Originally Posted by
Mudge
Not a basketball technician (but I try to play one on this board): On the Duke guards, I think sometimes, the reason they don't immediately cut to the basket, after coming around the pick, is that every one of them (Curry, Cook, Sulaimon) is thinking 3-pointer, if they come free/open, after cutting past the screener-- they want the open 3-pointer more than the drive to the basket (which may or may not still be open, when they get to the hoop).
I don't think anybody spaces the floor any better than Duke-- though Miami is clearly very well coached on both their spacing and execution. As for faster, more athletic guards, I think it is probably safe to say that Larkin is faster and more athletic than any of Duke's guards, while Scott is pretty dang good, too, for 6'5" guard... Sulaimon might be able to match Scott's speed, but I don't think any of Duke's 3 main guards can stay with Larkin-- which makes it all the more remarkable that hardly anyone recruited Larkin out of HS-- where was Duke on him?