Duke Basketball 2024-2025

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

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[physicsfactor]

This is our year, guys!!

 

[torontoduke]

Fuck.

 

[krsmith16]

Time to put in your predictions on who goes/stays!
Flip gone
Proctor gone
Mitchell gone
Power gone
Reeves gone

McCain back

I’m fully aware many of those young men have nowhere to go. Gone anyway.

 

[krsmith16]

Shit, forgot about Roach.

Gone

 

[Slap the Floor]

Our front-court is loaded for next season, but the back court no one has any idea of what it might look like. Lots of guys can stay, lots can go, and we don't have coming in through recruiting.

 

[Slap the Floor]

Last year we didn't have a single player hit the transfer portal. that's not going to happen this year.

 

[torontoduke]

So many unknowns. But there is potential greatness next year if a couple guys return. Need some experience and shooting

 

[DrKlahn]

My not so bold predictions for the season:

- Loss in first true road game
- 2nd or 3rd in ACC
- DJ Burns and Coach K in an Army commercial

 

[bdotling]

Didn’t McCain ask Scheyer not to recruit over him when he was considering us because he thought he would be here multiple years?

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

All about Flagg. The other stuff is so marginal. If he’s a Zion, he’s making up for every other rotation player being 2-3 BPM worse than their high end projection by himself.

I don’t worry about Scheyer failing to maximize Flagg’s usage if he is that guy, mainly because there’s no one else that warrants Barrett-like treatment offensively. That was a weird roster for K to deal with. This next one won’t be for Scheyer. McCain would be the only one who might warrant 30% usage, and obviously having McCain is better than not.

 

[rome8180]

Didn’t McCain ask Scheyer not to recruit over him when he was considering us because he thought he would be here multiple years?

When you're as good as McCain, there's no recruiting over you anyway. All of Evans, Knueppel, and Harris are taller guards and could probably slide down to the 3, but even if you consider them SGs, McCain is playing all the minutes he can handle regardless.

The ones who would be getting "recruited over" would be the freshmen if Scheyer or Flagg recruits McCain to return.

 

[DrKlahn]

I agree that Flagg is going to take all of the oxygen next season. I don’t think it will be like Zion though, because he is white. Will be an interesting ride.

 

[bdotling]

 

[krsmith16]

Flagg strikes me as the type of player who will do whatever it takes to win, even if that means deferring a bit on offense.

 

[DrKlahn]

Duke having a very good white guy that everyone will hate could be very refreshing for all of us

 

[aiw]

It’s been 7 long years

 

[DrKlahn]

Too long

 

[rome8180]

I agree that Flagg is going to take all of the oxygen next season. I don’t think it will be like Zion though, because he is white. Will be an interesting ride.

He's also not nearly the offensive talent Zion is. Who is? I don't think an offense of 50% Flagg usage would go well at all. An offense of 50% Zion usage probably leads to him breaking all kinds of records + a Duke title.

 

[rome8180]

All about Flagg. The other stuff is so marginal. If he’s a Zion, he’s making up for every other rotation player being 2-3 BPM worse than their high end projection by himself.

I don’t worry about Scheyer failing to maximize Flagg’s usage if he is that guy, mainly because there’s no one else that warrants Barrett-like treatment offensively. That was a weird roster for K to deal with. This next one won’t be for Scheyer. McCain would be the only one who might warrant 30% usage, and obviously having McCain is better than not.

This is not who Flagg is anyway. I've obviously been very wrong before, including about Zion, so take that with a grain of salt.