I read that his father grew up in Durham and attended NC A&T and played football there. That could help Duke out maybe. But right now I'm still thinking he ends up staying on the west coast, but still a lot of time in his recruitment so we will see.
Wow! That's a bombshell. All of the sudden I feel optimistic with Bagley. It would be awesome to have him that's for sure!
Hope he doesn't reclassify. I really like this team coming up. I realize he's a 'stud' but imo him coming would rock our chemistry. Until some rule changes to stop these kids from reclassifying, this will only get worse. My message to the kids: enjoy being a kid, sometimes being a grown up isn't all it's cracked up to be.
I think it would be a no-brainer to add him if he wants to be a Dukie, but I too would be worried about team chemistry and player motivation. Guys like Bagley have their priorities: 1) NBA 2) Personal Brand 3) Winning. I don't blame him; that's how I would be too. That means Duke comes third, even if there's plenty of overlap among those 3 goals. We got lucky with Tyus, Jah and Justise. They decided to play great team basketball and not worry too much about the rest. You never know if Duval, Carter, Trent and potentially Bagley are going to play nice, be coach-able, etc. It's well worth the risk IMO, because worst case scenario, we blow out other teams with talent alone. Best case scenario we win a title. This year is a particularly good year to play one and dones since we only need to pacify Grayson, who is an NBA talent himself. Vrankovic was never promised anything and our sophs are probably mature enough to handle another year with limited minutes (well, not sure about Marques after he almost transferred). Bottom line is, I think we accept the 1 year rental in this case.
The only thing he'll be tearing down are the rims at the Banner Dome. Seriously though, chemistry has to be considered for a moment... then you offer him, because he's very, very good at the game of basketball.
Can I buy you for what you're worth, then sell you for what you think you're worth?
It's ok for you to disagree with others but you can do it without being a di*+head
For every 2015 team loaded with OAD talent there will be a 2017 team. I'll take 50% success rate any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Also I do not agree with the UK model of going after strictly guys that are OAD. I like our model best, get a few elite guys each year and sprinkle them in with guys that have been here and gone through the reps already
You're talking out of both sides of your mouth. Your post earlier said always take the talent and figure it out later, now you say you don't like UK's model of strictly going after one and done's. You do realize, Socrates, that if Duke lands Bagley we will have 4 one and done's with a sophomore probably going pro and a senior don't you?
