The one that stings is saying he didn't receive offers out of high school from "upper echelon" schools. I don't know if the author is paraphrasing from him or his parents or adding his own perspective but it is blatantly saying we are not upper echelon. It hurts mightily but it is true. This is a good article. The student paper does a good job of scooping Syracuse.com sometimes and this is an example. The DO got a lot of people to talk for this article, it's obvious the author did a lot of digging.interesting comments from many folks in this one.
Inside Maliq Brown’s transfer from Syracuse, role at Duke
Because of changing dynamics at Syracuse, Maliq Brown transferred to Duke. He’s since become an unsung hero.dailyorange.com
If Maliq stayed, we find a way to play him 30 mins. He is too damn valuable to not play extended minutes. And he often is the small man 5 at Duke! Clearly avoiding playing the 5 no matter what was not his main concern. We would play him 30 even if it meant less minutes for Donnie. Even this year we often had Donnie on the bench towards the end of games since his defense is a liability. We would sometimes have Jyare out there instead of him down the stretch. You think we would keep Donnie out there with Maliq on the bench in crunch time this season? No way in hell. It would be either Maliq and Lampkin or Donnie with Maliq taking Lampkins spot at the 5 down the stretch.
Completely agree. We would have found a way to get him his minutes. I just don't buy that he left because he thought he'd get less minutes. I believe he left almost completely because of an opportunity to play for one of the best programs in the country and likely getting a bigger paycheck. I don't fault him for that.
Not all leaders are called to lead all the time. Picking your moments is fine. Coward is a word that should be reserved for more dire circumstances than going to another basketball team
Maliq made the right move to leave, better to be playing for something in March than put up better stats on a worse team.
He absolutely did the right thing for himself IMO. He is not an NBA player, so make more money while you can and get the best college basketball experience you can. 10 years ago this argument could not be had as we were Duke caliber.
I said he made a cowardly move not that he is a coward and that is based off of what I took away from this article. Which may not have the full story of what happened.
There is more than one right and one wrong move he could’ve made here. A cowardly move can also be a right move. I think he is that talented that he had many more right moves on the table than wrong moves.
defense is half of the game
Not stats at SU but Duke. He took 5.7 attempts per game and made 4 of them per game (.698 fg%) last year here. From 2 point range he was .736% and from 3 he was .368. If he stayed here I believe his offense would have developed further. At Duke he’s relied upon for his stellar defense but sadly, he’s become very reluctant offensively. He scored 26 points against Duke last year for SU-wonder if they will scheme him to be more active offensively against us.
Nah. Eph that mentality and eph anyone who gives their tickets to those fans. I got offered to give my tickets away to a Duke fan in CNY and I refused.
I agree, heck he’s playing the 5 at Duke, don’t think the 5 position was an issue. He had 2 bigger much higher recruited young players to beat out for playing time at Duke and has carved out an important role for himself there. Losing teammates including JT, then losing GMac I think was a key factor. Sadly he could have been a key piece to renewing a trajectory for SU‘s program but he opted to join an established higher profile program whose immediate goal was a national championship (and getting more money for joining). Personally I was hoping to watch him develop while here and do miss seeing it because I think he would have had an even bigger role here.
Hell yeah!
