Here were my Major Takeaways: 1) JJ, yes this is a title contender. It is Jon Scheyer’s first legit Final 4 roster as I said months ago. But I was most impressed by how much of a leader Cooper Flagg already is. This game started off extremely rocky (until Malauch entered) and Flagg was leading by example. He had another one of his staple weak-side shot blocks and then looks at his teammates demanding better performances (accountability). He helps lift up Harris off the deck (cares about his teammates), and he leads the team in scoring on limited minutes. Nearly 1 PT per minute (22 in 24 minutes wow!). He’s already shaping into Duke’s leader. A 17 year old…. 2) Proctor is a Must Start at PG. I have been on the fence the entire off season and my initial thought was the correct one. He didn’t look “clean” but the offensive flow, spacing, and transition is much more authentic. Foster is too ball dominant to play PG for this team and should come off the bench. I was happy to see Foster’s defense wasn’t complete garbage like it was at Countdown to craziness. Proctor had some embarrassing shots near the rim, but as we saw in the game, just him getting near the rim our size can complete the job for him. It’s funny, I think Proctor is going to have some ugly moments all year, but overall has a great season. He just has that I don’t care feel to him. 3) Jon Scheyer has no idea what talent he has. The lineup was far to helter skelter than it needed to be. There is absolutely no reason Khaman Malauch should come off the bench at this point in the season. Sure enough, Duke’s offense took off when he entered. His size is game changing. I don’t know how many times I have to emphasize it. All those offensive rebounds will turn into 3 points that bury our opponent. That is what will catapult point separation in games. Malauch DOES NOT need to shoot from 3. Maliq Brown is reliable. He has a nice touch and shot 37% last year. But Maluach was a low 30% 3PT shooter, inconsistent. Now I will admit, his shot, especially from the FT line looked more technical than in BAL a few months ago. But there are WAY TO MANY sharp shooters on this team to justify Maluach not under the rim rebounding. PERIOD! Brown isn’t 7’2.” Secondly, Isaiah Evans shouldn’t be one of the last guys coming off the bench. And he shouldn’t be rotting away on the bench for the entire 1st half. When you have a guy who can single handedly assassinate the other team you help develop him. He needs to build chemistry on offense and defense because there will be nights when certain key guys go cold. I don’t think Gillis or Harris should get minutes over Evans. I understand Jon wants to be tougher this season and those guys have larger frames, but the ceiling comes down playing those 2 over Evans. Those guys are offensively limited. Evans is unique. 4) It’s a shame it’s K2 and not K3. He’s awesome! He does everything you want. Plays physical, knows how to use is body, crafty and tricky, high IQ, competes for every rebound and every 50-50 ball, highly efficient shooter, very high IQ. But if Jon Scheyer is going to play him 30+ minutes he has to make a significant jump in his defense. Guards seem to have no trouble driving to the basket and scoring at the rim over him. Personally, I think Kon should be the 6th man of the year. Bring him in for a spark off the bench. Let Proctor, Sion, Flagg, Brown, and Maluach show how tough you are, and then bring your boys off the bench and let this game get loose real quick! 5) This was just one game. Duke did exactly what they were expected to do as a National Title Contender. If Duke only won by 20, I would have had serious questions of how good this team really is. Very fun finish to this game, but it was only 1 exhibition game. This will be a long, TOUGH season. Let’s keep things into perspective and continue to compete hard to get progressively better week by week.
Take a shot every time jj refers to them as “Duke men’s basketball team” We didn’t forget that this is a basketball video jj We don’t all of a sudden think you are talking about the football program. lol
Ya boy Issac Schade, either can’t see the talent or he’s scared of it! I think you 2 should do a preseason collab now and then come Duke vs UNC time do like y’all normally do
No it's not that he's scared or none of that we ain't never scared of Duke the fact is that they always name you all the preseason national champions y'all about worser than the cowboys fans delusional it's ridiculous
@@lealak613Are you absolutely clueless ??? UNC has 2 of the best players in the ACC this year. Did you watch UNC go to a hostile Memphis and win by nearly double digits WITHOUT RJ Davis??? Seth Trimble is the second coming of RJ. He’s very very good. Duke has them beat in size, but there is no doubt Duke and UNC will be battling it out for first once again this year.
it was a d2 team with ZERO defense , literally none. any top program would of done this and even more of a blowout and cooper shoulda of had atleast 30
Nah, last season nearly everyone acknowledged Duke missed on the transfer portal for brining in a legit C… not doing so meant Flip and Mitchell had to play different positions than their freshmen season.
Here were my Major Takeaways:
1) JJ, yes this is a title contender. It is Jon Scheyer’s first legit Final 4 roster as I said months ago. But I was most impressed by how much of a leader Cooper Flagg already is. This game started off extremely rocky (until Malauch entered) and Flagg was leading by example. He had another one of his staple weak-side shot blocks and then looks at his teammates demanding better performances (accountability). He helps lift up Harris off the deck (cares about his teammates), and he leads the team in scoring on limited minutes. Nearly 1 PT per minute (22 in 24 minutes wow!). He’s already shaping into Duke’s leader. A 17 year old….
