Player Kyle “Flip” Filipowski

[rome8180]

True. He was great in the first three games. I like to cherry pick to prop up my Jay Will hatred though.

 

[dukeboy911]

Is this kid actually supposed to be good? And is there hope we get a 2nd year out of him?

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Did any of you know about any of this? This guy is a prodigy at the Olympic sport of 3x3 basketball, and no one knew?

 

[childress22]

 

[childress22]

Pictured: Top-5 recruit Nerlens Noel, Top-20 recruits Archie Goodwin, Ryan Kelly, Mason Plumlee, and Kyle Wiltjer, and some dude named Seth.

 

[rome8180]

I'll actually be pretty disappointed if he's only as good as Mason Plumlee.

 

[childress22]

"Mason, with a trey, son"

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

I assume they're brothers. Wouldn't even believe it if you have evidence of them not being brothers.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

 

[rome8180]

This is perfect. If he exceeds expectations as an unranked prospect, Scheyer can scoop him up in Year 5. Can run Triple Towers with the Boozer twins (who I believe would be sophomores at that point).

And yes, they're both from the same random town of 14,000 in Massachusetts. So they must be brothers.

 

[aiw]

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

The most encouraging prospect interview I've ever read:

PI: How big are you now?

KF: Coming here, I was 6’8”, 185. Now I’m 7’0”, 230, so I’ve grown a lot. I know I’ve gained a lot of pounds, too.

Wtf?

PI: Was there a turning point within that year? He was saying right out of the box, you were getting twenty-seven or twenty-two.

KF: Yeah, my first game I had twenty-five points and twenty-two rebounds. I don’t know what it was.

PI: What about your ability to defend the pick-and-roll?

KF: I can either switch or stay. If I switch, I can switch onto the smaller guard.

PI: I think that’s one thing you showed really well in EYBL.

KF: Yeah, exactly. With just being able to play with guards, the perimeter guards that are much quicker than me and shoot the three, I think that was one thing I did well.

PI: And some hyper athletic threes, as well. You were able to hang with them for two or three minutes.

KF: Exactly, exactly.

I will masturbate to these words.

PI: That’s refreshing to hear. Do you have a message for Duke fans?

KF: I think a lot of guys [on Duke-Forum.com] are still looking at me with those misconceptions. I know the first couple of games, I’m going to surprise them, surprise a heck of a lot of them with what I’m able to do. I’m just looking forward to that. I’ve got love for all of Duke Nation.

Yep, they read this racist message board.

 

[rome8180]

Liked this part too. Mostly just that he doesn't model his game after Kobe or Carmelo or some bullshit.



PI: Who do you model your game after?




KF: For me, it’s a lot of different guys. For some of my guarding aspects and just bringing it down the court, I love watching Kevin Durant. Just how he does that like a tall guard. And then I also love watching Anthony Davis, just him being a very versatile power forward.




PI: Another guy who had a growth spurt.




KF: Exactly. And him expanding his range with the ball more. So, those are two main guys I love to watch.




PI: When you were in middle school, were they the guys you watched?




KF: Middle school-wise, it was more Kevin Love. More like a stretch-four who could pass. That’s kind of who I modeled my game after, but then I started shooting the three a lot better and handling the ball more.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

It truly sounds like this guy could put up Zion-like overall impact numbers and potentially win NPOY as a freshman, then go top 10 in the draft. What a pickup by Scheyer when he was being ranked in the 40-100 range by some services. We can dream of a main lineup of PG Moore, SG Whitehead, SF Griffin, PF Filipowski, C Lively, where 3 of those guys are legit NPOY candidates and Lively is putting up Mark-like rate numbers.

 

[aiw]

Sounds more to me like he will be in a boot by next October and listed as day-to-day until March

 

[physicsfactor]

I think Flip will dominate until our big game vs UNC when on the first play the drawstring on his Nike shorts snap and rupture a testicle, knocking him out for several games. He’ll come back just as dominant, but the team will be a shell of itself by then.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Going to be a top 5 pick, behind 2 other Duke freshmen.

 

[dukeboy911]

Frame looks like it can put on a lot of muscle. This kid could become a legit beast.

 

[bdotling]

 

[rome8180]

He's way more of an interior scorer than I initially thought. Gonna be some awkwardness in his fit with Lively. I hope we stagger them a fair amount.