Player Kyle “Flip” Filipowski

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Committed. Scheyer's first. Big start to what is hopefully a good few days with Whitehead's announcement Sunday.

2022 four-star prospect Kyle Filipowski commits to Duke

Kyle Filipowski, the No. 40 overall prospect in the 2022 class, has announced his commitment to the Duke Blue Devils becoming Jon Scheyer's first commitment for his first

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[Pantone287]

Yesssssss. Fuck that's awesome.

 

[Pantone287]

Still laughably underranked. This is just a random draft Twitter convo I saw, but still:

 

[DurhamSon]

Without knowing a thing about him, is 1+ million a year in NIL money enough to keep him for multiple seasons?

 

[Pantone287]

 

[Pantone287]

 

[Dukenation12]

Hell yea love the signing! In a few days Scheyer and the staff will have gone from not ranked without a single recruit to two stud top 15 talents…Whitehead being a top 5!

Duke will need to reload a lot so it’s definitely nice to have a great start!

 

[rome8180]

Without knowing a thing about him, is 1+ million a year in NIL money enough to keep him for multiple seasons?

Not even sure it takes that much if he ends up being a marginal NBA prospect. If you get "only" 100K in endorsements, that may be enough to keep certain players around. Why gamble on getting drafted in the 2nd round, get a non-guaranteed contract, and spend time in the G League when you can stay to compete for a championship, be the most popular person on campus, and still have more money than you've ever had in your life?

 

[childress22]

The NIL earnings vs G-League money comparison is an interesting consideration, that hopefully could lead to fewer Steward (/Hurt) decisions. Not that I think Hurt made a bad decision at the time, but it's still looking like he'll be a long shot to start on a roster. I do think he may end up getting a two-way somewhere as an undrafted guy.

 

[Pantone287]

Whenever I watch clips of him, I'm always surprised at how skilled, fluid, and quick he looks for a 6'10+ shooter. He's almost got a little Dunleavy in him. Seems more natural and comfortable with the ball than most big guys.

I love Whitehead, but between them and Mitchell, I'm not convinced Filipowski won't be the most positive player of the three at the college level.

 

[rome8180]

Yeah, the obvious comparison is Hurt or Kelly. But he has much more off-the-dribble skill than either of those guys.

 

[Pantone287]

His true player comparison, even though you cowards won't admit it:

 

[childress22]

He and Paolo can't both be Laettner.

 

[rhfarmer]

I just want him to have Laettner's nasty streak.

 

[Inveigle]

I just want him to have Laettner's nasty streak.

Laettner was a SOB. But he was the BEST SOB that I have ever seen play basketball at Duke.

 

[torontoduke]

Reminds me of those old commercials from that Detroit personal injury lawyer. The guy who will wring out every dollar, etc.

"I may be an SOB, but I'm your SOB"

 

[Inveigle]

If Flipper is just a percentage of what Laettner was at Duke then he and Duke will be fine. Laettner had the killer instinct, foot on the throat, just win at any cost mentality. Jayson Williams was a close second.

 

[physicsfactor]

Jayson Williams certainly did have a killer’s instinct.

 

[rome8180]

I just now got that.

As for Jason Williams, he was such a killer that he shot 37% from the field and 19% from three in our last three games of the 2001 tournament. He also averaged 4.7 assists to 4.0 turnovers. The following season he was just as bad. 16.5 ppg on shooting splits of 30/32/56 in our final two games.

 

[aiw]

He did have 19 straight points to murder UCLA in the 4th to last game of 2001.