Joey Baker “really excited” for sophomore year at Duke
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I’d love to see him have a really solid year.
Excited for hi, hope he has a Grayson Allen/Luke Kennard sophomore year.
I think that if he didn’t burn his redshirt, there would be more hype surrounding him for next season. I’m still extremely high on his future at Duke though. I think that upgrading his strength and conditioning will be big in his development so this summer will be a big one for him.
Yeah glad you gave this its own thread! I posted it as a segue to some Joey conversation under STARTING FIVE thread earlier today! OFC
Joey Baker, watching Rocky 3 and pumping iron and jacking up 3's all summer.
If he has a Kennard sophomore season we won’t be talking about why K burned his redshirt
How many teams would kill to have a former top 20 "wildcard" recruit?
There’s a lot of doubters for Joey because of how the past season played out for him. Had he not played those 11 minutes people would probably be over-valuing his 2019-20 expectations. This might be a good thing for him.
I like the optimism but I’m a bit skeptical at least for this season.
K labels him a more normal type of recruit that grows over time. In the new Duke model that tends to mean if you don’t immediately get time as a freshman...you’re a role player.
Add on the fact that I never like hearing a kid is putting on weight. Muscle always sounds great in theory but I swear so many players feel slow the season after those comments.
I realize people think Baker is/can be better than AOC but that’s only because he’s unknown right now. I expect Alex to have a better year and see much more time than Joey.
K labels him a more normal type of recruit that grows over time. In the new Duke model that tends to mean if you don’t immediately get time as a freshman...you’re a role player.
Add on the fact that I never like hearing a kid is putting on weight. Muscle always sounds great in theory but I swear so many players feel slow the season after those comments.
I realize people think Baker is/can be better than AOC but that’s only because he’s unknown right now. I expect Alex to have a better year and see much more time than Joey.
If AOC anc dribble to his left and hit a pull up 15ft jumper he will be money. that shot was there all seaon. plus, he needs to learn not to telegraph passes.
I agree and that comes with confidence. I have said it before....it's up to him. He has had and will continue to get opportunities. If he can get a little "swagger" goin, he is going to score some points for us next year.
We’re all rooting for him. I think it’s impossible to predict his role/PT next year but we’ll surely see more of him. He’s going to be a big impact player in the future (we just don’t know if that future big impact is next season or further away)
Have a feeling Matthew Hurt is going to win that award this year. Thought Baker would take it until we pulled in Hurt.
I was wrong with Alex Murphy but right on Grayson Allen in seeing them as becoming stars. I'm due to be right on Baker. I think he's going to be solid this year and a star as a junior and then the non redshirt won't matter.
I’m sorry but 1 of the last things I’m worried about with AOC is his left hand pull up J lol
I tend to agree on being skeptical for this season.
But, at 6'7 and 200 lbs, he can definitely put on weight. Plenty of NBA players in that height range run in the 220-240 range and look thin and athletic. Kawhi Leonard, for example, is 6'7, 230.
So, if Baker goes, say, 210 next year he'll still be relatively thin.
But, I think he's going to have to shoot well to get PT. Even if he's better than Alex overall, Alex may get more PT if he plays better within the system and if he shoots from 3 well because we don't have much in the way of outside shooting.
I guess. But are we really comparing Baker to someone in the NBA. More college players are 6’7” and 200 or 210. Kawhi Leonard is almost a decade older than Joey and one of the best players in the world.
Joey’s body hasn’t even started its initial maturation process. He’s not thin.
I'd like to see the Blue White game be freshman plus Baker vs the upperclassmen. Who would win?
The team that has Tre as their point gaurd.
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