Kind of one of those “whatever” articles, if you ask me.
I’m very happy for Semi and am glad he’s been able to carve out a niche in the League.
I’m very happy for Semi and am glad he’s been able to carve out a niche in the League.
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I have more respect for my Mom than that. I don't consider her so helpless and weak I'd need to resort to assault somebody who raised their voice at her.If this did happen Coach K definitely got the right mom-son connection. Majority of sons would've had to put their hands on him if he raised his voice at their mom. I would hope everybody on this board would've roughed him up.
I have more respect for my Mom than that. I don't consider her so helpless and weak I'd need to resort to assault somebody who raised their voice at her.
I have more respect for my Mom than that. I don't consider her so helpless and weak I'd need to resort to assault somebody who raised their voice at her.
Jon Jackson, Duke's public relations director, already made a statement. That's all that will be coming from Duke.
Nolan Smith, Quin Cook, and others waited their turn even when they felt they should be playing ahead of someone else. Semi chose not to. He wasn't going to play ahead of Winslow and he didn't want to wait his turn. End of story.
They were also both 5 star players with seemingly no one in front of them. Nolan has an embattled Greg Paulus junior year Who he overtook Soph year. Quinn had Tyler Thornton...and he couldn’t even beat him out. The comparison is not always apples to apples but it isn’t apples to oranges like you’re suggesting.Wrong. Smith averaged 14.7 minutes per game with 34 games played his freshman year and Cook 11.7 with 31 games played. Semi averaged 4.7 minutes in 17 games. There's a reason guys like cook and smith developed the way they did and guys like vrank and white don't. They gotta get some playing time.
They were also both 5 star players with seemingly no one in front of them. Nolan has an embattled Greg Paulus junior year Who he overtook Soph year. Quinn had Tyler Thornton...and he couldn’t even beat him out. The comparison is not always apples to apples but it isn’t apples to oranges like you’re suggesting.
I agree that they have shown a lack of competitiveness, starting with High School. Go back and watch Semi's highlights, it looks like all he played against was 12 year old skinny white guys. His competition made him look like Zion on steroids. He averaged 50 a game with no jumpshot, but it's hard to really attack a family for staying in Kansas. Were there other family concerns and Semi needed to stay in the area? Financial issues? Way too much at play to judge that decision, IMO.Smith and Cook also pushed themselves by playing at top tier HS where they faced top tier opponents every single night.
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If Semi had done the same, he'd have been ready to compete in college. And based on his game, body, and athleticism, every top program in the USA would have thrown scholarships at him.
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He, and his family, have demonstrated a consistent behavior wrt avoiding competing at the highest levels. When he's out of the NBA in 5 years, that will be why. He's a guy that should have been a solid starter, and has the body to be a small ball big man in the modern NBA, but he won't mix it up. He wants to stand on the perimeter and shoot 3s. If he really works on his D, he could play around a decade.
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As I said earlier, I feel he's shown a persistent lack of competitiveness that will prevent this from happening.
I agree that they have shown a lack of competitiveness, starting with High School. Go back and watch Semi's highlights, it looks like all he played against was 12 year old skinny white guys. His competition made him look like Zion on steroids. He averaged 50 a game with no jumpshot, but it's hard to really attack a family for staying in Kansas. Were there other family concerns and Semi needed to stay in the area? Financial issues? Way too much at play to judge that decision, IMO.
I do believe though that Semi will have a long-standing NBA career. He fits the modern NBA because he can guard multiple positions. He can really guard anywhere from a 2-guard to a center. He will never be a dominant scorer, but if your not a superstar, the new NBA will always have room for a 3-and-D guy, and that is Semi.
We're walking around with blinders on if we think it's all on the kids every time it doesn't work out. Some instances are probably on the kid or their family. But it's hard for me to think a man that has coached as long as K has, hasn't been at a little fault a time or two due to his personality and stubbornness. Coaching is all about relationships, if you're any good at it, and sometimes you just won't get along as well as you will with another kid.
Team chemistry isn't just on the players. Sometimes a player/coach isn't there.
