy and leads our team as a captain should, showing the resiliency to do that I feel helps his cause. Just my two cents, and worth about that much to boot.
If he is a first team AA and in the top 3 or 4 for NPOY and especially FF or national title this year, it'd be hard to deny. I would then put his career close to or on par with Sheldon Williams.