OMG, I was cracking up when I saw that. The funny thing, them idiots ate it up too. I wanted to respond so bad, but got banned the second day for agreeing with another Duke poster by saying "be careful, these kittens are going to be mad". No matter how off the wall a post can be about Duke, they are so gullible to the fact it's scary!
They literally do believe everything! You can go tell them the Sky is pink and they will believe it!
No Pisgah, we can't win it all with 3 stud freshmen, a possible explosive junior in Delaurier, and Vrank starting at center. On paper, all we need is another big or so as his backup.
Yeah but no one thought Thomas would make it in the pros, and the Plumlees were backups. Matter of fact, Miles was originally going to Stanford. That team, for their now NBA talent, is probably the 4th or 5th best of Duke's title teams.Not quite... we won the ship with zoubek at starting center, NBA stalwart Lance Thomas at PF, and two future NBA bigs (and a Pete Newell winner!) in MP1 and MP2
Haha I was just reading through and go im not really sure what we are arguing here.
The initial statement was made that Duke couldn't win it all with Vrank as the starting center. The part about what caliber of big is another subject. As said earlier, a few of us think Vrank with the others is a contender. Whether Duke gets an elite big for next season is to me not a must.
Most people didn't think that Duke team was special, yet. That team didn't wow you, they were just so efficient, and Zoubek started owning the paint. The Maryland win was where he got some love from the media as well. I remember him being interviewed after the game, and the lady asked him what had gotten into him. His reply was priceless: I'm not ready for my year to end, or something like that.
I'd agree, I started having a feeling about that team after we won the preseason tourney over Uconn in the garden. There was something about them. But you're right, the Maryland game was the coming out party for Zoubs. He only got to have a semester unfortunately, but he sure made the most of it.
And you realize Zoubek was a 5-star center who played in the Mcdonalds All-American game, right?????
Listen to what Dick Vitale is saying about this. Bagley will never play one minute of college basketball.
That's as many minutes as UK played in the 2015 Natty title.
Stupid reply. Lots of shaky recruiting going on in Durham with a known cheater in Capel.
My point is that Zoubek and Vrank are nowhere near similar basketball players. Isn't that obvious?
Lol! You and your fan base is one talk. I still think the whole Knox situation is rather shady. Still don’t understand how a player goes to a place that is log jammed in his position when Duke and the holes had his position wide open. If I didn’t think Duke was going to get him, then I certainly would have thought the holes or FSU would. I think him going to uk might have been more than playing the two position. Also, I think he turned down 1.4 Million dollars to play in China.
No it's not. For Duke to be good, if Vrank plays, he will have to do the same things Zoubek did. Zoubek wasn't asked to score 15-20, he was asked to set screens, rebound, and take up good space. It's simple to see that Vrank will be used about the exact same way. As was with Zoubek, any points Vrank provide will be a plus. That Ace, is obvious.
So was Matt Jones. Be totally honest here, did he have the overall game of a 5 star? You put way too much emphasis on a kid's rating. It is accurate, yet not a given that a player will be as good as his rating says, or as average as a "3 star." Like the example on Steph and Seth Curry. Remember what college Seth started at?
Yes. However given the recruiting tear we have been on, and also seemingly how K wants to go out, I don't know how many players fitting that mold we will be starting.
