Similar but...
Originally Posted by
jv001
This Duke team is a much different team than the last several Duke teams. By that I mean to me it looks like a Duke team of the past, where players are not OND. We have players that if they don't leave until at least their junior year, could be very good. DJ, Roach, Brakefield and Williams could be great players by their 3rd year in the program. Without regular preseason work, I'm not too surprised to see the team playing like this. There's no Zion, Ingram, Tatum, RJ type players on the roster. We do have some guys that can be very good if they stick around. Time will tell. At least we have some games we can watch them grow in.
GoDuke!
I agree that this team is similar to past teams in not having ONDs. But would you agree that our good teams in the past also had quality veteran leadership. This team doesn't have enough of that [only Goldwire would qualify], and it shows. This year our talent level seems closer to our opponents while we are younger, less experienced.
And, secondly, I don't understand how Duke teams can come out flat so often. My eyeballs showed me that and Roach confirmed it. I mean, guys, haven't you been desperately itching to play basketball? How can you possibly come out flat?
“I love it. Coach, when we came here, we had a three-hour meeting about the core values. If you really represent the core values, it means diving on the floor, sacrificing your body for your teammates, no matter how much you’re up by or how much you’re down by, always playing hard.” -- Zion