Halfmooncuse
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is one happy guy that he decided to transfer to SU!
is one happy guy that he decided to transfer to SU!
Don't know how many posters are baseball fans, but the right situation, the right team makes all the difference in the world. So many players considered average, placed in the right situation excel. that is the story of G.
He wouldn't be on this Duke team.I also wonder how much Coach K wishes that he had G back. I mean, on the one hand, his leaving may have opened the way for them to recruit Justice Winslow (no competition for minutes) and clearly they did fine last year. On the other hand, looking at Duke this year, they're probably one G away from being a top 5-10 sort of team. I don't think Mike improves the same way if he's at Duke--he's clearly excelled at being a big PG who can make the transition to the 2 at the next level.
I have to tell, two games ago when the announcers referred to G as the "Duke transfer" it really pissed me off. He's Orange as Orange can be. The transfer was a lifetime ago. God I hated that commentary.
Rak?
Don't know how many posters are baseball fans, but the right situation, the right team makes all the difference in the world. So many players considered average, placed in the right situation excel. that is the story of G.
Good point.He wouldn't be on this Duke team.
Etan probably improved more from when he arrived on campus than anyone. But he was a stud athlete--ditto Seikaly.
Most dramatic improvement by senior year [some of this was based upon greatly improved PT]:
Who'd I leave out?
- Lazarus Sims
- Allen Griffin
- Howard Triche
- Wendell Alexis
- Rak
Andy Rautins, Rick Jackson.
Etan probably improved more from when he arrived on campus than anyone. But he was a stud athlete--ditto Seikaly.
Most dramatic improvement by senior year [some of this was based upon greatly improved PT]:
Who'd I leave out?
- Lazarus Sims
- Allen Griffin
- Howard Triche
- Wendell Alexis
- Rak
Yeah... but those guys were high level contributors BEFORE their senior years. They kicked it up a notch, no argument there, but they were pretty good before senior years. Compared to, say, Rak or Z.