Donnie and Lamkin will give us a much improved offense out of the front court than last season, but the loss of Brown on defense will be absolutely huge. Lamkin is a great offensive player and solid on the boards, but very poor as a rim protector. Freeman is an unproven freshman. You put that with Bell and JJ projecting to play major minutes and it looks like we are in serious trouble on D.
I will take Freeman over Taylor for rim protection. That’s whose spot Freeman is taking.
Donnie sure ain't gonna be a one and done with those stats.
I don’t see how he’s not 25-30 mpg min
If the big kid who played for Sudan can stay on the floor I think that may be tough. If that kid is a fouling machine I can see it. Flagg is playing a lot, the other transfer shooter is going to have to get minutes. Lots of people to play over. Going to be interesting.
Looking at Duke's roster, I can see Maliq starting at pf. Flagg will be sf. He likely will continue a similar that he played here.
Yeah, the class being the best he's ever recruited was a stretch. However, I don't think as much as what some here think. Boeheim couldn't predict what happened last year - guys having to play out of position, dudes not being team players, and some guys resisting buying into the team and Red. This is, by the way, coming from someone who was critical of Boeheim the last few years.
But Maliq didn’t want to play the 5, which was made very clear, so Lampkin committing here should have made no difference. I can only come to the conclusion that MB was not happy about what happened with Taylor, was probably told by Red he’d be splitting time with Freeman from day one and would be expected to spot Lamp at the 5. Bell is a lock at the 3, so those were his options for serious time. Essentially he would fill the sixth man, glue guy role. Throw the Duke bag o cash on top of that realization, and that was probably the straw. He was basically starting over again next year anyway, so why not start over again in Durham with more $$ in his pocket? I think his comment in that interview about wanting to be around guys willing to put in the work to win was definitely a shot at last year’s team.
Best passer on that squad is damning with faint praise.
It’s the truth. If you, who has no stake in it at all, are butt-hurt by it, that’s on you.
Butt hurt by what? A solid player left us and said something dumb after the fact. Its college sports, I’m a fan. I don’t have to respect that.
Truthful? I think that's the issue that some here have with his comments, that they didn't sound truthful. No mention about money?? How is that being truthful? I don't really care about Maliq anymore but let's be real.
