View Poll Results: Who drafted the best team of Dukies?

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  • Donald's team - Zion, Shelden, JJ, Singler, Kyrie

    16 12.21%
  • Jason's team - Shane, JWill, Johnny, Elton, Dunleavy

    58 44.27%
  • Sam's team - Grant, Christian, Bobby, Marvin, Nolan

    57 43.51%
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  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15 View Post
    All I can say is generally accepted Hot Rising NBA Player Tatum was drafted TWENTY THIRD.
    Based on college production .

  2. #22
    Quote Originally Posted by Acymetric View Post
    Based on college production .
    What an amazing testament to Duke's greatness

  3. #23
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    With Zion and Shelden offering an impervious defense, JJ and Kyle's shooting, and Kyrie leading the play, that team easily tops the others for me. (And of course Zion and Shelden weren't too shabby on offense, either. )

    Boozer, Scheyer and Jones off the bench seals it up.
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

  4. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by MarkD83 View Post
    Shane would "D" up Laettner so much that after the 3rd charge drawn, L would stomp on him and get ejected. .

    Dunleavy would hit 3 threes in a row ...JWill would score 10 points in 60 seconds...Ferry would score 58...Duhon would go coast to coast...and Johnny would throw down a reverse dunk and this game would be OVER...
    Laettner would smartly step outside the arc and draw Battier away from the lane by draining a few threes. Assuming Battier could still contain Laettner, which is a big if, that just frees Hurley to play two-man ball with Grant, while Bagley and Smith run screens. Nobody is stopping Grant if he’s given that scenario to be creative. I’ll take Sam’s team.

  5. #25
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    I’m surprised Sam’s team isn’t getting more love. It has the all around best player in Duke history on it — that he was taken 3rd is a crime!

    Edit: sam’s team. Talking about GH.
    Last edited by bundabergdevil; 09-08-2021 at 10:12 PM.

  6. #26
    Donald's team. You have the all-time Duke leading scorer, the all-time Duke leading rebounder, the guys who will end up the first and third best all-time Duke NBA players, and then the worst starter is a Final Four MVP. JJ and Zion are too perfect a combo.

  7. #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkD83 View Post
    Shane would "D" up Laettner so much that after the 3rd charge drawn, L would stomp on him and get ejected. .

    Dunleavy would hit 3 threes in a row ...JWill would score 10 points in 60 seconds...Ferry would score 58...Duhon would go coast to coast...and Johnny would throw down a reverse dunk and this game would be OVER...
    I like the cut of your jib, sir. And I could not agree more!!
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  8. #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred View Post
    With Zion and Shelden offering an impervious defense, JJ and Kyle's shooting, and Kyrie leading the play, that team easily tops the others for me. (And of course Zion and Shelden weren't too shabby on offense, either. )
    That was my initial reaction, as well, but it is awfully hard for me to pick against a team with Hurley, Hill, and Laettner. I seem to remember them having some pretty decent results playing together, no conjecture necessary.

  9. #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15 View Post
    What an amazing testament to Duke's greatness
    Elton Brand didn't even make it into the top 10!

  10. #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Acymetric View Post
    That was my initial reaction, as well, but it is awfully hard for me to pick against a team with Hurley, Hill, and Laettner. I seem to remember them having some pretty decent results playing together, no conjecture necessary.
    Part of my calculus is that if we’re truly only going off college performance then you’re getting freshman Zion and Kyrie against senior Hill and Laettner. As good as Zion and Kyrie were as freshmen, that’s a tough sell.

  11. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by bundabergdevil View Post
    Part of my calculus is that if we’re truly only going off college performance then you’re getting freshman Zion and Kyrie against senior Hill and Laettner. As good as Zion and Kyrie were as freshmen, that’s a tough sell.
    I also think enough time has passed (crap) that people are starting to underrate that squad. Now I know how all the 60s/70s/80s fans felt 15 years ago. Grant Hill is an all time great, not just at Duke (as was Laettner). I think I'm starting to be convinced my hesitance at voting for the Zion squad was warranted.

    Edit: To me the main thing that drags that squad down is Bagley. He just isn't at the same level as the other guys in those starting 5s. Honestly the second team isn't getting much hype, but J-Will, Shane, Elton, and Johnny Dawkins is nasty. With a splash of Dunleavy for good measure.

