So Duval is now 'officially' in the fold. Good news for the Duke program and fans today....as well as a nice start to the week.
I know there's a roster prediction thread, but I think now we can move on to a thread where we're allowed to be even more specific.
By and large, I think our starting five looks like this....
Trevon
Grayson
Gary
Wendell
Marques
Good size up front. I'm excited for Wendell because he likes to rebound. Hoping to see that fire from Marques because rebounding has never been a strong suit for him. I love our wings in Grayson and Gary, Jr. Two guys who can both shoot it and have a propensity of getting to the basket. Trevon, hopefully, gets this unit to come together.
Off the bench, I think there's four guys in line who will have a shot at minutes. They are....
Antonio
Javin
Jack
Jordan
Vrank and Javin should see minutes. Jack will have a shot to play 10 minutes per game on the wing. Jordan is the wildcard here. Can he find minutes his first season? We'll see.
I don't see a scenario where Goldwire is playing meaningful minutes next season. He's a nice prospect to earn time in future years, but I think a year working on his build and stamina are going to be his main areas of focus....and doing the best he can to push our guys every day in practice.
Looking at talent alone, this team doesn't jump out at us like this past season's unit did....but some nice pieces are in place. If Grayson can become the player we know he can be, Trevon can lead from the point and Wendell is Wendell, this team can be pretty good. Few teams in the country can say they will have more talent.
Looking forward to this fall!
I know there's a roster prediction thread, but I think now we can move on to a thread where we're allowed to be even more specific.
By and large, I think our starting five looks like this....
Trevon
Grayson
Gary
Wendell
Marques
Good size up front. I'm excited for Wendell because he likes to rebound. Hoping to see that fire from Marques because rebounding has never been a strong suit for him. I love our wings in Grayson and Gary, Jr. Two guys who can both shoot it and have a propensity of getting to the basket. Trevon, hopefully, gets this unit to come together.
Off the bench, I think there's four guys in line who will have a shot at minutes. They are....
Antonio
Javin
Jack
Jordan
Vrank and Javin should see minutes. Jack will have a shot to play 10 minutes per game on the wing. Jordan is the wildcard here. Can he find minutes his first season? We'll see.
I don't see a scenario where Goldwire is playing meaningful minutes next season. He's a nice prospect to earn time in future years, but I think a year working on his build and stamina are going to be his main areas of focus....and doing the best he can to push our guys every day in practice.
Looking at talent alone, this team doesn't jump out at us like this past season's unit did....but some nice pieces are in place. If Grayson can become the player we know he can be, Trevon can lead from the point and Wendell is Wendell, this team can be pretty good. Few teams in the country can say they will have more talent.
Looking forward to this fall!