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Slow Starts

Considering stats against UK, AZ, KU, Aub, and UL in the first 6 minutes:

Opponents 3FG%: 76% on 21 attempts.

And appears to be consistent. UK was 5/5, UL 3/4, KU 3/4, Auburn 3/4 and AZ 2/4.

For reference, Duke 3FG% in the first 6 minutes if you take Tyrese out of the equation: 25%

My $0.02 - we are testing/falling in love with the 3 ball too early and for whatever weird reason our opponents are catching fire until about the first media timeout.

Maliq brown

Looked up his stats for this year 12.8 points a game around 5 rebounds and shooting 48 percent
Mitchell is playing well, but he average 11.6 PPG, 6 rebounds and shot 54% from the field last season. He is playing a few less minutes per game, but he's putting up similar numbers. I do think a change in scenery was good for him.

But I'm happy with the transfers in, they are a better fit for this team.
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Maliq brown

Just wanted to make an appreciation post.

Damn can this kid make plays. Blocks, deflections, rebounding, defense. He’s always there to clean things up. When the whistle blows, you’ll see him with a put back or block…. Doesn’t show up but it definitely helps. And we get him for two years ? We need to develop his offense, dude can be an nba guy with his defense. I just want to see this kid succeed he deserves it.

Best defender since battier?
Huge pick up from the transfer portal.

Maliq brown

I think the transfers in/out this past offseason have worked well for Duke's sake, Blakes is putting up real numbers at Stanford which is pretty shocking. But I think it was best for Mitchell to not be on this team, he would have killed our spacing and Brown does all of the little things better. TJ Power is now being brought off the bench for UVA. Schutt is scoring some for a bad VT team, but he is a major defensive liability. Stewart is starting for OSU but not putting up much number wise.

Scheyer hit a home run with Brown and James IMO. Gillis we will see, I wouldn't be shocked if by the end of the year that all his minutes go to Evans, but he's still a valuable part of the team.

Officially game day thread- ACC game 1! Duke vs Lville

I was there along with many other Duke fans. By the end of the game it was all Duke chants. I thought we did a good job of weathering the storm of three's early on and didn't panic. Our defense is elite, and should keep us in every game no matter how off we are from 3.

I thought the biggest play of the game was when Cooper went out with 4 fouls, Kon's man fell down and he hit a wide open 3, that got everything going, and then it was the Maliq Brown show. I can't say enough good things about Brown, but we was AWESOME again last night.

The slow starts need to stop though. Should Jon consider starting Brown over Mal?? I don't have the answers, but that was a great win as we now get 1 gimme game and then can rest up some.

Officially game day thread- ACC game 1! Duke vs Lville

Cooper out the players
Watching the 10 minute highlights.
1. Want to know why teams hit 3's against us? They have room. You give a Div. 1 player 5 feet and they can hit it. Holding your hand up does not effect them. need to tighten that up.
2. Proctor being very aggressive with the ball, in a good way.
3. Mal looks a little lost out there; esp. on D.
4. I was watching Gillis. He denied his man the ball, then slid over, blocked a shot, and led to a Kon lay up. Kid is smart and solid.
5. Big play with Cooper getting the steal, then getting the 2nd foul on their big man.
6. Sion with some big boy plays. My goodness. That dunk down the lane.
7. My dad the coach would love Brown. Every play he makes is a positive. Creates havoc defensively. Gets guys out of rhythm.
8. Flagg taking over. He has guard skills.
9. Kon had a solid game after the early misses. Made some crafty passes.
10. I'm seeing a mean streak in Flagg I didn't see earlier. Very nice on some tough finishes.
We took their best shot and won by double digits. Good job team.
1. Yes, too often (first half - much better in second) we were chasing shooters instead of guarding them.
2. You know, I felt like we had more turnovers watching the game than the stat-line reveals). I thought Proctor was being too aggressive and losing the ball. Obviously it did not happen as I thought it did during play.
3. Not a good matchup for him - he has been better. Kudos to John for recognizing this..
4. Looking forward to his growth.
5. Yes
6. Glad we did more of this in 2nd half. With a depleted 7 man rotation we needed to shove it down their throats.
and make them guard us on drives (IMO).
7. Favorite player right now.
8. Him sitting was good for us. Got the team playing more instead of waiting. That said he is great and as the team plays more togehter they will get into better sync. Feel like we are still testing lineups at this point.
9. I think we get too caught up in groaning when he misses in this slump after his hot start, but he makes so many other positive plays.
10. I hate to say he had some timidity in his start because he really didn't but you can see change in him as he adjusts even more to the college game.

Officially game day thread- ACC game 1! Duke vs Lville

Right now, Mal is still learning the game and is still processing . He got one lob last night and I think another reason Jon pulls him so quick , there was a play where he got the rebound and should have went right back up with it especially having two smaller guards on him instead he kicked out to a missed three. Teams aren’t even really guarding Mal down low right now because they know he is looking for the rebound and kick out . Also him guarding at the high post causes for smaller guards to blow by him on a screen and it’s harder for him to recover to the basket . Jon needs to feed the post a little more .
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Officially game day thread- ACC game 1! Duke vs Lville

People have suggested it but it would kill our spacing. While Jon's encouraging Maliq to shoot the corner 3 and he hit a BIG one against KU...he's not a reliable threat or a ball handler to pull the defense out.

Bottom line is we couldn't get to the rim in any capacity with brown & maluach playing at the same time. We could try it, but i suspect the staff knows this, the foul trouble risks, and chooses to split our big guys' minutes that way.
We would probably get caught in a switch and have to foul
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