Two comments:
1. I love seeing Lively's smile. Love it.
2. Khaman's arms are bent and still they reach closer to his knees than his belt! Wow!
2024-2025 Men’s Basketball Season: General Offseason Discussion
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Two comments:
1. I love seeing Lively's smile. Love it.
2. Khaman's arms are bent and still they reach closer to his knees than his belt! Wow!
MarkD83
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It’s a perspective thing. He is standing further in the background so only appears shorterFunny video on the MBB Instagram account of Mark, when he looked at the picture, complaining to the photographer that he looks short!
SkyBrickey
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That photo should be labeled Big Man U. The combined standing reach of those three has to be pretty close to 29 feet. And Khaman might still be growing...It’s a perspective thing. He is standing further in the background so only appears shorter
SkyBrickey
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So much great content out on dukembb Instagram from the weekend. What a huge boost to our recruiting efforts. Here's another good one..
SavDukeGrad
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Exactly what I was thinking. All these former players, many currently in the NBA, seem to love coming back. And have a great time playing with the current players while they are here. That has to matter to a lot of recruits. Just hope it impressed the Boozer twins.
brevity
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Adam Zagoria posted the Blue Ribbon Preseason All-Americans, and Cooper Flagg made the 2nd team. Normally I'd put this in the general/national preseason thread, where it belongs, but this is just going to become another Flagg discussion, so I put it here in the Duke thread instead.
When I embedded the post, it shortened the image and cut out the first team. I'm just typing it out instead.
First Team
RJ Davis, UNC
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Alex Karaban, Connecticut
Caleb Love, Arizona
Mark Sears, Alabama
Second Team
Johni Broome, Auburn
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Braden Smith, Purdue
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Third Team
Robbie Avila, Saint Louis
Graham Ike, Gonzaga
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
J'Wan Roberts, Houston
Fourth Team
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
LJ Cryer, Houston
Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB
Great Osobor, Washington
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
I've never heard of Yaxel Lendeborg. He's a former 3-year JUCO player who averaged over 13 points and 10 rebounds last season for UAB. If I were intent on picking a double-double machine for the Fourth Team, I'd have picked Norchad Omier, now at Baylor.
GoDuke also reports that Blue Ribbon named Flagg the Newcomer of the Year.
goduke.com
When I embedded the post, it shortened the image and cut out the first team. I'm just typing it out instead.
First Team
RJ Davis, UNC
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Alex Karaban, Connecticut
Caleb Love, Arizona
Mark Sears, Alabama
Second Team
Johni Broome, Auburn
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Braden Smith, Purdue
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Third Team
Robbie Avila, Saint Louis
Graham Ike, Gonzaga
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
J'Wan Roberts, Houston
Fourth Team
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
LJ Cryer, Houston
Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB
Great Osobor, Washington
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
I've never heard of Yaxel Lendeborg. He's a former 3-year JUCO player who averaged over 13 points and 10 rebounds last season for UAB. If I were intent on picking a double-double machine for the Fourth Team, I'd have picked Norchad Omier, now at Baylor.
GoDuke also reports that Blue Ribbon named Flagg the Newcomer of the Year.
Flagg Named Newcomer of the Year, Preseason All-American by Blue Ribbon - Duke University
Duke men's basketball freshman Cooper Flagg has been named Newcomer of the Year and Preseason Second Team All-American by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook.
goduke.com
brevity
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Cross-posted from the WBB thread.
Hat tip to the Syracusefan.com board for posting this info. The ACC Tip-Off is their preseason media event, where coaches and a couple of players from each team will take part in some Q&A sessions. This is probably when the conference releases its preseason poll and awards as well.
If it's like the football version that happened last July, you can watch it live on ACCNX or find some very short clips on ACC Digital Network on YouTube later.
Hat tip to the Syracusefan.com board for posting this info. The ACC Tip-Off is their preseason media event, where coaches and a couple of players from each team will take part in some Q&A sessions. This is probably when the conference releases its preseason poll and awards as well.
If it's like the football version that happened last July, you can watch it live on ACCNX or find some very short clips on ACC Digital Network on YouTube later.
brevity
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Jon Rothstein will talk to Jon Scheyer this week on his College Hoops Today podcast:
I think it’s released on Wednesday. Click here to find a list of his most recent podcasts.
I think it’s released on Wednesday. Click here to find a list of his most recent podcasts.
I love D Live so much, but hope his isn’t giving Khaman free throw shooting tips!
brevity
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JasonEvans
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I can neither confirm nor deny that I spoke to a Duke coach today about K2. I also cannot confirm that said coach described him as criminally underrated (even by the Duke coaching staff), deceptively athletic, and a good defender.
None of this can be confirmed at this time...
...But tomorrow morning --- https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/RRTET7320327183
None of this can be confirmed at this time...
...But tomorrow morning --- https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/RRTET7320327183
MarkD83
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You sound like deep throat the Watergate source for Woodward an Berstein
SkyBrickey
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But did he call him Baby Luka?
What else would you expect from a Kon Man?!
mph
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Got mine this morning. Is it November yet?!
mph
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To be over? Yes!