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Nalod
Posts: 68482 Alba Posts: 154 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
5/20/2019 5:44 PM
Joe Dumars...........
Pistol Pete, how did I not think of him!!! Wade was great among a lot of greats. |
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Panos
Posts: 29203 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 1/6/2004 Member: #520 |
5/21/2019 9:13 AM
J. Okafor was also once a projected #1 pick and slid to #3. Let's hope those similarities end there.
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ramtour420
Posts: 25910 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 3/19/2007 Member: #1388 Russian Federation |
5/21/2019 6:49 PM
I am excited! Are you kidding me? This kid might become the best player of the draft in 5 years. Looks crafty around the basket, he looks like a larger T-Mac out there. Better nor be trading him, I'd be super pis$ed. Steve Nash is his godfather! This is just the right recipe to break the Ewing curse!!!!
Everything you have ever wanted is on the other side of fear- George Adair
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ramtour420
Posts: 25910 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 3/19/2007 Member: #1388 Russian Federation |
5/21/2019 6:51 PM LAST EDITED: 5/21/2019 6:51 PM
I am excited! Are you kidding me? This kid might become the best player of the draft in 5 years. Looks crafty around the basket, he looks like a larger T-Mac out there. Better not be trading him, I'd be super pis$ed. Steve Nash is his godfather! This is just the right recipe to break the Ewing curse!!!! Everything you have ever wanted is on the other side of fear- George Adair
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nyk2017
Posts: 20067 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/19/2017 Member: #7538 |
5/22/2019 12:02 AM
I would love to see us add KD, Kawahi or Kyrie + Barrett to the team we already have. DSJr as #4 option. Knox/Mitchell as #5/6 options. Resign Deandre for less money (if possible). Trier, Dotson off the bench and we good a good/balanced team.
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technomaster
Posts: 23198 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/30/2003 Member: #426 USA |
5/22/2019 1:16 PM
Given that coach K has heen around forever, comparing Duke players to other Duke players gives some logical context - we can hear what the coach had to say about his players and we get a chance to what roles the players took within his system.
For example, coach K commented that Ok4 wasnt ready. And it has played out. We’ve seen what Winslow did on that same team. Similar size as Barrett, but he basically played a small PF role on that team. Barrett, in contrast, played a perimeter player role in the offense and was a much bigger contributor in all areas - ball handling, distributor, scorer, rebounder. From that we might extrapolate that his skills in all those areas are more advanced than Winslow’s, this may have more success at the NBA level, particularly early in his career. There haven't been a lot of do-it-all sort of players at Duke. Most tend to play their focused roles on the team. This year they gave the keys to both Zion and Barrett, which speaks to their excellence. The same sort of comparisons raise red flags for Reddish, who was cast in the role of a more typical Duke player, yet failed to excel. I’m baffled why he's considered a lottery pick at this point. Hes the sort of player coach K would express reservations over. “That was two, two from the heart.” - John Starks
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SupremeCommander
Posts: 33767 Alba Posts: 35 Joined: 4/28/2006 Member: #1127 |
5/23/2019 9:58 AM
from the post:
"Barrett is the only freshman in ACC history to average 22 points, seven assists and four rebounds per game, and he did it while sharing the ball with national phenomenon Zion Williamson." Sambakick wrote:
Gives a whole new meaning to "Jazz Hands"
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GustavBahler
Posts: 41138 Alba Posts: 15 Joined: 7/12/2010 Member: #3186 |
5/23/2019 10:15 AM
SupremeCommander wrote:from the post: Look at how Barrett played without Zion. More aggressive, played with more confidence. Two max slots for FAs. Hope isnt "Davis or bust". Thats how bad deals are made. |
Uptown
Posts: 30878 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 4/1/2008 Member: #1883 |
5/23/2019 10:23 AM
GustavBahler wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:from the post: RJ is a dawg is will thrive in NY!!! I've said before that as well as RJ played in college, his game will be even better in the NBA with the spacing, especially if he can team with a shooter or 2. He has the potential to be a multiple all star.... |