Ahem. Just saying.
http://forums.dukebasketballreport.c...18#post1008418
My sincere congrats to the coaching/recruiting staff that put in a ton of hard work and effort noto only on Zion, but the entire class. Enjoy a cold one on a job well done !
Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'
Ahem....Zionara...😝😝
Can’t help noticing no Wheat posts for me to scroll past on here.
So what number will be ‘unretired’ for Zion? His HS number 12 is Javin’s.
This one is truly shocking and surprising. K will not go gentle into that good night. Keep burning it up, Big Mike! I think Duke Lifer had a great point about these kids wanting to play for the GOAT, and the post-FIBA-K only wants the most elite talent in his final years. Freeze these moments people - we are a long way from Pigeon Skype-gate.
Zion, welcome to the family.
Completely taken by surprise by this news. Welcome to Duke Zion!
Fantastic work by all who recruited him.
Trinity ‘88
Duke Law ‘99
Does anybody remember the interview from a few months ago where Williamson said that Coach K told him he envisioned using him like he used LeBron in the Olympics, all over the court with the offense running through him? At the time I wondered how that would work, and given the plethora of scoring options around him I am still curious to see how K structures this offense. I still think a lineup of Zion at the 5 surrounded by 4 shooters could be deadly (the three other freshmen plus O’Connell or Trent if he returns).
With O’Connell I think we’ll have an amazing starting 5 + 1, but much like this season there will be a really steep dropoff when we go further into the bench. Also the most obvious question will be where the leadership will come from.
But those are concerns for another day. Today we must celebrate yet another recruiting coup.
A good number of people seemed to think that the Olympic Team would take too much of his time and that summer recruiting would suffer. The final proof was that Roy got that all-world player Harrison Barnes and all Coach K could get was Kyrie Irving.
I still remember some major pre-season magazine that had an article with an image of ol' Roy as Ali and Coach K knocked out on the canvas as Sonny Liston. The author spent much of the article quoting some anonymous expert who insisted that Coach K was past his prime and that he would never be able to recruit well enough to keep up with UNC.
The moral of this story is that if a guy has no gray hair then by definition he's not past his prime.
O/U on Cal heading to NBA?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5B8ggybE3R8
Here is his announcement. Who doesn’t get a lump in his/her throat? This kid is Duke through and through.
follow up questions:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACgeqMSLzL0
Kyle gets BUCKETS!
https://youtu.be/NJWPASQZqLc