  12. #32
    Quote Originally Posted by bundabergdevil View Post
    Part of my calculus is that if we’re truly only going off college performance then you’re getting freshman Zion and Kyrie against senior Hill and Laettner. As good as Zion and Kyrie were as freshmen, that’s a tough sell.
    Exactly, which is why I picked Sam’s team. There’s just no way that I’m picking against Laettner, Hill, and Hurley as seniors. And there’s absolutely no one on that list that is more clutch than Christian. I’ll take clutchness, bada**ness and experience over athleticism (even Zion’s) any day of the week.

  13. #33
    Quote Originally Posted by JasonEvans View Post
    Donald felt he saw enough to make Kyrie his starting PG. YMMV.
    Just like Coach K

  14. #34
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    I am loathe to pick any team that doesn’t have Johnny Dawkins on it. I always loved his game. Smooth graceful and a surpassing athleticism that no other Duke player including in my opinion, Zion and Grant Hill, has matched.

    But this debate tilts on the six man comparisons in my opinion. Boozer for all his contributions which were substantial doesn’t bring anything extra to his team that isn’t provided by the front line bigs. So this comes down to an argument between Luol Deng and Danny ferry. Tough tough choice. Against college competition both Deng and Ferry Could adjust to any defense. Actually I think Ferry was the better college player by a good bit. He was a critical reason Duke went to three final fours in his four years. But something about the complementary nature of Deng particularly on a team with Grant Hill Tilts the scales to Sam’s team. Further if we’re talking about the college game you want a college point guard.The list of great college point cards begins withBobby Hurley.

    Finally you really should look at front office management as well. I don’t know who the Sam dude is but I’ve heard Jason‘s losses in Vegas are legendary. That front office has to be an absolute mess. Ain’t no way I’m voting for any team Jason Evans Selects. I want luck on my side Not someone who is drawing to an inside straight.
    Last edited by CameronBlue; 09-09-2021 at 06:35 AM.

  15. #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by Acymetric View Post
    Elton Brand didn't even make it into the top 10!
    And Alarie, Banks, Ingram, Langdon, Amaker, Scheyer, Allen, Kennard or any Henderson didn’t get selected.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acymetric View Post
    To me the main thing that drags that squad down is Bagley. He just isn't at the same level as the other guys in those starting 5s. Honestly the second team isn't getting much hype, but J-Will, Shane, Elton, and Johnny Dawkins is nasty. With a splash of Dunleavy for good measure.
    I fully agree with the above take on Bagley. He’s the worst starter out there. The fact that he got take while Danny Ferry (arguably among the ten best Dukies of all time) was still available is pretty absurd, IMO.
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  17. #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by NSDukeFan View Post
    And Alarie, Banks, Ingram, Langdon, Amaker, Scheyer, Allen, Kennard or any Henderson didn’t get selected.
    The Alaskan Assassin is on Sam's team.
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

  18. #38
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    Quote Originally Posted by NSDukeFan View Post
    And Alarie, Banks, Ingram, Langdon, Amaker, Scheyer, Allen, Kennard or any Henderson didn’t get selected.
    Quote Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred View Post
    The Alaskan Assassin is on Sam's team.
    I'm guessing NSDukeFan just looked at the poll, which only lists the starters. If you (NSDukeFan) go back and look at the first post in the thread, you can see the full teams including the bench. Langdon was picked by Sam (as CB&B noted), and Scheyer was picked by Donald.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acymetric View Post
    I'm guessing NSDukeFan just looked at the poll, which only lists the starters. If you (NSDukeFan) go back and look at the first post in the thread, you can see the full teams including the bench. Langdon was picked by Sam (as CB&B noted), and Scheyer was picked by Donald.
    And if you listen to the pod, we discussed Allen, Ingram, Kennard, Amaker, and Alarie not being selected. In fact, I sorta wanted to replace Tatum with Alarie, Ingram, or Kennard as my last pick.
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  20. #40
    I went with Jason's team since I felt it had the best backcourt and the best balance of offense and defense. They are all great teams and I think if they played seven game series they would all go to seven games.

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