Why do you think he was faking? Sometimes you twist your shoulder the wrong way and it really hurts, but there is no long-term issue.
Yep. Happens to me sometimes when I try getting out of bed.
Why do you think he was faking? Sometimes you twist your shoulder the wrong way and it really hurts, but there is no long-term issue.
I love these posts as always and thank you for making them. Is a 34.6% OR% mediocre? I think that is Duke's season average and they are top-50 in the country. I mean, I don't think Duke should throw a parade but it seems at least okay.Metrics
The defense was absolutely stifling in this one; our best defensive performance of the season. The offense had a slow start and a bit of a blip in the second half, but was otherwise pretty darn good. Always nice when you can beat arguably the second best team in the conference by more than 25.
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OR%: 34.6% (mediocre)
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If Foster was one of them and he was getting shots up after the game, he is really working his butt off to get out of his rut.
You see this take a lot on DBR in regard to Foster. What rut is he in? A season long rut? He is averaging 6.7 ppg on the year. I’m not sure what people are expecting out of him at this point. When do we collectively just acknowledge that this is going to be who he is this year?If Foster was one of them and he was getting shots up after the game, he is really working his butt off to get out of his rut.
A lack of any meaningful contact has me coming to my conclusion.I agree. It looked to me like his shoulder popped out and then almost immediately back in. It hurts for a few minutes, then feels better. It used to happen to Chris Carrawell a lot in his playing days. My only question from this game is why didn’t Gillis see the floor in the second half after playing so well in the first half?
I have seen enough flashes of excellent play from Caleb this season to think there may be another level he can reach this season. I don't know how confident I am that it will happen, but I wouldn't be shocked if it did.You see this take a lot on DBR in regard to Foster. What rut is he in? A season long rut? He is averaging 6.7 ppg on the year. I’m not sure what people are expecting out of him at this point. When do we collectively just acknowledge that this is going to be who he is this year?
Yes, this.I have seen enough flashes of excellent play from Caleb this season to think there may be another level he can reach this season. I don't know how confident I am that it will happen, but I wouldn't be shocked if it did.
I get your point. I'm just trying to be optimistic because there have been flashes. Also, he was 41 percent from 3 last year on ok volume and 32 this year. His ft percentage has also gone down 10 points. It just feels like he's playing with zero confidence and yes, maybe that's what he is this year. He didn't have a fully healthy off-season which I'm sure can really hinder your growth.You see this take a lot on DBR in regard to Foster. What rut is he in? A season long rut? He is averaging 6.7 ppg on the year. I’m not sure what people are expecting out of him at this point. When do we collectively just acknowledge that this is going to be who he is this year?
On the debate re Scheyer’s keeping the starters in ‘til the end, the reference here to time stamps is useful. Best I can tell, none of us who are critical have said Scheyer should have substituted as early as 6:30. Nor even as early as 4:06, when Flagg dunked on a drive down the lane to make it 66-47. Proctor’s 3-pointer at 3:06, making it a 22-point lead, 69-47 might be the time-stamp turning point.In terms of the starters at the end, I’d have to check the time stamps but Jon did something similar against VTech. After liberal subbing and line-up switches in the first half, he did much less in the second half and played a core line-up, with maybe Brown for Man Man, for a long stretch. He didn’t extend it to the end of the game, but, as others have pointed out, we were only up 12 when Jon called a TO with 6:30 left to focus us.
Rethinking my whole ex-pat plan now...My brother! I’m in Playa Chiquita in Costa Rica! We finished eating in time but the Internet connection wasn’t sufficient to watch the game, but I did follow the score on espn.com and from what I could see, wink, it was a really strong performance!
Go Duke! 9F!
One turnover on Proctor was a missed call by the ref. How many of those were there/I was going to make this exact point - just phenomenal defense. I also noticed that Pitt was the first team to repeatedly get Maluach switched onto a guard defensively, yet they couldn't take advantage. Held them to about 30% both from two and from three, and as a team Pitt was averaging 84ppg yet we held them to 47.
It didn't even feel like we played our best game, as we had way too many turnovers (14), many of which were careless, we werent hitting free throws, and our offense took a while to get going as has often been the case this season. But our defense just carries us through any offensive lulls, and once we get rolling it's game over.
I have been thinking for the last month that given Tyrese’s efficiency and consistency that it might make sense to generate more opportunities for him to shoot.You look at Tyrese, particularly how he's ascending right now amidst the growth of our team, and you see the kind of development we wanted and he needed. He's become a real dynamic and confident player, understanding the actions, initiating and making the right plays (including some really nice passing and skip passing), his three pointer is more reliable and dare-I-say approaching knockdown level, his defense was always solid, and he's become more vocal and demonstrative (which generally feels like it correlates with confidence, desire, and results)
This is huge. I felt like at the beginning of the season he was a liability on that end and that is no longer the case. And a huge percentage of that seems to be attitude and effort.Kon deserves the same kudos, he is also playing his butt off on that end and gets roasted less and less.
Hang this in the LouvreView attachment 19016Sorry to be the guy posting pics but this is even better than the last one.
OR%: 34.6% (mediocre)
I love these posts as always and thank you for making them. Is a 34.6% OR% mediocre? I think that is Duke's season average and they are top-50 in the country. I mean, I don't think Duke should throw a parade but it seems at least okay.
in my professional life so always appreciate your writeups. Understand that your categorizations are directional and intended to be informative, but interested to see 34.6% OR% to be labelled as "mediocre". What you would want to see to categorize as "normal" or "good"?
I sometimes manage to generate some pretty good shoulder pain without any contact, so I am more sympathetic to Mr. Austin.A lack of any meaningful contact has me coming to my conclusion.