Marshall Plumlee

[MChambers]

the "big man guru", my son, Sam - who predicted that Brian Zoubek would be the player of the year for duke and help win a national championship told me this:

Marshall isn't like his brothers, he just needs to get his balance back from being hurt, then watch some tape of Zoubek. He'll be fine when we need him"

sounds legit….

Your son has been consulting with Greybeard!

[greybeard]

Damn, a guy runs into someone in a restaurant, who would have thought he was related to someone who is a player here. There are no monopolies. I think I'd enjoy kicking it with Sam. Actually, for sure.

[Kfanarmy]

What if, at practice, he's routinely being beaten on the inside during scrimmages and other full-court simulations by the likes of Amile, Josh, Semi, and Jabari -- guys who aren't even as big as the guys you'd like to see him play against in games? What if he can't handle 6'8" 225 pound guys in those practice situations, and K believes that things would only be worse against bigger and stronger guys?

Then he shouldn't, but by what limited news we've seen from the staff that hasn't been the case. Frankly, if they play defense well enough, he shouldn't have to face smaller, faster guys around the rim routinely.

[OldSchool]

I too think he is still not fully back from the foot injury to how he was before. He doesn't look as nimble or light on his feet as he did before the injury, although he looks better every game. I suspect that he hasn't gotten fully back the fast-twitch muscle that he lost during recovery.

[Lar77]

Unless we are up or down by 20 points, I cannot disagree strongly enough with this idea. I never want to see that, and I doubt K will ever do it. I like where your heads at, you know, you wanna go big, but that would not be good. In fact, if Marshall and Josh are ever in a game at the same time during a meaningful minute I will give you all my Star Wars action figures. Except Boba Fet, no matter how sure I am, I never risk the Fet-man.

My bad. Did not mean for them to be on the floor at the same time. But if it happens, I will be calling you.

[greybeard]

A stress injury happens because the way one carries and uses oneself causes it. A kinesthesiologist can map an ideal organization for weight distribution that will not cause such an injury and 3-D imaging with trainers instructing will not necessarily produce the degree of change that will work. Trying to put in practice something that you have not self-learned, chosen through experimentation based on sense and feel that works better for you, that your brain embraces, will slow you down. Who knows, just saying. Stress fractures never become "all better," the dis-ease that grew to the point of a crack does not disappear, and the degree that new learning will permit greater ease can be elusive, no matter how one performs in rehabilitative and training drills.

[Saratoga2]

What if, at practice, he's routinely being beaten on the inside during scrimmages and other full-court simulations by the likes of Amile, Josh, Semi, and Jabari -- guys who aren't even as big as the guys you'd like to see him play against in games? What if he can't handle 6'8" 225 pound guys in those practice situations, and K believes that things would only be worse against bigger and stronger guys?

What we have seen recently are small samples since he got 4 and 2 minutes in his last two games. To me his performance was respectable when compared to our other bigs. Amile has started to stand out but to date Hairston has only be fair, Semi hasn't played at all and Jabari's inside defense is typical of a freshman. We lament the availability of a big man when we have a nearly 7 foot 260 pound athletic guy who appears to be coming along. I would like to see him get into the games for 5 to 8 minutes a game except a crunch time.

[Dukehky]

Plus, if they go hack a Marshall, then there is more of a chance he'll make a free throw this season. I like it!!!! Put him in!

[rsvman]

There's always a lot of talk about how uncoordinated or "non-fluid" or pick your descriptive term Marshall is, as though being non-fluid was somehow an impossible-to-overcome handicap in the game of basketball.


How quickly the masses forget our now thankfully departed Tyler Hanstravel! He looked worse than Marshall pretty much the entire four years, but is the leading scorer in ACC history.



(I'll give you that as a free-throw shooter he was just the tiniest bit more adept than Marshall, though.)

[Gthoma2a]

There's always a lot of talk about how uncoordinated or "non-fluid" or pick your descriptive term Marshall is, as though being non-fluid was somehow an impossible-to-overcome handicap in the game of basketball.


How quickly the masses forget our now thankfully departed Tyler Hanstravel! He looked worse than Marshall pretty much the entire four years, but is the leading scorer in ACC history.



(I'll give you that as a free-throw shooter he was just the tiniest bit more adept than Marshall, though.)

You mean this guy? He was poetry in motion, just ask any UNC fan.

[sagegrouse]

(I'll give you that as a free-throw shooter he was just the tiniest bit more adept than Marshall, though.)

Hansbrough shot for a higher FT percentage than Marshall, but he wasn't more consistent.

[flyingdutchdevil]

Hansbrough shot for a higher FT percentage than Marshall, but he wasn't more consistent.

Marshall is the most consistent FT shooter in the ACC. Ever.

Love it!

[dukejunkie]

Unless we are up or down by 20 points, I cannot disagree strongly enough with this idea. I never want to see that, and I doubt K will ever do it. I like where your heads at, you know, you wanna go big, but that would not be good. In fact, if Marshall and Josh are ever in a game at the same time during a meaningful minute I will give you all my Star Wars action figures. Except Boba Fet, no matter how sure I am, I never risk the Fet-man.

Now you have me thinking. Don't necessarily believe this will ever happen (nor should) but I think the roof would blow off of Cameron if the starting lineup is ever announced something like this:

Jefferson
Cook
Hood
Parker
and MARSHALL PLUMLEE!

Maybe vs UNC... Unfortunately for most on the boards, this lineup might not be tall enough