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2017-18 NCAAB Thread


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1 hour ago, JammerHammer21 said:

Man, if they don't win next year...

How is it different from this year, or any of the past three?

Duke brings in a monster class, but has no depth, and cant go past 5 1/2 to 6 guys ever.

K brings in great recruits, but he either doesnt bring in enough, or he doesnt use them, and they transfer. Thats where I have to give Cal tons of credit. He gets his guys to stay, and when he wins championships or goes deep, its because he has that mix of freshmen and upperclassmen.

2018 Duke

PG:Tre Jones
SG:Alex O'Connell
SF:RJ Barrett
PF:Zion Williamson(6'6)
PF:Cameron Reddish(6'7)

PF:Javin DeLaurier(JR)13 min, 5 PPG, 4 RPG
C:Marques Bolden(JR)hasnt played in 6 straight
PF:Justin Robinson(JR)79 min in two years
SG:Jordan Goldwire(SO)8 min game as fresh

 

So that team has no height, and no depth. Going to be just like this years team and last years. Ceiling is Sweet Sixteen.

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34 minutes ago, devils1854 said:

Duke still needs a 4* white boy for this class. Need someone to stay more than one year.

  • 2017-Alex O'Connell
  • 2016-Jack White
  • 2015-Luke Kennard/Antonio Vrankovic
  • 2014-Grayson Allen

 

This isn't the Duke of our childhood. We need more tall, awkward white guys to hate on!!

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4 minutes ago, redsoxsuck05 said:

This isn't the Duke of our childhood. We need more tall, awkward white guys to hate on!!

Luke Kennard really crapped the bed by getting too damn good in his soph year. That took away two years of white boy, and we are completely tapped out of Plumlee brothers.

Does Cherokee Parks have a son?

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2 minutes ago, 11sanchez11 said:

pretty sure he is a pg, no? 

Watched him because Randolph was going to UA this year and he was their team's pg, and obviously really good at it.

Wont be on the Duke team. The younger Jones brother will play PG, and with his length, he will probably play SF, but will have the ball a lot.

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19 hours ago, devils1854 said:

Duke fan here................Zion is overrated has hell. Was hoping he would go to Kentucky or South Carolina.

College kids won't be able to handle his athleticism, he'll get his no problem. If you're talking about the NBA then sure but he will have a big impact at the college level

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19 hours ago, 11sanchez11 said:

pretty sure he is a pg, no? 

Watched him because Randolph was going to UA this year and he was their team's pg, and obviously really good at it.

I don't think hes a full time point in ideal situations but hes definitely not a big.

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11 minutes ago, grubs10 said:

I don't think hes a full time point in ideal situations but hes definitely not a big.

and that will be the problem at Duke next year. There are no low post guys. Zion is 6'6. Both Reddish and Barrett are basically guards. It will be a problem unless somehow Marques Bolden can finally live up to his billing as a top 20 recruit.

PG:Jones
G:Reddish
G:Barrett
PF:Williamson
C:Bolden

That would be an ideal starting 5. Still no depth outside of O'Connell coming off the bench at guard.

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On 1/20/2018 at 9:00 PM, DirtyDez said:

Not that UK is going anywhere but has Calipari lost his "luster" a bit with the top recruits?

I wouldn't say he's lost his luster, but he doesn't have a monopoly on the whole "look, you're only going to college for a semester because you have to, I get that, let our program be your stepping stone, etc." pitch. For a few years there was a big gap between Kentucky and everyone else when it came to recruiting, but that gap is gone now, and Duke has beaten Cal at his own game lately. This year was especially bad, since there is no doubt he wanted and expected Zion and R.J.

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