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🚨 Official Gameday Thread- Duke vs Kentucky- champions classic 🚨

True on last two years, I would say in year one that early season injuries really screwed that teams development. When they finally got healthy we saw that 10 game win streak and the ACC Championship. (Should have been 11 in a row if not for screw job at UVA)

Last years team clearly had a shorter ceiling without Lively’s awesome rim protection.

This squad has tremendous room for growth, though I don’t see much of a post-up game as part of the equation going forward. And as others mentioned, where does Harris and Evans fit in down the road? It’s easy to play a lot of your bench when you’re up 30 on slippery rock state.

Hopefully they will work with Maluach and establish him as a back to the basket scorer. I know Lively was on campus this summer working with him.
 
Harris is too talented not to play. Harris is too good of a shooter not to play... 3-4 minutes a half is 6-8 a game... Give good minutes, don't get destroyed Defensively and provide good energy and teamwork and you should get this each game. With a chance of increasing PT based on your minutes on the floor... they are perimeter players, guarding the outside and wing players, stay in front of them and box out once the shot goes up. THATS PRACTICE DRILLS, surely they can do it in the game... obviously we don't want them switching to defend the post.
 
Spot on DBM0828, we are not at practices so we do not see what goes on. I am in agreement with you I find it hard to believe Evans and/or Harris are incapable of giving 6-8 productive minutes each game.

Evans and/or Harris have to get some minutes in at least 2 out of the 3 games against Arizona, Kansas, and/or Auburn, otherwise I see no scenario they return to Duke for their Sophomore campaigns.

If you are a highly touted incoming recruit like Evans and Harris are, you come to Duke to play in big time games.
 
Spot on DBM0828, we are not at practices so we do not see what goes on. I am in agreement with you I find it hard to believe Evans and/or Harris are incapable of giving 6-8 productive minutes each game.

Evans and/or Harris have to get some minutes in at least 2 out of the 3 games against Arizona, Kansas, and/or Auburn, otherwise I see no scenario they return to Duke for their Sophomore campaigns.

If you are a highly touted incoming recruit like Evans and Harris are, you come to Duke to play in big time games.
Evans and Harris probably didn’t sign up for the Coop and Kon show. Had to have seen it coming with Coop, but Kon’s huge role so far would have prob been surprising a couple months ago to the other players I love Kon’s game, but want to see Evans and Harris more
 
Probably one of the most frustrating and confusing aspects of our roster every year...high level recruits that seem to disappear to the bench once we hit the tougher games / conference schedule
 
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We were all hoping for change with Jon replacing K. Unfortunately nothing much really has changed from playing time to play calling. Like others have stated, Jon better start playing Harris and Evans otherwise they'll be gone at the end of the year.
 
Agreed Blue. Evans is Brandon Ingram isch when he gets going and Harris if nothing else is a very good 3 point shooter. Not finding minutes for those guys through January would be a failure on the Coaching Staff’s part.
 
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Evans and Harris probably didn’t sign up for the Coop and Kon show. Had to have seen it coming with Coop, but Kon’s huge role so far would have prob been surprising a couple months ago to the other players I love Kon’s game, but want to see Evans and Harris more
They should have played few minutes in the first half.
 
I like Jon, and he's young, but his coaching is nowhere near the level as his recruiting.
 
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