Looks like Brown getting significant time at the five for Duke with Ngongba out indefinitely

[grepal]

Oh well, best paid plans.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[tptcuse]

So the guy who many said didn't want to play the five for us is now going to play the five?

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

So, my take is Brown injures the players ahead of him to get PT

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I think the kid who played in the Olympics, who is a top ten, will be starting anyways.

College basketball reporter Jon Rothstein predicts Duke starting lineup after watching practice

CBS Sports reporter Jon Rothstein watched a Duke basketball practice on Tuesday and offered his insight on who the starting five might be.

dukewire.usatoday.com

 

[Newhouser]

If Maluach (?) plays like he did at the Olympics they will be fine at the 5.

 

[Sbucketball]

Now we just need his NIL check to bounce!

 

[Niastri]

Funny part is that Brown still isn't a starter. He was third string center and third string power forward. Now Brown is the backup center, maybe even still third string depending on how they use Flagg when Maluach is out.

Duke may go small with two of their excellent small forwards and Flagg getting spot minutes at center instead of putting Brown out there when Maluach needs a rest.

Still, it's good news for Brown that one of the several guys keeping him out of the rotation is injured. His chance of minutes before garbage times increased significantly.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

This is going to be another fun year on the board

 

[orange79]

This is going to be another fun year on the board

Like every year!

 

[rrlbees]

Funny part is that Brown still isn't a starter. He was third string center and third string power forward. Now Brown is the backup center, maybe even still third string depending on how they use Flagg when Maluach is out.

Duke may go small with two of their excellent small forwards and Flagg getting spot minutes at center instead of putting Brown out there when Maluach needs a rest.

Still, it's good news for Brown that one of the several guys keeping him out of the rotation is injured. His chance of minutes before garbage times increased significantly.

Where did you get all that from? 3rd string 4 and 3rd string 5? Out of the rotation?

 

[MikeSU02]

lol. This thread.

Duke is fine at the five.

Maliq will either start or play a good amount on a team vying for a title and make good money.

Y’all sound like dudes who got dumped and still talk bad about the girl that dumped you at the townie bar a year later. Get over it.

 

[DoctahLexus]

Screw Maliq Brown. Dude sucks.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

lol. This thread.

Duke is fine at the five.

Maliq will either start or play a good amount on a team vying for a title and make good money.

Y’all sound like dudes who got dumped and still talk bad about the girl that dumped you at the townie bar a year later. Get over it.

Exhibit 4,952

Screw Maliq Brown. Dude sucks.

 

[DoctahLexus]

Exhibit 4,952

Don’t care. He sucks.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Don’t care. He sucks.

As does your analysis

 

[Orangezoo]

Maybe he struggles maybe he does well or maybe he gets less time because they need more shooting on the floor with the Big Guy on the court. No idea how it plays out and it doesn’t matter.

 

[Niastri]

Where did you get all that from? 3rd string 4 and 3rd string 5? Out of the rotation?

Look at the roster. Tell me who Brown is playing over from center to small forward.

 

[Niastri]

lol. This thread.

Duke is fine at the five.

Maliq will either start or play a good amount on a team vying for a title and make good money.

Y’all sound like dudes who got dumped and still talk bad about the girl that dumped you at the townie bar a year later. Get over it.

Yup... Except, following that metaphor, we keep getting dumped so the girl can be the new guy's 3am girl, not his girlfriend.

It stinks that good players get suckered into going to Duke to be a bench player, when they would be featured at other schools.

How many good to great players get suckered into playing for Duke and never get the chances they would have at other schools?

Many careers go to die at Duke. Yet everybody talks about the guys that go to Duke and become stars, like Duke did anything for them... The top recruits in any given class would be stars wherever they went. Duke didn't make Flagg into the presumptive number one pick next year, but they'll take credit for his successes like they did something. It's annoying.

I feel bad that Brown fell for it and it's going to cost him his career. He'll be a two year bench player, having already been recruited over twice and he hasn't even played a game for them.

We would have really valued him here.

Whatever, we're probably better off with Lampkin. I wake up in cold sweats watching how helpless Brown was defending Clemson in a do or die game last year. At least Lampkin won't be pushed under the basket every possession.

 

[Cuse2023]

Yup... Except, following that metaphor, we keep getting dumped so the girl can be the new guy's 3am girl, not his girlfriend.

It stinks that good players get suckered into going to Duke to be a bench player, when they would be featured at other schools.

How many good to great players get suckered into playing for Duke and never get the chances they would have at other schools?

Many careers go to die at Duke. Yet everybody talks about the guys that go to Duke and become stars, like Duke did anything for them... The top recruits in any given class would be stars wherever they went. Duke didn't make Flagg into the presumptive number one pick next year, but they'll take credit for his successes like they did something. It's annoying.

I feel bad that Brown fell for it and it's going to cost him his career. He'll be a two year bench player, having already been recruited over twice and he hasn't even played a game for them.

We would have really valued him here.

Whatever, we're probably better off with Lampkin. I wake up in cold sweats watching how helpless Brown was defending Clemson in a do or die game last year. At least Lampkin won't be pushed under the basket every possession.

You sound absolutely ridiculous. You have no idea what his role will be at Duke.

 

[billsin01]

lol. This thread.

Duke is fine at the five.

Maliq will either start or play a good amount on a team vying for a title and make good money.

Y’all sound like dudes who got dumped and still talk bad about the girl that dumped you at the townie bar a year later. Get over it.

Wish I could like this 8 times. I mean, seriously. At this point brown taking the chance to play at Duke for some dough while we’re trying to figure out how to get back to the tourney is pretty much a no-brainer.

Also, he’s an excellent complimentary college basketball player. Maybe not a genuine star, but the type of guy who can be exceptionally valuable on any team, and particularly on a good team. Full stop.

Anyone at odds with either of those opinions is simply incapable of viewing things with any sense of objectivity.

 

[tee1222]

Also, he’s an excellent complimentary college basketball player. Maybe not a genuine star, but the type of guy who can be exceptionally valuable on any team, and particularly on a good team.

Very well done. If Duke plays to their potential, he is the perfect complimentary player for them.
And it scares me.