DUKERULES14
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I dogged him hard tonight. That intentional FT miss might be the best execution of that play that I've ever seen though.
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SignUp Now!This was probably even better, given how easy the shot afterward ended up being. Happened less than two weeks ago, too. And was also the culmination of an epic comeback (down 14 with 2 minutes left). And like tonight, the team making the comeback won in OT on their opponents' court.I dogged him hard tonight. That intentional FT miss might be the best execution of that play that I've ever seen though.
It put Duke up 3 with 1:30 left. A big shot, but nothing like the potentially final possession of a game. Also, Tre’s shot vs KU was still a bad shot where Duke got a lucky bounce.Didn’t he hit the Kansas game winner? That might not have been the game winner but it was definitely late in the game
Yep. People constantly overrate Patrick Beverly-style on-ball defense. Personally, I think Cam Reddish and Jayson Tatum were both more fundamentally sound defenders while at Duke. But I doubt you could find many people in the fanbase or the media who would agree.Being an active defender that gets a good deal of steals is the only thing that matters when 99% of people evaluate defensive value.
I agree that this has made him worse as an on-ball defender. But ultimately he was probably always overvalued for the reasons Zack mentioned.Part of me thinks it's because he feels like he has to save himself from offense since it's only him and Tank who can score