Originally Posted by
kAzE
He's also ranked outside the top 40, which doesn't give me much hope that he can be a strong contributor as a freshman. I don't think it's a major issue that we only have 1 player taller than 6'8", as long as we make up for that size differential in other ways (offense). We'll just need to figure out ways to be able to hang with bigger teams on the defense glass.
It won't be much of a problem if we can contain penetration, which has often been an issue for young teams.
Worst case scenario is the 2013-14 season, where we couldn't prevent penetration and didn't have a rim protector (sophomore Amile was just too overwhelmed and not big enough).
That team sets the bar for utterly terrible Duke defense.
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