Player Jaylen Blakes

[Inveigle]

Hopefully the staff can implement the "dribble it off the foot" or the "fumble out of bounds" over the summer so he can get some PT.

If I remember correctly Suillamon was a better shooter his Freshman year, then by the staff working on his shot he was able to miss more mid-range jumpers and developed a mishandled pass and dribble off his leg at least once or twice a game by the end of his Sophomore season.

 

[physicsfactor]

His arms are so long he'll slap it while standing.

Easy whitey. We see where you’re going with this. Btw, did you ever write for The Chronicle?

 

[Whitefolk]

"whitey"? I'm offended. Btw I think the joke went over my head?

 

[physicsfactor]

"whitey"? I'm offended. Btw I think the joke went over my head?

It was a joke in reference to this, and your username was tailor made for it:

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[Whitefolk]

Gotcha, thanks for explaining.

 

[Inveigle]

5 Star Character and Intangibles makes him a HIGH VALUE 4 Star.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

6 star face strength. Gonna have to recalibrate the scale.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

Please tell me it's not 3-star verve that is dragging him down overall.

 

[rome8180]

No worries. It's the 2-star dong size that's deflating his ranking.

 

[Inveigle]

I thought he was a solid 4 Star. Rivals has him rated as a 3 Star. Once he starts playing I'm sure he will rank higher in dong size as well.

 

[dukeboy911]

Hoping we get 4 years out of this kid. Would be nice to see someone I know as an upperclassman.

 

[dukebluedevils05]

Don't get your hopes up. He'll either transfer after next season (most likely) or he'll have a better freshman season than expected (9 PPG with a decent, but underwhelming ORTG) and declare for the draft despite being on no mock drafts.

 

[Pantone287]

 

[rome8180]

He's the only one so far who has picked a good Duke all-time starting five.

 

[Dukenation12]

 

[childress22]

I watched the first 3 quarters of the livestream, because somebody had to do it. Although there were about 140-150 other people worldwide watching, so I wasn't alone

The comp was a bit meh and hard to evaluate, but independent of that, Blakes looked like a different player out there. Faster and more decisive, and a vocal leader.

 

[childress22]

 

[rome8180]

Nice to see him get six assists, since he was so shot happy last year.

 

[rome8180]

#JaylenBlakesSavesDuke

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Looks like the best guard in college basketball.

Blakes
Roach
Proctor
Schutt
Grandison

should be an unstoppable lineup. Too bad this roster is so heavy on guards but doesn’t have any decent bigs.