Reaching for anything these days, are we?
Only so much "development" happens in one year.
Let's not credit Scheyer for "developing" anyone - the guy has the $$ and cache to get the best players, they have the genetics. If you told me you went out and got the 50th ranked kid and turned him into a lottery pick over 2-3 years, that is development. Bringing in national POY freshmen is not developing. It's recruiting.
All said, Duke has produced so few great NBA players for what they get.
Right now, in terms of true developers into NBA players, I'm not sure there are that many out there. The only guy I see doing it well are Hurley - he's going to turn Reed (reclamation project) and Karaban (150th ranked recruit) into late first/early second picks. He seems to be the only one discovering talent and shaping it.
Painter and Izzo are as well, with kids like Edey. They simply aren't yielding a ton of great NBA talent.
Only so much "development" happens in one year.
Let's not credit Scheyer for "developing" anyone - the guy has the $$ and cache to get the best players, they have the genetics. If you told me you went out and got the 50th ranked kid and turned him into a lottery pick over 2-3 years, that is development. Bringing in national POY freshmen is not developing. It's recruiting.
All said, Duke has produced so few great NBA players for what they get.
Right now, in terms of true developers into NBA players, I'm not sure there are that many out there. The only guy I see doing it well are Hurley - he's going to turn Reed (reclamation project) and Karaban (150th ranked recruit) into late first/early second picks. He seems to be the only one discovering talent and shaping it.
Painter and Izzo are as well, with kids like Edey. They simply aren't yielding a ton of great NBA talent.
