What are the people at Columbia Basketball Report saying?
I hope they’re not like the folks at Inside Carolina.
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.
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!
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.
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.
So is it Tape or Tapé?
-jk