Originally Posted by
Greg_Newton
Well, the bolded is an interesting statement. In my view, the major, historical weakness for the current roster is defense. On the one hand, you've got Curry, Cook, and Dawkins, who all struggle mightily to stay in front of dribblers, and simply aren't that quick laterally. On the other hand, you've got Sulaimon, Gbinije and Murphy, who are all long, and all very quick laterally (Murphy probably the slowest of the three, but faster than Dawkins, from watching him last summer). However, all three of the latter are completely unproven underclassman, and aren't the offensive weapons that the former three are. Thornton is the one "in between", who is a great team defender but questionable on-ball pressurer, and a solid all-around player.
Personally, I'd like to see defense come first on the priority sheet, over offense, experience, whatever - get back to basic Duke basketball, whoever steps up in that area gets to play. But as you say, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.