With the new year of 2020 coming up, it's the time of year that Coach K begins to shorten his lineups for ACC play. If we are to believe the prognosticators(-23) tonight might not be the first game Coach does indeed shorten the lineup. We don't have that many players that are very good on both defense and offense. I think we may actually see the rotation shorten to around 9 players but not the same 9 players each game. For sure we'll see Tre and Vernon being our two most used players but after that it could get very interesting.
Others:
Cassius has impressed me on defense and has a good looking jumper.
Matthew seems to be a decent shooter and decent defender, but not a good rebounder.
Joey is a good shooter but not a great defender.
Alex is another good shooter . See Joey as a defender
Jack is a good defender and rebounder but his offense is still a negative.
Javin had played some really good games coming into the holiday break. I hated to see that interrupted. He's a good shot blocker and knows the Duke man2man.
Goldwire has played good defense and actual shot better this season.
Wendell plays pretty good defense but is yet to find his fit offensively. So far his outside shot is a question mark but his midrange shot looks good.
If I had to guess at a starting lineup it would be: Tre, Vernon, Cassius, White and one of Joey, Alex or Hurt. Minutes will be determined on how well Baker and O'Connell shoot it from 3 and how Hurt Improves his rebounding. Javin plays when spelling Vernon. Goldwire will get minutes because he can play defense and gives Duke another ball handler. When it comes to Wendell I don't have a clue to how Coach K is going to use him. So far it looks like Coach is going to use him as a ball handler(point forward).
All that to say; we still might see that 9 or 10 man rotation.
GoDuke!