Yeah, I greatly appreciate the one season out of him at Duke, but I could care less what pro team any of them go to.
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I’ve been wondering too. Do we have to have one? I did hear that we wanted to hold on to McCain so maybe he moves up? Idk
I agree. To each his own. The NBA’s not my thing. Huge Lakers Fan back in the 80s and 00s. Last twenty years has lost me. Don’t like this jack up threes/ no defense basketball
Grant Hill/ Laettner/ Dawkins Billy King all those guys were like family members. These guys are here for a few months. Are they even enrolled in school? What classes are they taking? Does anyone even pretend that they care anymore?
I'm with most on here about the NBA. Used to be a huge fan and watched as many games as I could. Now I pretty much only watch if I have some type of bet on it
The NBA is the most player-friendly, player-controlled league of the major team sports in the U.S. I like that. I'm firmly on the side of labor rather than management.
One Crystal ball for Kager to Duke
Blackwell officially at Duke. Some can take a big sigh of relief.
Evans was almost 3 inches taller and when he was hot, he was hot. But I do think Blackwell will be the better college player in terms of purely getting buckets. If he is as advertised, he raises our ceiling considerably. Have to imagine he will be our 1st or at worst, 2nd option.
The way Jon built this team is look to go inside out . Teams will zero in on Blackwell like they did Evans . However Duke’s ability to penetrate to the rim this up coming season is different then seasons past . I’d look for Duke to have at least three double digit scorers constantly.
I think the team coming up will not have a front runner for Player of the Year, but will be very balanced. Which might just make Duke even more dangerous.
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I think this Duke team is loaded . Foster, Big Pat and Cayden returning were a big plus . Now Duke had to learn to play as a unit .
As long as he gets open he definitely will. However if he becomes Dukes main scoring threat I don’t think he will . The more the other guards and bigs can score at will around the basket the better his shot becomes available around the arch . This Duke team imo will not rely heavily on the three. It will be around the basket and the free throw line . Blackwell doesn’t need to end up being hounded like Evans was . He simply just needs to hit his shots when they are there .
Returning 3 starters and 4 of our top 7 is practically unheard of these days. And after a season where we had a better record than the Flagg team where we lost all 5 starters.
I think we'll still shoot a lot of 3s. There's every reason to expect Dame, Cayden, and Caleb to get better there. Blackwell, Rippey, Wilkins, Howard, & Cam all have potential from behind the arc, too, and if Boumtje-Boumtje sees the floor, he shoots 3s, too.
Agree that we shouldn't rely too heavily on Blackwell. Having a single guy to look to like that is inevitable when it's Cooper Flagg or Cam Boozer, but ideally there is some balance. Blackwell may lead us in scoring, but he can't be as heavy-use as Cam was this season.
I agree with all said. I just need Blackwell to hit the kick out open three’s . I can see Duke attacking the paint a lot more than in years past allowing for open shooters to shoot.
hoping for a bunch of guys in the 11-15ppg range
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