Only position that I could see us going after a portal player is at PG. Would love to see us go after Jakobi Gillespie out of Belmont. He could help with two major areas that we will be losing a lot of depth at. A ball handler and a stone cold 3 pt shooter.
We need him to stay. Hes our best defender and he’s the one guy that opponents can’t push around. We need that older enforcer on the team to go along with all these Freshman.
I'm on the side I want Mark back so no need to convince me. Others do not, but I'd gladly take a junior Mitchell.
Give me Mitchell at Sf and the rest coming in as back ups or move two to sg . That only leaves a portal pg or another player returning .
I think Foster back at PG and Mark somewhere in the starting five is ideal. Cooper and Khaman are for sure starters and I think Duke will have a hard time justifying keeping Evans out of the starting line up.
He's gone. No reason to return. If he does, at least two players leaving.
He could learn how to do something besides dunk, so there’s that. 3 point shot, post moves, increase strength to name a few things
You can't guarantee Mark he's playing the SF. Cooper is a SF. The other recruits are Wings. TJ is a SF. He will be forced to play the PF again.
Why??? He's going to play center again and take playing time away from a real post player.
Outside of the 3pt shot, he had two years to learn those skills. He's a SF/WF/Slasher...
I'm putting Evans at SG... dude can score, definitely isn't scared of anything, plus it give more size on the court. He's thin so that allows for more beef in the interior. Won't put any rotation in a liability situation... but all that depends on returning players. Harris can ball too, but they are incoming freshman and I don't want to jump the gun too soon... good to have developmental options.
Think Harris is the dark horse of this class. Kid has shown up big at most of the major tournaments the last year. He could be a 3 pt shooter for us.
Don’t think that’s a culture problem. Not having enough minutes is a problem that just about every major program faces. If your school is consistently having multiple players drafted after the Freshman and Sophomore seasons then you’re going to bring in HS recruits & portal players to fill those holes. In most cases, you will probably bring in two guys to fill the spot of one of your stars because they aren’t going to always hit no matter how good they’re in HS or at another college.
This team had four (which is high) starters come back. We aren't used to that. So when I say the culture at Duke needs to be changed, that's what I hope to see improve, good experienced players to blend with the recruits.
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