Zion Williamson named ACC player, rookie of week

[jimsumner]

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200

[kAzE]

The first of many.

[moonpie23]

damn DOUBLE str8

[PackMan97]

Well deserved.

[brevity]

But was it unanimous?

This stat is insane:

His 55 points are the second-most by a Duke player—regardless of class—through the first two games under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Only the 56 by teammate RJ Barrett are more.

I don’t know what’s going to happen this season — I feel more and more alienated by DBR’s sometimes toxic predictive culture — but I will guess that a lot of records are going to be broken.

[UrinalCake]

He shot a mere 22/27 from the field (81.5%) with 23 rebounds.

[camion]

Kudos to Zion for his play this week. I must say though that I am a bit worried about the dropoff in Zion's shooting from game 1 (11 of 13) to game 2 (11 of 14). He's taking more shot(s), but not making any more baskets.

If the trend continues then by the end of the regular season he will be shooting something like 11 of 43 for the final UNC game.



On the other hand if we extrapolate his blocked shot rate in a similar way then I don't see how the Heels get off a single shot.

[jimsumner]

Mike Gminski is the only other Duke player to have at least 25 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks in the same game.

G-man did it twice.

And some pretty good post players have cycled through Cameron.

Duke has a week off in December, due to exams. That might be the only week this season when a Duke player does not win the ACC rookie of the week award.

[devildeac]

Kudos to Zion for his play this week. I must say though that I am a bit worried about the dropoff in Zion's shooting from game 1 (11of 13) to game 2 (11 of 14). He's taking more shot(s), but not making any more baskets.

If the trend continues then by the end of the regular season he will be shooting something like 11 of 43 for the final UNC game.



On the other hand if we extrapolate his blocked shot rate in a similar way then I don't see how the Heels get off a single shot.

Please extrapolate your second line of reasoning to his rebound stats, too.

[kAzE]

Please extrapolate your second line of reasoning to his rebound stats, too.

the final stat line: 25 points on 11 of 40 shooting, 45 rebounds and 30 blocked shots. I'll take Duke in that game

[jimsumner]

the final stat line: 25 points on 11 of 40 shooting, 45 rebounds and 30 blocked shots. I'll take Duke in that game

If he's missing 29 shots, I suspect he's padding that rebound stat with some Moses Malone rebounds.

[brlftz]

If he's missing 29 shots, I suspect he's padding that rebound stat with some Moses Malone rebounds.

I don't think DBR is ever going to let me spork you again, but that was good.

PS: I keep sporking everyone I see, but oh well, if you've ever sporked someone you're done. Are the rules made explicit somewhere?

[Kedsy]

PS: I keep sporking everyone I see, but oh well, if you've ever sporked someone you're done. Are the rules made explicit somewhere?

North Carolina Criminal Code.

[devildeac]

If he's missing 29 shots, I suspect he's padding that rebound stat with some Moses Malone rebounds.

As long as he's leading us to the promised land.

[OldPhiKap]

As long as he's leading us to the promised land.

Hoboken?

[devildeac]

Hoboken?

Nah, we're talking Moses here, not Sinatra or Eli Manning.

Think this:

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[Clipsfan]

Kudos to Zion for his play this week. I must say though that I am a bit worried about the dropoff in Zion's shooting from game 1 (11 of 13) to game 2 (11 of 14). He's taking more shot(s), but not making any more baskets.

If the trend continues then by the end of the regular season he will be shooting something like 11 of 43 for the final UNC game.



On the other hand if we extrapolate his blocked shot rate in a similar way then I don't see how the Heels get off a single shot.

If White hadn't dumped the ball off to him with almost time on the clock at the end of the first half it would have been a much more palatable 11-13.

[camion]

If White hadn't dumped the ball off to him with almost time on the clock at the end of the first half it would have been a much more palatable 11-13.

While that would be correct if it had happened the actual stats are what I'm working from.


I prefer to deal in the real rather than mere conjecture. I'm not making up these numbers.
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Oh, Wait.

[DevilHorse]

Zion is practically a cartoon character. Now that Stan Lee is no longer writing the script, we'll see if the script changes.

Larry
DevilHorse

[Troublemaker]

I don’t know what’s going to happen this season — I feel more and more alienated by DBR’s sometimes toxic predictive culture — but I will guess that a lot of records are going to be broken.

That's too cryptic to be helpful, brevity. Let us know what you think is the problem. Name names even! Am I a problem, for example, with all my pie betting? Is the ACC Degenerates thread a problem? I would hope that we all have our big boy pants on and can handle constructive criticism from you or others. If there really is "toxic predictive culture" that is alienating folks like you, I would certainly want to know what that is and examine my place in it if I have one. We might end up disagreeing, but I'd look at it closely.