DBR Podcast, Episode 67: 2 Losses & A Very Difficult Duke Hoops Quiz

[blazindw]

The new episode (https://soundcloud.com/dbrpodcast/dbr-podcast-67-2-losses-and-a-very-difficult-duke-hoops-quiz) of the DBR podcast is ready for your enjoyment! Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already. Links for iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Soundcloud are below. Also, chime in and let us know how you did on the quiz...honor code is in effect. Enjoy!

Timestamps
00:10 Sam greets us and wishes a happy 50th birthday to Jason!
02:25 We recap a tough week, Duke lost both games to FSU and Lou and Donald talks about the importance of depth
08:10 Jason rants a bit about our poor interior D
13:45 We talk a bit about how Amile Jefferson is like Bill Walton… yes, Bill Walton!
20:30 Jason talks about one of his favorite statistics, Field Goal Attempts
22:00 Donald previews Miami, a team that has a nice record but who hasn’t beaten anyone very good
29:20 Jason tells us about NC State a team that is just awful on defense
33:00 Sam asks Jason the impossible question, how do you stop Dennis Smith?
38:50 Jason gives Sam and Donald the Duke trivia tenting quiz. It ain’t easy!
41:15 Question #1 - Name all the players on the team, their numbers, their hometowns, and their high schools
42:00 Question #2 – Give Duke’s ranking in the AP poll every week this season
42:45 Question #3 – Name all 6 members of the Duke coaching staff
44:35 Question #4 – Which Duke players were on the HOF preseason watch list
46:00 Lightning round… in which Sam takes a funny shot at Marques Bolden
47:50 List all the 2017 recruits and their hometowns
49:25 We digress into a conversation about the history of K-Ville and the line to get into games
51:40 Player of the week picks, and a discussion of the guy who did not win it
55:30 Parting Shots – Donald with a shout out to the Duke women
56:30 Parting Shots – Jason on the Mickie Dees
58:25 Parting Shots – Sam says… relax. It will be fine.
1:00:15 Farewell and the Duke band

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[DukieInBrasil]

as highlighted in the 'cast, the lack of development by Chase Jeter is especially glaring with Amile out. Alongside Amile, Chase played pretty well in a complementary role. W/o Amile he's nearly useless. Unfortunately, so is Bolden. Giles' defense is nearly non-existent, but he rebounds at a pretty good clip and can put the sphere thru the hole, which none of our other post options are doing.
None of those things need be permanent, even if Amile misses the rest of the year (which i am not suggesting that he will). Giles will probably get the most chances, and will likely understand his role on defense somewhat better, if not much better. As his timing improves i expect that several of those fancy post moves he's been using will start paying off as opposed to looking like wildly hopeless shots. I'm hoping that Bolden's struggles are related to his injury, and that he hasn't fully recovered yet. He looks worse this year than Chase did last year, but if he can figure a few things out he might be able to give us 5&5, which would be a huge boost.
Chase is kinduva mystery to me, he's playing as well as he can but i just don't see how much better he can be. Someone mentioned Casey Sanders as a comparison to Chase, which is looking more and more apt: a guy who has plenty of physical tools to excel but just never gets there due to j'ne cest quoi, nem sei o que e'. If Chase can replicate Casey's numbers by his Sr. year, that'd be solid.

[JasonEvans]

as highlighted in the 'cast, the lack of development by Chase Jeter is especially glaring with Amile out. Alongside Amile, Chase played pretty well in a complementary role. W/o Amile he's nearly useless. Unfortunately, so is Bolden. Giles' defense is nearly non-existent, but he rebounds at a pretty good clip and can put the sphere thru the hole, which none of our other post options are doing.
None of those things need be permanent, even if Amile misses the rest of the year (which i am not suggesting that he will). Giles will probably get the most chances, and will likely understand his role on defense somewhat better, if not much better. As his timing improves i expect that several of those fancy post moves he's been using will start paying off as opposed to looking like wildly hopeless shots. I'm hoping that Bolden's struggles are related to his injury, and that he hasn't fully recovered yet. He looks worse this year than Chase did last year, but if he can figure a few things out he might be able to give us 5&5, which would be a huge boost.
Chase is kinduva mystery to me, he's playing as well as he can but i just don't see how much better he can be. Someone mentioned Casey Sanders as a comparison to Chase, which is looking more and more apt: a guy who has plenty of physical tools to excel but just never gets there due to j'ne cest quoi, nem sei o que e'. If Chase can replicate Casey's numbers by his Sr. year, that'd be solid.

Glad other agree with us about the slow and halting development of our young bigs. We talk about this extensively on the pod. But, as many have noted, there is still plenty of time for them to come around and, as Donald points out on the pod, getting Amile the communicator back will likely solve many of the problems.