2) Proctor is a Must Start at PG. I have been on the fence the entire off season and my initial thought was the correct one. He didn’t look “clean” but the offensive flow, spacing, and transition is much more authentic. Foster is too ball dominant to play PG for this team and should come off the bench. I was happy to see Foster’s defense wasn’t complete garbage like it was at Countdown to craziness. Proctor had some embarrassing shots near the rim, but as we saw in the game, just him getting near the rim our size can complete the job for him. It’s funny, I think Proctor is going to have some ugly moments all year, but overall has a great season. He just has that I don’t care feel to him.
3) Jon Scheyer has no idea what talent he has. The lineup was far to helter skelter than it needed to be. There is absolutely no reason Khaman Malauch should come off the bench at this point in the season. Sure enough, Duke’s offense took off when he entered. His size is game changing. I don’t know how many times I have to emphasize it. All those offensive rebounds will turn into 3 points that bury our opponent. That is what will catapult point separation in games.
Malauch DOES NOT need to shoot from 3. Maliq Brown is reliable. He has a nice touch and shot 37% last year. But Maluach was a low 30% 3PT shooter, inconsistent. Now I will admit, his shot, especially from the FT line looked more technical than in BAL a few months ago. But there are WAY TO MANY sharp shooters on this team to justify Maluach not under the rim rebounding. PERIOD! Brown isn’t 7’2.”
Secondly, Isaiah Evans shouldn’t be one of the last guys coming off the bench. And he shouldn’t be rotting away on the bench for the entire 1st half. When you have a guy who can single handedly assassinate the other team you help develop him. He needs to build chemistry on offense and defense because there will be nights when certain key guys go cold.
I don’t think Gillis or Harris should get minutes over Evans. I understand Jon wants to be tougher this season and those guys have larger frames, but the ceiling comes down playing those 2 over Evans. Those guys are offensively limited. Evans is unique.
4) It’s a shame it’s K2 and not K3. He’s awesome! He does everything you want. Plays physical, knows how to use is body, crafty and tricky, high IQ, competes for every rebound and every 50-50 ball, highly efficient shooter, very high IQ. But if Jon Scheyer is going to play him 30+ minutes he has to make a significant jump in his defense. Guards seem to have no trouble driving to the basket and scoring at the rim over him. Personally, I think Kon should be the 6th man of the year. Bring him in for a spark off the bench. Let Proctor, Sion, Flagg, Brown, and Maluach show how tough you are, and then bring your boys off the bench and let this game get loose real quick!
5) This was just one game. Duke did exactly what they were expected to do as a National Title Contender. If Duke only won by 20, I would have had serious questions of how good this team really is. Very fun finish to this game, but it was only 1 exhibition game. This will be a long, TOUGH season. Let’s keep things into perspective and continue to compete hard to get progressively better week by week.
Take a shot every time jj refers to them as “Duke men’s basketball team” We didn’t forget that this is a basketball video jj We don’t all of a sudden think you are talking about the football program. lol
Ya boy Issac Schade, either can’t see the talent or he’s scared of it! I think you 2 should do a preseason collab now and then come Duke vs UNC time do like y’all normally do
No it's not that he's scared or none of that we ain't never scared of Duke the fact is that they always name you all the preseason national champions y'all about worser than the cowboys fans delusional it's ridiculous
I used to like UNC but now the talents of DUKES lately beat all the UNC talents that the fact , so go Dukies
@JohnCramer-yz2rn You're Dukes #1 super fan.🤣
@@lealak613Are you absolutely clueless ??? UNC has 2 of the best players in the ACC this year. Did you watch UNC go to a hostile Memphis and win by nearly double digits WITHOUT RJ Davis??? Seth Trimble is the second coming of RJ. He’s very very good. Duke has them beat in size, but there is no doubt Duke and UNC will be battling it out for first once again this year.
@@JohnCramer-yz2rn Issac scared to death 🤣🤣🤣
it was a d2 team with ZERO defense , literally none. any top program would of done this and even more of a blowout and cooper shoulda of had atleast 30
IS THIS DEJA VU OR DID YOU ALL SAY THE SAME THING LAST YEAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS PRESEASON NATIONAL CHAMPIONS😂😂😂😂
Nah, last season nearly everyone acknowledged Duke missed on the transfer portal for brining in a legit C… not doing so meant Flip and Mitchell had to play different positions than their freshmen season.
You talk about Duke basketball non-stop. You're a super fan!🤣
It’s nice to have a team with the potential to win it every year. Not many can say that
ITS THE TRUTH THAT IS ALL
@@JohnCramer-yz2rn I know it is. There's nothing wrong with you being a Duke super fan.