Tapé replay - Patrick recommits to Duke!!

[accfanfrom1970]

Oh, great, another one-and-done!

Now that’s funny.

[Indoor66]

Welcome!

He's very likely to stick closely to his opponents while playing D.

And, of course, seal off the defender while he's playing down low.

(I'm done. I swear it. For now.)

I am sure he can wrap them up.

I think he should be called either Scotch of Duct.

[Saratoga2]

Great news. Tape gives us some more versatility and options inside. We appear to have a lot of options on the perimeter, so it is nice to now have options inside.

We have been hoping for a second big man and Tape fills the bill. I think he will get PT on the team.

[Tripping William]

I am sure he can wrap them up.

I think he should be called either Scotch of Duct.

He'll certainly help in masking some of our frontcourt flaws.

[miramar]

What are the people at Columbia Basketball Report saying?

I hope they’re not like the folks at Inside Carolina.

[heyman25]

We have been hoping for a second big man and Tape fills the bill. I think he will get PT on the team.

He seems like a more sure handed version of Javin DeLaurier. He also finishes around the basket. Very good addition. I am still hoping for Matthew Hurt and Wendell Moore to return.Cassius Stanley unlikely,but if he returns Duke will have a lot of firepower on offense.All our returnees will know what they need to do on defense.

[TKG]

What are the people at Columbia Basketball Report saying.

The three of them are sheltering in place.

[devildeac]

He'll certainly help in masking some of our frontcourt flaws.

(I gotta get up earlier in the morning; beat me to it.)

I'm packing it in today.

[budwom]

I've been predicting a grad-student transfer for five years.

So, I guess I'm at the Mendoza line.

But this is the wave of the future and I suspect Tape is the first of many.

And about time. Because it's the wave of the future and all.

Perhaps the reason we're getting one now is that the whole grad transfer thing is getting a lot more publicity, and evidently (as a result?) Tape sat out last year expressly to have this option...

[jv001]

In the video the young man seems to use both hands in finishing near the basket and it looks like he can put the ball on floor and get to the basket. He has good size as well. Welcome Mr. Tape.

GoDuke!

[lotusland]

(I gotta get up earlier in the morning; beat me to it.)

I'm packing it in today.

We’re certainly not adhering to past principles. I just hope we’re not plumbing the depths of the Ivey league for help in the post.

[BD80]

(I gotta get up earlier in the morning; beat me to it.)

I'm packing it in today.

I hear he is a great storyteller: Tale of the Tape.

He is a fantastic dancer: Tape Worm.

He carries around his own cinder blocks: Tape Measure.

He hunts from blinds: Duck Tape.

[dukelifer]

What are the people at Columbia Basketball Report saying?

I hope they’re not like the folks at Inside Carolina.

This has been known for year that he was saving his eligibility.

[-jk]

I hear he is a great storyteller: Tale of the Tape.

He is a fantastic dancer: Tape Worm.

He carries around his own cinder blocks: Tape Measure.

He hunts from blinds: Duck Tape.

the Duckie Dukie

-jk

[dukelifer]

I've been predicting a grad-student transfer for five years.

So, I guess I'm at the Mendoza line.

But this is the wave of the future and I suspect Tape is the first of many.

And about time. Because it's the wave of the future and all.

Another form of one and done.

[Indoor66]

I hear he is a great storyteller: Tale of the Tape.

He is a fantastic dancer: Tape Worm.

He carries around his own cinder blocks: Tape Measure.

He hunts from blinds: Duck Tape.

I think you mean "duct" tape. 🥴

[BD80]

I think you mean "duct" tape. 🥴

It was actually first called Duck tape due to its amphibious nature (it could go left, it could go right), before its use on ductwork.

[DavidBenAkiva]

Welcome to Duke! We were definitely light on the frontcourt so good to get another body there who could go to work.

So, if I'm counting correctly we're at 14 scholarships currently for next year. I assume Carey is going pro which brings us to 13...Do I have my numbers right? (Buckmire as a former walk on could also go off scholly if needed I assume.)

The current roster for 2020-21, as best I can tell:

SR: Buckmire (Walk-On) Goldwire, Tape (Grad Transfer)
JR: Baker
SO: Carey, Hurt, Moore, Stanley
FR: Brakefield, Coleman, Johnson, Roach, Steward, Severino (Walk-On), Williams, Worthington (Walk-On)

That's 13 scholarship players and 3 redshirt walk-on players. I assume Carey is gone, which brings the number to 12 scholarships. Stanley is most likely gone, too, so more like 11 scholarship with 3 walk-ons. Buckmire and Worthington will probably get a scholarship for the season. I hear Severino comes from money and his family can afford it.

If this is how things shape out, I really, really like this roster. It's 2 deep at every position with tons of athletic wings. It reminds me a lot of the 2018-19 squad but without high-end talent of Williamson, Barrett, and Reddish. What is has is a slew of athletic wings. Duke can and should switch every screen 2 through 4. There's experience at the PG and C positions as well as 5 star players at all the spots on the floor. There is shooting, there is height, there is length. It's a great roster, one of the more complete ones I have seen recently. Now hopefully a few of the lineups work out and we all get to enjoy watching this team come November.

[UrinalCake]

Another positive aspect of this commitment is that Hurt will likely never have to play the 5, unless we’re intentionally going with a small lineup. Prior to Tapés commitment I would have to imagine that was a concern of Hurt’s, and that it would negatively affect him like when Singler had to play the 5 his freshman year. Having two true centers on the roster, both of whom could hopefully be good defenders, is just what the doctor ordered for Hurt.

[-jk]

So is it Tape or Tapé?

-jk