Duke Basketball 2017-2018

[childress22]

That said, I thought Carter looked way better than Childress claimed. There must be something about his game that makes people underrate him because he clearly did a bunch of good shit.

That's really good to hear. And I may have just legitimately missed some of Carter's (and Bolden's) better moments; I couldn't give the game my full attention during the first 8 minutes or so.

 

[rome8180]

Vrank may be our second best big though. Not even kidding.

 

[childress22]

You can't access it on the desktop version of Instagram as far as I could tell.
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Varand K just posted one slightly better option on the 247 site -- you can view on desktop in Chrome with an extension called "Chrome IG story". It's still stupidly vertical, but at least a bigger screen.

 

[physicsfactor]

Rome is a fan of Carter. Just wanted to point that out in case anyone missed it.

 

[Slap the Floor]

Vrank may be our second best big though. Not even kidding.

Coach K was raving about DeLaurier fwiw.

 

[rome8180]

Rome is a fan of Carter. Just wanted to point that out in case anyone missed it.

I am sure that influenced my opinion some, but he made his first basket on a post-up, scored on an and-one putback, and blocked Bolden's shot in the first few minutes. He did fade into the woodwork a bit later.

 

[Slap the Floor]

Someone else mentioned it on TDD 247 but a 1-3-1 with Bagley/Javin up top or on the baseline and Carter in the middle should be effective.

 

[bdotling]

That was a terrible format to watch that scrimmage. It was really hard to distinguish who was who esp with so many new people. I agree with Rome, Carter looked really good to me. Other than him and Grayson hitting just about every shot nobody really stood out.

 

[rhfarmer]

Someone else mentioned it on TDD 247 but a 1-3-1 with Bagley/Javin up top or on the baseline and Carter in the middle should be effective.

Any zone or zone trap with Javin up top would be insane. At the very least Duke could do a 3/4 court zone trap to force the tempo and burn the shot clock and limit how much actual guarding we have to do.

 

[childress22]

That was a terrible format to watch that scrimmage. It was really hard to distinguish who was who esp with so many new people. I agree with Rome, Carter looked really good to me. Other than him and Grayson hitting just about every shot nobody really stood out.

Yeah, I rewatched the first 6 minutes on a smaller screen. Carter's buckets were nice, but also, in this scrimmage, he hedged screens as well or better than Marques Bolden did that one night the stars aligned against Miami.

 

[rome8180]

I'll say I thought Trent looked at home. He didn't do a ton that stood out (I believe he scored on a floater), but mostly he made the right play. He seemed to understand how to play team basketball.

Bagley has a knack for getting fouled. Some of the foul calls felt like bailouts. He wasn't going to make the shot, imo.

The biggest thing that worried me was the hideousness of Duval's shot. It's as bad as expected.

 

[Slap the Floor]

We just have to hope Duval won't be Thornton esque bad offensively.

 

[sjsj2448]

We just have to hope Duval won't be Thornton esque bad offensively.

Duval is much more athletic. Hopefully we play fast, thereby allowing him easy buckets in transition.

 

[bdotling]

Oh that too was noticeable, Duval's shot was broke AF. Also I feel like Bagley will be able to draw a lot of shooting fouls

 

[torontoduke]

I'll say I thought Trent looked at home. He didn't do a ton that stood out (I believe he scored on a floater), but mostly he made the right play. He seemed to understand how to play team basketball.

Bagley has a knack for getting fouled. Some of the foul calls felt like bailouts. He wasn't going to make the shot, imo.

The biggest thing that worried me was the hideousness of Duval's shot. It's as bad as expected.

Given that many fans were concerned about GT being a shot hunter/black hole, that is pretty damn encouraging to see early on.

 

[sjsj2448]

Marques Bolden and Javin DeLaurier injured per coach K.

I'm not kidding.

 

[TS9]

Not to worry, I'm sure they'll be back to 75 percent by mid-February.

 

[Devilsforlife]

Have a built in excuse for losing in the 2nd round already.

 

[bdotling]

VRANK IT UP

 

[Inveigle]

I was wondering when the lower leg injuries would start. They should have plenty of boots in stock.