Capt. Tuttle
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Right. They have to play for SU. Only Duke players will play for Duke (the odd point shaving games aside.)
Brown starting at Duke.
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Yup. He shot 66.6% from 3 against us (8 for 12), 100% from 2(2 for 2) and 11-11 from the free throw line, scored 18 and 21 points for a 19.5 scoring average in the 2 games against us.
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They are not even looking at him on offense tonight. He is scoreless. With 9 mins left.
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They got a freshman guard that's better than Flagg who cares what Malik does he's a depth guy.
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Maliq went for the money. If he stays for the education, he’s a smart man. Perhaps he doesn’t care if he plays or not. He was recruited over at Syracuse, and will be recruited over at dik. I mean DUKE.
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He’s not a depth guy. He has a distinct role and he plays it. Everybody needs to clear their brain on this one a bit. With their shooters there will always be a better option. Why should they look for him? That team is bought in and exceptionally mature. You can see it plainly. They brought in unselfish men as transfers to supplement the star freshmen. It’s early but I’d bet on it working.
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I thought we had a mature unselfish team as well. 
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Not sure if I would characterize someone as unselfish who leaves their current team for a different team for more money and different scenery. Each to their own I guess.
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I think people have a hard time wrapping their mind around the fact that Maliq might be just what Duke needs but not what we need.
He is elite at stealing the ball and a great passer, but he can't creat his own offense and he can't defend the post. Those are hard skills to build around unless you have the #1 pick in the draft and 3 other McDonald's All Americans you are trying to showcase and you actually want someone who wont shoot.
On the other hand Syracuse loses to LeMoyne if they have Brown instead of Davis. No question in my mind. And I think Davis will be more valuable for what Syracuse is trying to do moving forward than Brown would have been. It's not that one is better than the other. They just bring different skillets and Maliq's skills are hard to take adavantage of unless you have some superstars who are going to hog the ball.
He is in the right place for him, and we got the right guy for us.
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The narrative the announcer cited was that Duke was Maliq's dream school but they didn't offer him out of high school. So he played two years at Syracuse before his dream came true. Heartwarming. 
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We haven’t been anyone’s dream school for players in this generation. The effects of being irrelevant.The narrative the announcer cited was that Duke was Malig's dream school but they didn't offer him out of high school. So he played two years at Syracuse before his dream came true. Heartwarming.
Except for Bell everyone on the cuse team fit that description as well. It is the norm.
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Yep, it has become the norm. It's not just about college sports, we're living in more of a "me society" now days. That's really the norm, and it's sad. By the way, get off my lawn.
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yeah this is what it is. for me, it's obvious...but I can see why people struggle with it...NBA really tunnels the general bbal fan's thinking into seeing bball as a sport of individual stars...for them its not about how your pieces fit together...its only what individual pieces you have.
and a lot of people kinda overlook the team aspect of individual performance/production when assessing players...as if the same player would produce the same stats despite the team they are on.
its the same reason the cuse was predicted worse in the ACC (because they lost high scoring judah/Q/brown)...people cant usually understand the addition by subtraction aspect of losing productive players that dont fit into a team's concept. doesnt mean cuse will be better this year than last...but for me the roster is much better this year than last.
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Unselfish versus selfish is not a binary, all or nothing trait.
He can look out for himself and take advantage of what he saw as a better opportunity in the free market that is now college basketball (which could be considered selfish by some; I don't since I wouldn't fault someone leaving one job for a better job elsewhere), but also have an unselfish playing style (e.g. defer to others for scoring, glue guy) when on the court.
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Not sure what your point is. He is unselfish? Fine, I really don't care.
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Cooper with back to back TO's lmao
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Kid is legit and absolutely the #1 pick but that was a rough sequence for him to close it.
He’s 17, which is insane.
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He'll probably hang 30 on us, but regardless it's always fun to laugh at Duke when possible.
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Maliq looked totally gassed the last part of that 2nd half. Duke has an excellent team but if I were them I wouldn’t have put all the pressure on Flagg to win the game by himself.Flagg seems like a team player so why not let the team win not just one guy. I could see if they ran a play where Flagg was #1 option but to just give the ball to him and in essence say win it for us seems counterproductive and lazy coaching. Just my opinion.
and he still had the clutch block to give duke a chance on kerr.
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