Player Joey Baker

[CK86]

If he was transferring, I wish he had done it sooner if only to give more time to find a competent replacement. Next year's team is gonna need to be a great defensive team because the offensive side doesn't look all that good at this point in time.

Best of luck to Joey but damn do I hate losing an upperclassman with all the turnover.

 

[rome8180]

The thing that sucks is that given the high recruiting ranking of these players it will be seen as a failure by Scheyer rather than a poorly constructed roster.

Granted, part of that is on Scheyer too. But a lot of it was the result of a culture years in the making.

 

[rhfarmer]

Maybe Moore doesn't like his draft position and is squeezing Baker out.

 

[DrKlahn]

timing of this feels a little like Coleman moving out to make way for someone.

 

[rhfarmer]

It does.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

I assume Green is a done deal, and maybe Scheyer has another guard/wing in mind as well. The timing and Baker’s actions to this point make no sense otherwise.

 

[dukebluedevils05]

Yeah, Baker announces a transfer on the same day Green arrives for an official visit. Seems less than coincidental.

 

[KKDL19]

It's all interesting bc Joey's role was going to be the same.
1- If Keels returned, he would start. Joey would come off the bench as a shooter on the wing.
2- If Keels didn't return and AJ Green committed. Same as if Keels was there.

Unless Duke took both Keels and Green then Joey wouldn't really have any minutes

 

[childress22]

I'm not sure it's related to Green taking a visit. It seemed like Duke had the statements from Joey and Kryzewski ready to go. Since it sounds like he's taking a summer class right now to graduate, maybe that had something to do with the timing.

 

[bdotling]

I'm not sure it's related to Green taking a visit. It seemed like Duke had the statements from Joey and Kryzewski ready to go. Since it sounds like he's taking a summer class right now to graduate, maybe that had something to do with the timing.

He’s sitting out a year when he didn’t have to no? Feels like it’s dumb of him if it’s not related to anything…

 

[Pantone287]

There's no way he'll have to sit out. It's weird he even has to enter the portal, as a grad transfer - I guess being a 5th year grad transfer isn't included in the actual rule because it's only a thing due to COVID? Either way, a waiver seems like a formality.

It's pretty disappointing to me that we're losing a 5th year player who shoots 41% from three from a team that has no experience or shooting. I shared farmer's optimism that he might become more consistent once out from under K's abusive thumb. I doubt we're getting a second bench transfer with a better on-paper profile than his.

 

[bdotling]

 

[DrKlahn]

God, what a good tweet.

 

[deepdarkblue]

Hoping that Joey can maintain the level of excellence at Michigan that he did at Duke.

 

[rome8180]

I'm confused though. Every team is a championship caliber team once they add Joey Baker.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

Look at those splits between his overall numbers and what happened against top 100 teams. He didn’t once shoot above 26 percent from 3 in a season against top 100 teams. He really wasn’t playable after January 1 in any season.

I actually think when looking at efficiency numbers it’s good to see if there’s a big drop off in efficiency as the competiton gets better. A drop off is of course natural, usually 5-6 points in the ORating between the overall and the top 50/100. When it’s larger than that, it’s a concern. Probably a good way to assess whether mid major talent can compete in the Power 6, tho sometimes you run into sample size issues with mid major schedules.

 

[physicsfactor]

Shrinking an inch probably didn’t help him either

 

[rome8180]

Shrinking an inch probably didn’t help him either

Spoiler

 

[bdotling]

 

[sivartrenrag]