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There's always been this perception among a sizable percentage of Duke fans that Derrick Williams' performance in that game was an anomaly; that he was a stiff who never did much before or after. It just isn't true. Derrick Williams was a legitimately excellent player for Arizona in 2010-2011...

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My interpretation of Scheyer's "good sprain" line (based on the wording, inflection, and tone of voice, plus the context immediately before that line) is that he didn't mean "good" in a "favorable vs unfavorable" sense; he meant it is a serious, not minor, sprain. Like if someone says "wow, I...

The combination of small sample sizes and selective memories that drive perceptions of players is remarkable. Aside from the fact that Tyrese Proctor has generally played excellent defense and is a valuable connector on offense who provides spacing and keeps the ball moving, there’s this: Last...

You are looking at Basketball Reference’s regular season list. Redick does not make the top 250 because, as you note, he scored 12,028 regular season points, well short of #250 Dell Curry’s 12,670 regular season points. BBREF also has a list of combined regular & postseason points. Redick does...

Here’s each player’s rank on his own team in percentage of conference minutes played: Wilkinson: 1st Powell: 2nd Jackson: 2nd Oquendo: 4th Evans: 6th Brown: 9th I get that many voters consider more than just conference games, and that most voters don’t do much considering of anything at all...

I’m too lazy to do the math but at a quick glance I think Sanford, Pittsburgh, and Georgia Tech would all have positive conference efficiency margins were it not for the scale of their losses to Duke.

But if you filter on Torvik for games played since March 3, 2025, Duke and Carolina are #3 and #4, with just a hair separation. Even more concerning, if you filter for games played since March 4, 2025, Carolina is #3 and Duke is nowhere to be found. Ominous. More seriously (if boringly): IMO...

One more bit of context for comparing the two: Here's what Flagg & Broome have done in Kenpom Tier A games* VS TIER A G %MIN USG% ORTG TS% OR% DR% A% TO% BLK% ST% Flagg 8 83.1 31.0 108.9 .553 4.8 23.6 16.2 13.6 4.6 2.4 Broome 17 74.6 30.5 119.4 .534 14.1 26.6 22.5 8.2 8.3 1.6 I've...

Here's a March 3 update of the data I presented a month ago to provide context for this discussion. PER GAME MPG PTS REB A BLK STL TOV SOS NCSOS PLAYER A 30.9 19.3 7.5 4.1 1.1 1.6 2.2 62 21 PLAYER B 29.2 18.4 10.8 3.3 2.4 0.8 1.3 1 16 PER 100 POS PTS REB A BLK STL TOV SOS NCSOS...

Indeed you did not. But this entire thread is a comparison of Flagg and Broome, so I thought it would be useful for people to know that if we're mentally adjusting Flagg's numbers for the fact that he plays fewer minutes because of blowouts 1) Flagg plays more minutes than Broome and 2) Flagg...

Like I said in response to your suggestion that Broome is padding his stats by playing big minutes in blowouts: Cooper Flagg has played 30+ minutes in eight 15-point wins; Broome has done so once.* I am extremely skeptical that there exists data that would offer convincing support for the...

Flagg is averaging more MPG than Broome. A couple weeks ago, another poster asserted that Flagg is playing fewer minutes than Broome, who is padding his stats by playing big minutes in blowout games. As I noted at the time, “There has not been a single game this year that Auburn won by 15 or...

Yeah, I don’t see the Doncic comp at all. Doncic has a creativity and diversity in his passing that very few players in the history of basketball have exhibited, and Kon’s passing game is nothing like that — a difference of kind, not just degree. I guess maybe people mean “Kon is like Luka...

Also Flagg & Proctor both had 2 fouls relatively (though not extremely) early. Things might’ve played out differently if Illinois had gone inside more, where they were successful and might’ve been able to get some Duke players in foul trouble. I think Duke probably still would have won...

I’ve been mildly concerned about Duke’s defense slipping for a little while; there have been warning signs — the last 10 or so minutes against UNC (tempting to dismiss at the time as simply letting up with a big lead, but … maybe not); the Clemson game; Illinois. Somewhat comforting: I just...

There has not been a single game this year that Auburn won by 15 or more points and Broome played 30 or more minutes. Cooper Flag has played 30 or more minuets in 8 games Duke won by 15 or more points. For the season, Cooper Flagg is averaging 31.5 minutes per game. Broome is averaging 29...

A regular feature of this thread seems to be people who don’t watch much NBA basketball stopping by a thread about NBA basketball to announce that NBA basketball is bad, often on the grounds that all the teams play the same style. Here’s an interesting piece about that. I don’t think this has...

Also that is not a list of Naismith National POY winners from Duke. The Naismith Award was first handed out in 1969, after Heyman’s career was over. Eight Duke players have won the award: Dawkins Ferry Laettner Brand Battier Williams Redick Williamson (I don’t mean to pile on and hope this...

Some context for this discussion as of February 3. PER GAME MPG PTS REB A BLK STL TOV SOS NCSOS PLAYER A 32.1 20.0 8.0 4.2 1.2 1.5 2.7 41 35 PLAYER B 28.3 18.3 11.2 3.1 2.7 0.7 1.3 1 18 PER 100 PTS REB A BLK STL TOV SOS NCSOS PLAYER A 37.4 14.9 8.0 2.3 2.9 5.1 41 35 PLAYER B 37.8...