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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
 
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.

I saw a stat the other day in passing, I believe it said Jon had the second (maybe?) most wins ever for a three year ACC head Coach. Yet, I think Krzyzewski has a better record with Jon’s roster. Think about all those early season “name” matchups that K has won over all those years far more often than he lost.
Scheyer is not on the good end of that so far. So when you say we were hoping for change I know it can’t be from a W-L standpoint?
 
I saw a stat the other day in passing, I believe it said Jon had the second (maybe?) most wins ever for a three year ACC head Coach. Yet, I think Krzyzewski has a better record with Jon’s roster. Think about all those early season “name” matchups that K has won over all those years far more often than he lost.
Scheyer is not on the good end of that so far. So when you say we were hoping for change I know it can’t be from a W-L standpoint?
I concur with your post. For a lot of the game, teams are who they are and do what they do. It’s up to the players to make shots. Those last few min are when a coach earns his pay, and Jon came up short Tues pm
 
I saw a stat the other day in passing, I believe it said Jon had the second (maybe?) most wins ever for a three year ACC head Coach. Yet, I think Krzyzewski has a better record with Jon’s roster. Think about all those early season “name” matchups that K has won over all those years far more often than he lost.
Scheyer is not on the good end of that so far. So when you say we were hoping for change I know it can’t be from a W-L standpoint?
Correct. That's why I said giving our bench more playing time and play calling especially towards the end of Coach K's career.
 
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