Tatum probably had the most perplexing OAD career ever at Duke. Came in on what was supposed to be one of the greatest collections of talent ever on a college team.
Then news broke about Giles having another surgery, then Tatum got hurt in late Oct/early Nov, and Bolden never really was healthy either.
On top of all that....we had zero PG and a roster that made zero sense.
He was terrible in early Jan, I remember him missing lay-up after lay-up in Cameron, and also had tons of dumb turnovers in road games. But...he was very young, and still getting his legs back.
In the span of about 30 days, he became maybe the best player in the country (clearly was Duke's best player, and I think part of our unravelling was Kennard never wanted to conceed this.)
Then we flame out early in the tourney...and Tatum goes on to have maybe the best NBA rookie year a Duke player has ever had. Just none of it makes sense really, I'm still confused.
Then news broke about Giles having another surgery, then Tatum got hurt in late Oct/early Nov, and Bolden never really was healthy either.
On top of all that....we had zero PG and a roster that made zero sense.
He was terrible in early Jan, I remember him missing lay-up after lay-up in Cameron, and also had tons of dumb turnovers in road games. But...he was very young, and still getting his legs back.
In the span of about 30 days, he became maybe the best player in the country (clearly was Duke's best player, and I think part of our unravelling was Kennard never wanted to conceed this.)
Then we flame out early in the tourney...and Tatum goes on to have maybe the best NBA rookie year a Duke player has ever had. Just none of it makes sense really, I'm still confused.
