Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
I've not seen Lively play, but it sounds like from your description he could be one of the better defenders we've had in recent years at the C spot at handling ball-screens/PnRs, which have been a real weakness in our man-to-man defense in the one-and-done era where Coach K has had such great success in recruiting Top 10-level big men.
I'm no x and o expert like some others on the board, but it seemed to me that Mark Williams was quite good at that as the season progressed last year.
For those who've seen Lively play, would you expect him to be a plus defender on that aspect of the defense?
Mark Mitchell is planning to visit Duke again as well as UCLA, Kansas and Missouri.
But neither Chase nor Javin were RSCI #2, which is where Lively checks in as of a couple days ago (first 2022 RSCI rankings just came out).
Chase did finish in the 15 range, but there’s a pretty big delta b/w top 3 and mid-teens in my mind.
That said, the style of their games looks similar. More face-up style, bouncy big men, as opposed to face the basket types like Jay & Vernon (to steal DBA’s comparisons…)
Let’s hope he’s more Bagley than Jeter (if he chooses Duke)
Hope they start on time. I want dinner.
Duke!
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
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Let’s go Duke. JS is a stud recruiter.