I get what your saying but ain’t no man on this earth raising their voice at my mom to the point she drops to her knees and has tears on her eyes. I can also quarentee you it wouldn’t be done in front of none of her five sons and my mother is far from weak and helpless.I have more respect for my Mom than that. I don't consider her so helpless and weak I'd need to resort to assault somebody who raised their voice at her.
They were also both 5 star players with seemingly no one in front of them. Nolan has an embattled Greg Paulus junior year Who he overtook Soph year. Quinn had Tyler Thornton...and he couldn’t even beat him out. The comparison is not always apples to apples but it isn’t apples to oranges like you’re suggesting.
I stand corrected. Although like you said i thought Nolan was a five star for at least a good bit. Either way the difference in their situations was the lack of players ahead of them in the rotation. Semi had Jabari and Hood in front of him, not to mention Sheed who played the 2/3. Again not even counting Josh. Could he have gotten more minutes? Probably- but that’s how K coaches so again, prove it in practice or when your time is called. It’s no secret here. He absolutely did neither. The way he played was poor at best, he stood around the three point line and jacked threes at a very low %. He didn’t do any of the things the staff asked him to do to get himself on the court and use his athletic frame- ironically the next year Justise did exactly that. He bodied up, became a defensive stopper, slashed, grabbed boards and hit the occasional threes.Actually both nolan and Quinn cook were 4 star guys. Quinn was a 5 star in his junior year but was a 4 star the majority of his senior year. I don't remember when smith dropped but he ended out a 4 star guy. Regardless they both still played a decent amount of minutes. It helps in their development.
Sounds like a bitter mom and dad to me. I used to youth baseball. I was an assistant coach when my son played. We had to play everyone on the team and that was understood. Not all players got the same amount of p.t. I truly believe that some of the kids didn't want to play but still the same there were kids that didn't work hard also. Some of them goofed off and we had one kid who was playing left field who fielded a ground ball and turned and threw it over the 3rd base foul fence. I know he did it deliberately and I think his dad put him up to it. He quit right after that. know his dad well and it was par for the course for him to do that. I'm not trying to compare Semi's and his parent situation to what I experienced other than a lot of parents just need to be supportive. Semi did what he thought he needed to do. I thought he got sufficient pt. It seems to me he wanted to play the 3 position but while at Duke he didn't have the skills. I also remember his mixed tape that was all over this board while we were recruiting him and all I remember was dunks. Maybe if he had worked on his outside jump shot before he came to Duke perhaps the pt would have been there for him. Kids know the situation when they come to Duke and I hope he has a solid NBA career. And by the way even though my son played he batted down in the lower part of the lineup but played 2nd or 3rd base because he had the best glove on the team. OFC
Very fair to say.Its likely K didn’t handle this situation great but it’s also likely that he and the family remember the incident a little differently.
Being around coaching myself...there are a lot of kids who want time without earning it and parents who get involved without seeing or understanding where their child really sits in the pecking order.
We're walking around with blinders on if we think it's all on the kids every time it doesn't work out. Some instances are probably on the kid or their family. But it's hard for me to think a man that has coached as long as K has, hasn't been at a little fault a time or two due to his personality and stubbornness. Coaching is all about relationships, if you're any good at it, and sometimes you just won't get along as well as you will with another kid.
Team chemistry isn't just on the players. Sometimes a player/coach isn't there.
Chappell started a lot of games at Duke, but played his way to the bench prior to transferring to MSU.I remember a kid Michael Chappell who left for either Mich or Mich St. I didnt hear any controversial feedback, but I would guess it was PT
I have no idea what happened but with all due respect getting on your knees in someone's office sounds a little dramatic to put it kindly.
Chappell started a lot of games at Duke, but played his way to the bench prior to transferring to MSU.
I have no idea what happened but with all due respect getting on your knees in someone's office sounds a little dramatic to put it kindly.
That was in the "Oral office" was it not?Unless it's Monica Lewinsky, of course.
I'm sure some guys who transferred could have contributed later, but who came in as a result of their leaving who may have helped us more?I'd generally say it cuts both ways in the long run. Obviously we've had our share of transfers, so hiven the high sample size I would venture some blame is on staff.