2018-19 Basketball catch all thread

[Billy Dat]

Mark "Club Trillion" Titus on Duke's Freshmen
https://www.theringer.com/college-ba...ish-rj-barrett

[flyingdutchdevil]

Mark "Club Trillion" Titus on Duke's Freshmen
https://www.theringer.com/college-ba...ish-rj-barrett

I thought it was an interesting, fun read. Yes, a few here will be offended by a few things Titus says (and if you're offended, not sure you've made it this far as a Duke fan. Embrace the hatred!).

I will say he's wrong about Cam vs RJ. RJ is a better scorer; Cam is better at everything else. Also, my rankings would go Joey < Tre < Zion < RJ < Cam.

[Truth&Justise]

Mark "Club Trillion" Titus on Duke's Freshmen
https://www.theringer.com/college-ba...ish-rj-barrett

Better than his podcasts, and a fun read if you can stand the unwarranted barbs he throws in. He makes a good point about Joey Baker -- adding him to this squad is a luxury almost no other team could have.

[cato]

Mark "Club Trillion" Titus on Duke's Freshmen
https://www.theringer.com/college-ba...ish-rj-barrett

Fat Mamba?!? That one got me, I’ll admit. Now let’s see Mark say it to Zion’s face.

Heck, I doubt Kobe would have the stones to say something like that to Zion’s face.

[BandAlum83]

Fat Mamba?!? That one got me, I’ll admit. Now let’s see Mark say it to Zion’s face.

Heck, I doubt Kobe would have the stones to say something like that to Zion’s face.

Why do I get the feeling Zion would laugh and enjoy it if Kobe said it to him? Mark, not so sure. I bet Zion would give a long hard stare and laugh about it with his buddies afterward.

These guys seem like they just have fun!

[JayZee]

Why do I get the feeling Zion would laugh and enjoy it if Kobe said it to him? Mark, not so sure. I bet Zion would give a long hard stare and laugh about it with his buddies afterward.

These guys seem like they just have fun!

Plus, Zion is Iron, and knows it, so I can’t imagine him feeling insecure about being called fat.

I just hope he spends all of his time focused on injury prevention type exercises. His size and strength must put serious strains on his joints. Maybe K can connect him with Lebron who clearly knows a thing or two about keeping such a unique body type healthy and running.

[follyblue]

Mark "Club Trillion" Titus on Duke's Freshmen
https://www.theringer.com/college-ba...ish-rj-barrett

I wish someone would call me "Fat Mamba." They would be half right.

[whereinthehellami]

I thought it was an interesting, fun read. Yes, a few here will be offended by a few things Titus says (and if you're offended, not sure you've made it this far as a Duke fan. Embrace the hatred!).

I will say he's wrong about Cam vs RJ. RJ is a better scorer; Cam is better at everything else. Also, my rankings would go Joey < Tre < Zion < RJ < Cam.

I think the biggest difference is the hard to quantify, "warrior mentality/winner trait". RJ is a proven warrior/winner everywhere he has been. Cam not so much. To Cam's credit he wants to be pushed and that is a big reason why he signed with Coach K. I'm not sure how much of drive(?) can be taught but Cam has a perception of coasting. And i don't think it is the "he just makes it look easy variety". I watched a few of Cam's HS games and he was pretty easily beaten off the dribble. I'm hoping for the best with Cam but i think he will feed off of RJ and maybe even Zion, and be option 3 on offense. That might even work better for this team. and on defense and rebounding I think RJ and probably Zion will be more consistent. Gonna be a wild ride with the freshman on defense

[cato]

Why do I get the feeling Zion would laugh and enjoy it if Kobe said it to him? Mark, not so sure. I bet Zion would give a long hard stare and laugh about it with his buddies afterward.

These guys seem like they just have fun!

I’m sure Zion would handle it with aplomb.

I’m not so sure how many people, living or dead, would have the intestinal fortitude to mutter the words under Zion’s gave.

I am certain Mr. Titus would not.

But yes, it made me laugh out loud and was a highlight in a fun article that I bet all of the frosh would/do get a kick out of.

[JasonEvans]

Mark Titus wrote:

Barrett’s and Reddish’s skill sets feel somewhat redundant, with Reddish being a slightly better scorer and Barrett being a slightly better distributor.

The moment I read that, I stopped reading. Barrett is clearly the better scorer while Reddish (who was a 6-9 PG in high school and who played the point at times when he was on a team with Tre Jones at the McDonald's practices) is unquestionably the better passer/distributor.

I like Titus and think his writing has a fun, casual style to it, but he is in over his head here as he just doesn't know nearly enough about these guys to have an informed opinion.

[UrinalCake]

Injury update from the N&O. Summary: Tre is expected to be at full strength when the team returns to (reduced) practices this Monday. Reddish and Alex are not, but are expected to be ready for the start of official practices in about a month.

[Furniture]

Injury update from the N&O. Summary: Tre is expected to be at full strength when the team returns to (reduced) practices this Monday. Reddish and Alex are not, but are expected to be ready for the start of official practices in about a month.

Alex announcing that he is back 100%.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Alex_OC11...59417905766403

[Furniture]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DukeMBB/s...93710460260353

Luke, Grayson and Marshall. Working out on campus...

[Furniture]

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...219425925.html

The development of role players seems to be a consistent message from Duke these days and combined with other things feeds conjecture that Duke is preparing for the new recruiting rules...Maybe.

[mgtr]

With the amazing talent we have this year, I doubt that there will be enough ball to go around. Perhaps we could get special dispensation to play with two balls at the same time.

[TruBlu]

With the amazing talent we have this year, I doubt that there will be enough ball to go around. Perhaps we could get special dispensation to play with two balls at the same time.

Ain’t touching this post with a ten foot pole.

[Indoor66]

Ain’t touching this post with a ten foot pole.

The pole ain't the issue.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Oh Dear Lord...I saw this video...perhaps a lot of you've seen it, from a Duke practice a few days ago. It shows about 4 min of a scrimmage. It's interesting, but...
AOC rocking a man bun...NOOOOOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SEm6mb2en8

[flyingdutchdevil]

Oh Dear Lord...I saw this video...perhaps a lot of you've seen it, from a Duke practice a few days ago. It shows about 4 min of a scrimmage. It's interesting, but...
AOC rocking a man bun...NOOOOOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SEm6mb2en8

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

AOC should do whatever he wants. Because no matter how awesome/bad/beautiful/horrible his hair is, it is nowhere near that of Kyle Singler: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kyle-singler-haircuts/

[kAzE]

Oh Dear Lord...I saw this video...perhaps a lot of you've seen it, from a Duke practice a few days ago. It shows about 4 min of a scrimmage. It's interesting, but...
AOC rocking a man bun...NOOOOOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SEm6mb2en8

Is that technically a man bun? I think it might be too long for it be a bun at this point. He's in that awkward transition phase before true shoulder length hair. As someone who has grown out long hair, I can attest that there is no good way to wear your hair when it is AOC's length.