I wonder how many times we've worn black vs blue in the last 5 years. Like... At what point do people accept black is just one of our colors at this point. We seem to wear it WAY more than blue.
Either way, that quote is legendary.
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I wonder how many times we've worn black vs blue in the last 5 years. Like... At what point do people accept black is just one of our colors at this point. We seem to wear it WAY more than blue.
I don’t like em , but they do, so I’ll learn to like em.
I don't get all the commotion and Duke hype. Don't you guys know we didn't beat UVA, we just didn't beat ourselves. By the way, where's Yates?
Honestly, I chalked this game up as a loss before we played. On the road against an angry team that's at home, wants revenge, is extremely well coached and plays the best defense in the country.
I'm so impressed with the focus and maturity of our team. We took mostly high percentage shots and played excellent team defense. Cam is more consistent, RJ has really improved his shot selection... Just really proud of the squad.
Unx will score in the 50’s tomorrow night.Nah they are better they unc. The issue for uva is that they dont match up with us. Against unc they could play their normal defense because unc doesnt really have anyone that we kill them attacking the rim. Plus they will be mad
Don’t tell Yates Zion was on the floor1:22 and Zion is on the floor trying to grab a rebound off a foul shot. Love this kid. It is so trite to say that a guy is a good kid, but Zion is, by all accounts, a good egg, and exactly what you want in athlete.
I was wondering the same damn thing.
Honestly, I chalked this game up as a loss before we played. On the road against an angry team that's at home, wants revenge, is extremely well coached and plays the best defense in the country.
I'm so impressed with the focus and maturity of our team. We took mostly high percentage shots and played excellent team defense. Cam is more consistent, RJ has really improved his shot selection... Just really proud of the squad.
Is that what he said? I was wondering what K was telling Jack there....Now now, Yates is a good dude... everyone has a bad call once in a while
Btw, anyone notice Jack White calling at the end there, when he was inbounding on the UVA baseline and called timeout? Did K actually look at him as he came to the huddle and tell him “You don’t call timeout there, I will.”?
Is that what he said? I was wondering what K was telling Jack there....
Honestly, I chalked this game up as a loss before we played. On the road against an angry team that's at home, wants revenge, is extremely well coached and plays the best defense in the country.
I'm so impressed with the focus and maturity of our team. We took mostly high percentage shots and played excellent team defense. Cam is more consistent, RJ has really improved his shot selection... Just really proud of the squad.
I thought I saw “jack what did we just talk about”
I was wondering the same damn thing.
Nah, don’t have time.Will someone read that to me.
He is saying that a lot of people want to buy this house. But we got this.Will someone read that to me.
Exactly. Uva just doesnt match up with us. You can make a very legit argument that they are the second best team in the country. I dont dont think they will lose again until they play us in the acc finalPatrick, that would have been a really good post had you just left this part out
"I don't feel bad, at all, for not accurately predicting the occurrence of two separate, WILDLY improbable, EXTREME statistical anomalies. They had their worst shooting night vs Duke, and we needed every miss, to win by 4 (pointless, unguarded final 2 notwithstanding). "
I may just be partial, but I like to think we play pretty damn good defense. People need to stop dancing around the obvious , it's out now. We're better than they are.
That’s not what happened. K was mad that Jack took the ball out, he said to him, “who’s supposed to take it out”, which is Zion. Hence the confusion in the moment. Glad Jack called the TO.Now now, Yates is a good dude... everyone has a bad call once in a while
Btw, anyone notice Jack White calling at the end there, when he was inbounding on the UVA baseline and called timeout? Did K actually look at him as he came to the huddle and tell him “You don’t call timeout there, I will.”?
We ARE better, but those two games against uva were our best chances of getting blown out.Patrick, that would have been a really good post had you just left this part out
"I don't feel bad, at all, for not accurately predicting the occurrence of two separate, WILDLY improbable, EXTREME statistical anomalies. They had their worst shooting night vs Duke, and we needed every miss, to win by 4 (pointless, unguarded final 2 notwithstanding). "
I may just be partial, but I like to think we play pretty damn good defense. People need to stop dancing around the obvious , it's out now. We're better than they are.
Is that what he said? I was wondering what K was telling Jack there....
Unreal post man, i don’t even know where to begin but saying KD is more physically gifted than Kobe or MJ is beyond wrong.We shot 62% from 3. Last game, a 41% team from three (they hit there average last night) shot 3-17. And that wasn't the defense. They just missed threes.
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I don't feel bad, at all, for not accurately predicting the occurrence of two separate, WILDLY improbable, EXTREME statistical anomalies. They had their worst shooting night vs Duke, and we needed every miss, to win by 4 (pointless, unguarded final 2 notwithstanding).
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Last night RJ hit his first 5 threes. I'm not sure he could do that in a shooting drill. More power to him, and good for us, but I don't feel bad for not predicting the exact time and place of a lightning strike. I essentially said, "lightening probably won't strike at this exact time, in this exact place" and folks are stroking themselves, and each other, because lightening did strike at the perfect time, in the perfect place.
