Player Marques Bolden

[Slap the Floor]

Nothing personal against Bolden, but I hope that both he and Chase Jeter are good examples to the coaching staff of what to look at in post-players. Unless they are going to be dominant low post guys as freshman like Okafor, Carter Jr or Bagley, there is really no need to go after any of these top 20 big men who have expectations (whether it be their freshman year or at some point in their career) being fed consistent touches in the post.

Players like Bolden and Chase Jeter are players who will never fit at Duke. Coach K is recruiting the best talent available every year, which means the offensive system will change every year. Duke should stop recruiting players like Bolden and Jeter, and those players should stop committing to Duke. Unless you are a dominant big, Duke is not going to feature you offensively, and this is reasonable considering how basketball has evolved. Duke should be targeting bigs who are versatile defensively and low maintenance offensively as their multi-year bigs. Guys like Amile Jefferson and Javin DeLaurier. Only recruit bigs who are limited to solely defending the 5 if they understand they're never going to get touches offensively, like the Plumlee brothers- and it was nice to see Mason become a beast his senior year.

 

[rome8180]

Personally, I wouldn't have even recruited Carey. But I realize my position's a bit extreme.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

Personally, I wouldn't have even recruited Carey. But I realize my position's a bit extreme.

Stewart and Hurt would’ve been a more ideal frontcourt.

 

[skins]

Personally, I wouldn't have even recruited Carey. But I realize my position's a bit extreme.

Given the way the 2019 class fell apart last summer, I'm not sure we would've had the luxury of assuming Stewart was coming even if Carey was never seriously recruited.

 

[Devilsforlife]

There were people who were wishing Zion had gone elsewhere before last season. The Big Hoss will prove you haters wrong just like he did!

 

[Pantone287]

I'm happy for him. He can finally just relax and focus on his art.

 

[ChibCU]

I'm happy for him. He can finally just relax and focus on his art.

Finger painting?

 

[DurhamSon]

@Pantone209C

 

[rome8180]

This explains why they drafted Garland. They want as much shooting as possible around the Big Queef.

 

[childress22]

Has anyone seen any terms of the deal? Anything guaranteed?

 

[DurhamSon]

I doubt it's anything more than a typical summer league deal

 

[physicsfactor]

Guaranteed to suck ass!!! Lol

 

[deepdarkblue]

Here is an article about Undrafted Marques Bolden. It's probably about him not getting drafted.

Marques Bolden goes in-depth on NBA transition

I did not read this article.

 

[aiw]

Does it mention if he was drafted or not?

 

[Pantone287]

You guys are so mean, but he still doesn't say a bad word about K or Duke, even though that would be the natural way to spin his resumé. Brings a tear to my eye and tautens my phallus.

 

[aiw]

It's not the malice of the phallus, it's the motion of the ocean that makes things go.

 

[DukeNukem05]

You guys are so mean, but he still doesn't say a bad word about K or Duke, even though that would be the natural way to spin his resumé. Brings a tear to my eye and tautens my phallus.

Yeah, props to him for maintaining his dignity despite having gone undrafted.

 

[niveklaen]

I will root for him in the league just like I did shav - 2 bigs whose college careers were hampered by injury and took the plunge after their junior season

 

[rome8180]

Marques is much more likable, imo.

 

[rome8180]

@Pantone287 let it be known that for all the shit I've been giving you about Bolden recently, he was probably my second favorite player on the team last year.