Player Dariq Whitehead

[best4heisman]

Jumper Solid
Intense Defense
Zany Athleticism
Zoubek-like rebounding

 

[DurhamSon]

 

[Pantone287]

His shooting form is gorgeous.

 

[rome8180]

I only care about dunking form.

 

[deepdarkblue]

His shooting form is gorgeous.

While playing against the One Armed Man.

 

[aiw]

His shooting form is gorgeous.

While playing against the One Armed Man.

I always believed Richard Kimble

 

[Pantone287]

His shooting form is gorgeous.

While playing against the One Armed Man.

I was tempted to comment something on TDD like, "While this is impressive, I'll reserve judgment until I see him do it against the two-armed athletes of the ACC."

 

[rome8180]

I would have just posted this with no additional comment.

 

[rome8180]

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

That’s probably an amazingly high usage and efficiency combo. I’m guessing Whitehead is around 35-40% usage. If he never comes out of the game, probably like 30%.

 

[SalaciousCrumb]

My fav player in the class.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Reminds me of Wade. Same deceptive smoothness to his look and game. Lacks the same explosion once he gets near the rim but has better range. Not as high a ceiling, which means he won’t be a top 5 SG in NBA history, IMO. I hope he keeps the short shorts going at Duke.

 

[rome8180]

Based on the games I've watched, I think he's at least as explosive as Wade. I'd project him as a slightly worse Michael Jordan.

 

[rhfarmer]

His shot mechanics are definitely more Jordan than Wade, IMO, but Wade is a pretty good comparison on the fluidity.

 

[rome8180]

Sorry, meant "slightly better Michael Jordan."

 

[SalaciousCrumb]

He needs to work on his handle(especially his off hand), and his “shake”. That’s the only thing keeping him from being an ELITE top pick type of talent. He’s a little bit stiff in his movements IMO. He’s my favorite player we’ve recruited since Zion.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Are the Michael Jordan comparisons underrating him?

 

[TS9]

Surely not even Duke can ruin that shooting stroke. Right?

 

[rhfarmer]

That jumper, my god.

 

[Grit]

His shot is textbook and aesthetic. The highlight videos in conjunction with reports about him make me feel like he's going to be the ultimate role-player. It just doesn't look like he can create much other than dribbling into a pullup. That's not bad, but he doesn't seem like the guy you create offense through.