Originally Posted by
Patrick Yates
Newsflash people, Shane was approximately 20-30% more gifted than either of those two players. Since Shane hustled, and was so nice, and loved Duke so much, we tend to forget that he was a 6-8, 230 lb player with good skills and above average athleticism. Boykin and Mclure are 6-7, 215 lb, sup par athletes who are not nearly as skilled as Battier.
I said last summer, that any team that relies on McClure for a big contribution is a team that is not going to be successful at the level Duke expects (competitive for the FF).