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What I will admit too is underestimating this team's ability to step up in big moments. For the majority of the OAD era at Duke, I've predicted that our guys would play better in tournament settings, or other big games, because that was a close approximation of the game they've played for most of their careers (and would play again in the NBA after their 1 year anomaly in college). For most of these guys, 80% or more of their games up till now "didn't matter." I mean, they did matter, but the guys would go at about 50% effort and cruise to wins most nights. They played better in big games vs other top opponents, and they stepped up their effort and focus once elimination games started. And, for most of the OAD era, I'd been wrong about that. 2015 as the lone exception, but Jones and Cook were responsible for most of that through Jones's clutch shooting, and Cook's leadership. So I sort of thought that the OAD's wouldn't step up in clutch moments, and that Tyus was an anomaly.
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This team does step up in big moments. Cam and Zion noticeably so. With Zion, I think he's got too much of LeBron in him, in that he's always been told to be nice and not to hurt or embarrass his opponents. As such, he always holds a little back, until he needs it. Cam's effort seems proportional to team need, which is why I understand the complaints he got in this regard on the recruiting trail. He does some things, and seems to see the game, in a way that very few players with his measurables and skills and athleticism can match. He should be unstoppable, all the time, but isn't for some reason.
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Then there is RJ, who has more than a little of the low grade sadism that Kobe and MJ seemed to possess. RJ wants to win, for the team, his teammates, himself, and the fans. But there is a tiny part of him that likes winning because it hurts his opponents. That they feel the pain of loss, of knowing that they are lesser compared to RJ. Kobe and Mike, as athletic and gifted as they were, never had the athletic gifts of other top players. They were close, but in a world of LeBron's, KDs, and Zions, the Kobe's and MJs and RJs are just not in that elite top tier of raw athletes. But their drive to win makes up for it. You can tell that RJ likes it when the other guy realizes that he's just not good enough. MJ loved it, indeed he reveled in it, in a low key manner. So did Kobe. They weren't demonstrative in their scorn, they just quietly basked in the pain of their defeated opponent. I think RJ has some of that, which is a good thing when channeled properly, as it almost certainly is with RJ.
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This could be the year when the OADs really step up their play come March, or in big games. The two UNC games, and the ACCT, will be telling in this regard.
Unreal post man, i don’t even know where to begin but saying KD is more physically gifted than Kobe or MJ is beyond wrong.
That’s not what happened. K was mad that Jack took the ball out, he said to him, “who’s supposed to take it out”, which is Zion. Hence the confusion in the moment. Glad Jack called the TO.
Patrick I agree, Duke is pretty darned good.We shot 62% from 3. Last game, a 41% team from three (they hit there average last night) shot 3-17. And that wasn't the defense. They just missed threes.
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I don't feel bad, at all, for not accurately predicting the occurrence of two separate, WILDLY improbable, EXTREME statistical anomalies. They had their worst shooting night vs Duke, and we needed every miss, to win by 4 (pointless, unguarded final 2 notwithstanding).
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Last night RJ hit his first 5 threes. I'm not sure he could do that in a shooting drill. More power to him, and good for us, but I don't feel bad for not predicting the exact time and place of a lightning strike. I essentially said, "lightening probably won't strike at this exact time, in this exact place" and folks are stroking themselves, and each other, because lightening did strike at the perfect time, in the perfect place.
.
What I will admit too is underestimating this team's ability to step up in big moments. For the majority of the OAD era at Duke, I've predicted that our guys would play better in tournament settings, or other big games, because that was a close approximation of the game they've played for most of their careers (and would play again in the NBA after their 1 year anomaly in college). For most of these guys, 80% or more of their games up till now "didn't matter." I mean, they did matter, but the guys would go at about 50% effort and cruise to wins most nights. They played better in big games vs other top opponents, and they stepped up their effort and focus once elimination games started. And, for most of the OAD era, I'd been wrong about that. 2015 as the lone exception, but Jones and Cook were responsible for most of that through Jones's clutch shooting, and Cook's leadership. So I sort of thought that the OAD's wouldn't step up in clutch moments, and that Tyus was an anomaly.
.
This team does step up in big moments. Cam and Zion noticeably so. With Zion, I think he's got too much of LeBron in him, in that he's always been told to be nice and not to hurt or embarrass his opponents. As such, he always holds a little back, until he needs it. Cam's effort seems proportional to team need, which is why I understand the complaints he got in this regard on the recruiting trail. He does some things, and seems to see the game, in a way that very few players with his measurables and skills and athleticism can match. He should be unstoppable, all the time, but isn't for some reason.
.
Then there is RJ, who has more than a little of the low grade sadism that Kobe and MJ seemed to possess. RJ wants to win, for the team, his teammates, himself, and the fans. But there is a tiny part of him that likes winning because it hurts his opponents. That they feel the pain of loss, of knowing that they are lesser compared to RJ. Kobe and Mike, as athletic and gifted as they were, never had the athletic gifts of other top players. They were close, but in a world of LeBron's, KDs, and Zions, the Kobe's and MJs and RJs are just not in that elite top tier of raw athletes. But their drive to win makes up for it. You can tell that RJ likes it when the other guy realizes that he's just not good enough. MJ loved it, indeed he reveled in it, in a low key manner. So did Kobe. They weren't demonstrative in their scorn, they just quietly basked in the pain of their defeated opponent. I think RJ has some of that, which is a good thing when channeled properly, as it almost certainly is with RJ.
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This could be the year when the OADs really step up their play come March, or in big games. The two UNC games, and the ACCT, will be telling in this regard.
Haha i mean, wowThanks for telling us part of it lol