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    Alaa Abdelnaby update?

    I haven't been on the board (well, back on the board) for very long, but I did a quick search and didn't see anything about Alaa Abdelnaby doing commentary for NBA TV!

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    This article refreshed my memory that Alaa was the 25th pick in the draft. With all due respect to him, Josh is a vastly better prospect. The Blazers got a steal at 37.

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    I could be wrong (isn't that what fan sites are all about?), but I seem to recall that in his senior year he mastered "catch, face, and shoot", set the Duke FG percentage record, and helped us to the Final Four in what was expected to be a rebuilding year.

    I'm hoping Zoub can emulate him.

    -jk

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    Quote Originally Posted by dkbaseball View Post
    This article refreshed my memory that Alaa was the 25th pick in the draft. With all due respect to him, Josh is a vastly better prospect. The Blazers got a steal at 37.
    That was a very weak draft, and this one was very strong. Even without much improvement, I think Josh could have snuck into the first round next year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by -jk View Post
    I could be wrong (isn't that what fan sites are all about?), but I seem to recall that in his senior year he mastered "catch, face, and shoot", set the Duke FG percentage record, and helped us to the Final Four in what was expected to be a rebuilding year.

    I'm hoping Zoub can emulate him.

    -jk
    You are not wrong and I don't agree that Josh was a vastly better prospect than Alaa. People may forget that Alaa was a McDonald's All American from Bloomfield, NJ and was an extremely skilled player. He was, unfortunately, immature and had a poor work ethic. He definitely underachieved his first three years but he put it all together his senior year and was in fact a major reason that 1990 team made it all the way to the national championship game. Alaa as a senior was a far better player than Josh as a sophomore. Where Josh's game goes as a pro remains to be seen.

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    In the for what it is worth catagory, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Alaa at last year's Coach K Academy. There was not a nicer "coach" at the Camp. Alaa was kind, polite, humble, accessible, and a wonderful representative of the Duke program. I still laugh at some of the stories that he told. Alaa was truly one of the highlights of the Academy.

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    No jersey?

    True story? Alaa and another sub were sitting on the bench of an NBA team. Neither had seen action for a long while, when suddenly the coach called for Alaa to enter the game.

    He jumped up, ran towards the scorer's table, stripping off his warm-up jacket as he went.

    The problem? Alaa and his friend had not bothered to put on their jerseys, thinking that they wouldn't need them!

    Now, that's funny!

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    Alaa was the original Jail Blazer! Back when they were all class with Drexler, Porter, Kersey, Vandeweghe, and Buck Williams, Alaa was just chilling.

    I'm a big fan, though.

    Also, as far as I know, the beginning of the freethinking/absent-minded big man lineage at Duke (there may have been some before him, though).

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    Thumbs down

    Mcluhan, stop trolling and go back to inside carolina. It's getting tiresome and I think most people see through it. All duke related posts by you are baiting.

    So so typical and juvenile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYC Dukie View Post
    Mcluhan, stop trolling and go back to inside carolina. It's getting tiresome and I think most people see through it. All duke related posts by you are baiting.

    So so typical and juvenile.
    Um, really? Does anyone else think I'm an anti-Duke troll?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mcluhan View Post
    Um, really? Does anyone else think I'm an anti-Duke troll?
    No, at least not from a cursory glance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonEvans View Post
    No, at least not from a cursory glance.
    Thanks. I've been a Duke fan my entire life, and really hope that y'all haven't found my posts juvenile.

    The first game I remember is the 1986 Final. I was seven.

    Like all other elementary school boys my age, Robert Brickey was a god to me. (all the girls liked Quin)

    The day after the UNC-Michigan Final, I skipped school, unable to reap what I had sewn talking trash to all the Carolina fans.

    After the final buzzer of the '94 final, I sat in the Charlotte Coliseum, bawling my eyes out. How close was Tony Lang's outstretched hand to that Scotty Thurman jumper.

    I attended every home game of the '95 season, watching them lose close game after close game.

    I still wonder what went wrong with Ricky Price's career.

    I'm still trying to calculate how many years Kenny Blakeney was on the team.

    Love tracing the lineages of certain types of players at Duke: for example, surprisingly Corey Maggette was a descendant of Carmen Wallace.

    It pains me that the '99 team will never really be accepted as the greatest college team of all time.

    I was up all hours listening to games over the internet from Japan as K won his third title in 2001.

    I still can't stand the thought of King Rice.

    And, um, I'm posting on DBR!

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    Josh wishes he was Alaa

    Dkbaseball, you are way off. McRoberts couldn't carry Abdelnaby's luggage. Abdelnaby had an erratic first 3 years but was a force in his senior year. He had tremendous post skills. He is number 3 in Duke career FG %. Unlike McRoberts, he had a nice offensive arsenal that was more than just uncontested dunks. He could finish in traffic, as opposed to the patented McRoberts line drive brick shot, errant pass or ugly hook shot. He put up 15 and 6 as a senior. He went to 3 Final Fours. In the NBA, he averaged about 6 ppg in the pros. A "vastly better prospect"? I think not. That is an insult to Abdelnaby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mcluhan View Post

    I was up all hours listening to games over the internet from Japan as K won his third title in 2001.
    I watched the 2001 & 1992 Championships on Armed Forces TV in Japan. Where in Japan were you? For the 1991 Championship, I was on a plane between the Philippines and Japan.

    Bob Green
    Yokosuka, Japan

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    I'm with you there

    Quote Originally Posted by Mcluhan View Post
    It pains me that the '99 team will never really be accepted as the greatest college team of all time.
    If not for the little item of losing that 1 game by an oh so close margin. How do others think they rank among the greatest teams never to win an NCAA or NIT title? Or has this one been beat to death already by the longer tenured denizens of these boards(or their precursors)?

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    Josh versus Alaa

    The one area I might favor Josh over Alaa was on the glass. But then looking at who was also around at the respective times involved might explain the statistical differences. Okay, and I would be more willing to lend my car to Josh than to Alaa.
    Last edited by YmoBeThere; 07-04-2007 at 07:21 AM.

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    Nor have I ever seen Josh become a member of The Century Club. Alaa did as a freshman, then hit 20 FG attempts in a row as a senior!

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    Alaa was great but it's stoopid to compare Alaa to Josh.

    The problem with Alaa was he didn't graduate; there was a controversy as whether to hang the FF banner. This was at a time when all of Coach K's players graduated - or we couldn't hang the banner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spencer's Daddy View Post
    Nor have I ever seen Josh become a member of The Century Club. Alaa did as a freshman, then hit 20 FG attempts in a row as a senior!
    And Specner's Daddy and I were there to see it.

    It was not pretty (the Century Club, not the FTs).

    -Jason "whew, the Alaa and drinking stories/memories are washing over me like a Tsunami" Evans

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    Alaa graduated....he was not the reason the 1990 FF banner was not raised. As a Class of 1990 grad, that is one thing I can guarantee you...because he and I both took several classes together...aside from George Burgin, he may be the smartest guy to receive a hoops scholarship from K. A lousy quarters player though...Alaa was a good guy.

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