bullcity gamer said:

Hart, I agree with your sentiment of Khamenia being an X Factor for Duke next season.

His natural position is the 3. He plays aggressive, is a good shooter, and gets after it on both ends. Hopefully he and Evans are working to put some good muscle on this off season.

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Willcampbell said:

Next year's roster isn't even set yet, so it strikes me as a little early to start discussing the year after that. Boozer is still in high school, but you are concerned about what happens when he leaves Duke? C'mon, Shey, get a grip!
OFC

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LetsGoDuke83 said:

Looks like Joe Tipton pit a prediction for us to get Coward

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hart2chesson said:

BCG, somehow I keep coming back to him as somewhat of an X factor for next year.

OFC

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sheyduke said:

Here is what could be at play . We know Duke will loose both Cameron and Evans after next season. Brown will have exhausted all of his eligibility. You maintain a core of Foster, Harris, Kkamenia and big Pat who will all get vital experience this season . The other issue is who in the portal wants to come this season simply to be a back up? There are only two spots really up for grabs. PG and SF. I really think we got spoiled with Sion. He stepped right into the starting pg role even though you had Proctor and Flagg who could also bring the ball up. It just isn’t about championships with players any more it’s who’s willing to dish out the most money .

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Mac9192 said:

I agree with others that it seems we will have a little fall off with next season's team. The stats show Duke to have been a very balanced team, but I think that's a little misleading. In the 4 games we lost, the others all seemed to tighten up. In those moments, everyone watching knew where we were going with the ball. And we all prayed he'd pull us through, and it looked like his teammates were too.

We didn't have a guard that was a true playmaker.

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Dattier said:

I doubt any of our 3 portal guys this season were driven more by NIL than by championships. I don't think that is so rare, though certainly their fit with the rest of our roster was.

This was Jon's best recruiting class and his best portal class so far. It may be a while before we have that perfect storm again. The only thing we can reasonably expect to be better each season is Jon himself. That means some future E8 team like '23-'24 breaks through to the FF.

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sheyduke said:

Here is what could be at play . We know Duke will loose both Cameron and Evans after next season. Brown will have exhausted all of his eligibility. You maintain a core of Foster, Harris, Kkamenia and big Pat who will all get vital experience this season . The other issue is who in the portal wants to come this season simply to be a back up? There are only two spots really up for grabs. PG and SF. I really think we got spoiled with Sion. He stepped right into the starting pg role even though you had Proctor and Flagg who could also bring the ball up. It just isn’t about championships with players any more it’s who’s willing to dish out the most money .

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bullcity gamer said:

Khamenia is very good

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bleediteveryday30 said:

True. But the Rockies are pure doo doo this year.

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