Maliq Brown to Duke

[PauliePeppas]

Another forward transferring from Duke. Would be surprised if Maliq doesn't commit over the weekend.

Sure seems that way

 

[RedtheGOB]

"This might be a hot take, but I’d prefer Brown and Freeman over Bell and Freeman."

bell is either 7-8 or 0-8. wildly inconsistent. and when he's cold you're going down.
compound that with his lack of defensive effort...give me maliq at the 4 ! major loss for the cuse. is freeman better ? ain't proved it yet. shoulda let them battle it out. or play both .

This actually makes my point that keeping Bell and Freeman + Lampkin was the right choice. 8-9 from 3 on the road straight up won us a major road ACC game on Bells back alone. Let’s not forget that same team ended up in the final 4 a month later so it’s not like they were a bottom feeder either. Earlier in the year his shooting kept our season from getting nipped before it even started with Colgate. Then a few other games where he hit critical baskets. Bell can win games with his shooting, Brown just can’t. In a league where a road win or two can be the difference between the tourney or not you take that all day. Let’s just say Bell does go 0-6 and gets the yank. Autry is looking at a deep bench of SF’s that can come in and hoop.

Ideally we told Brown to name his price to be a role guy off the bench or compete for that starting spot. We needed Brown for his work ethic and steady performances, which hurts. A starting spot was the safer choice for him.

 

[djcon57]

They have the number 12 and 17 players in the class coming in to play that position and last I checked TJ Power is still there too. Two of those guys should ask out of their LOI if he commits. There’s no way all of those guys will be happy.

You were on the button here...Power and Stewart have since have left.

 

[Cusefan0307]

You were on the button here...Power and Stewart have since have left.

I would take them both. Duke has 2 players in their roster right now not including the 6 freshmen coming in. Maliq has to be a guarantee for them Now.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[djcon57]

I would take them both.

IF this is for Maliq, the fact they'd ditch a former 5 star who played mins for them this year for Maliq, should probably quiet the naysayers. It won't, but it should

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

This isn’t as great of a point as some of you listing it as think it is. It’s a bad look for Red that our best player last year per nearly every metric didn’t start until injuries

Speaks the the rest of the roster rather than Brown’ exceptional abilities. He’s a good player who is good around basket. TBD if he can guard away from lane. Not sure he has the lateral quickness. We shall see, and I wish him well. Seems like a fine young man.

 

[RF2044]

Speaks the the rest of the roster rather than Brown’ exceptional abilities. He’s a good player who is good around basket. TBD if he can guard away from lane. Not sure he has the lateral quickness. We shall see, and I wish him well. Seems like a fine young man.

TBD if he can guard away from the lane?

He was an exceptional perimeter defender. Right?

 

[Cusefan0307]

I find it hilarious that in this thread we have people arguing that a guy who made the ACC defensive team not only can’t guard the post, but he can’t guard on the perimeter either.

 

[SWC75]

“Because for that to be the case, that means nothing matters anymore and college sports are dead in the water and there is no point in rooting for any players anymore because we're just dealing with rentals who don't give a darn about their commitment to a school or fanbase, so we shouldn't give a darn about them”

Nailed it

Yeah. We'll never root for these guys like we rooted for Leo Rautins, Wes Johnson, Michael Gbinije, Andrew White, John Gillen or JJ Starling. "When you're a jet, you're a jet all the way!"

 

[Cusefan69]

This thread:

 

[dasher]

Yeah. We'll never root for these guys like we rooted for Leo Rautins, Wes Johnson, Michael Gbinije, Andrew White, John Gillen or JJ Starling. "When you're a jet, you're a jet all the way!"

There are others. Fred Saunders back in the day. Leron Ellis. Guys who were Orange to their core.

 

[Orangezoo]

IF this is for Maliq, the fact they'd ditch a former 5 star who played mins for them this year for Maliq, should probably quiet the naysayers. It won't, but it should

Maliq clearly has a great opportunity there - it’s also a Duke team that will be incredibly young and who knows how good they will be losing so much and replacing with mostly freshmen.

 

[SWC75]

I’d be on board with this if we had a track record of elite shooters helping us win. Andrew White was elite. He didn’t help us win. Buddy Boeheim was elite. People refer to his tenure as the worst Syracuse basketball in the history of Syracuse basketball.

The difference between Bell and Maliq this past season was Bell scored 3 more points per game on 4 more shots. They played similar minutes. Brown did everything else significantly better, except turnover rate, while playing out of position.

Maliq was more than just a putback dunk guy and I was looking forward to seeing him get more shots up. On very low volume, admittedly, he did show some ability to shoot threes competently. Donnie Freeman is able to hit threes. Neither are Bell-level, but Bell isn’t them-level, at least not Brown-level, at any of the other basketball stuff.

If the staff thinks we need Bell’s shooting above all else, then time will tell if they’re right. I’m clearly skeptical.

Some people don't know the history of Syracuse basketball.

 

[littlereg]

yes, I remember Goodine and Moyer too being touted on this board, so right

Your brain is the issue if you thought any single one of those players was one and done, or believed any smuck who said that.

 

[SWC75]

Maliq clearly has a great opportunity there - it’s also a Duke team that will be incredibly young and who knows how good they will be losing so much and replacing with mostly freshmen.

Maliq will likely regret leaving SU as much as Joe Girard did.

 

[littlereg]

Grown men in here actually letting their day to day emotions be effect by Maliq brown transferring is actually hilarious. Turn off the phones people there’s a beautiful world outside.

 

[4evaOrange]

Sooooooo….anyone techie that knows if I can rent movies in iTunes and play them on appleTV+ on my TV?

 

[UpstateSM]

Grown men in here actually letting their day to day emotions be effect by Maliq brown transferring is actually hilarious. Turn off the phones people there’s a beautiful world outside.

No there isn't but it has been years since I dropped acid

 

[Orangezoo]

Maliq will likely regret leaving SU as much as Joe Girard did.

Joe did go to play with a bunch of other upperclassmen at Clemson. That said if he’s getting paid ..

 

[Newhouser]

The typical NBA forward today, stretches the floor and can make the 3 point shot, which isn't Maliq. But, there are also a lot of rotational/bench forwards who do not fit that role but brings to the table other skills and have a high IQ and understanding of the game and do not hurt the team. For example, Andre Jackson is a wing player who is documented as putting on a horrible shooting performance during his workouts for NBA teams yet teams were intrigued by his other skills. A wing player like Jackson is generally drafted as a 3 and D guy, but has proven the 3 part can be overlooked if there is added value in other areas.

Okay I love Maliq but comparing him to Andre Jackson is crazy. Jackson is one of the best athletes in the NBA and literally dominated games in college without being able to shoot.

I can't think of a good comparison for Maliq in the league.

 

[littlereg]

No there isn't but it has been years since I dropped acid

Hey all I’m saying is I know a leary or two…

 

[rrlbees]

You were on the button here...Power and Stewart have since have left.

Gut feel is with those 2 guys leaving in the past 2 days, Brown has already committed there.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Okay I love Maliq but comparing him to Andre Jackson is crazy. Jackson is one of the best athletes in the NBA and literally dominated games in college without being able to shoot.

I can't think of a good comparison for Maliq in the league.

I'm not saying he's an NBA player, but there was definitely NBA chatter by scouts on twitter late in the season here. I never thought he was a finished product here as some claim and has the ability to score more/become a knockdown shooter if he works at it.

 

[CousCuse]

Maliq shot 36.8% from 3 last year on a small sample of 7/19. I think he will stay at that or do better. If he does that, he will be a candidate for POY in the ACC. The guy does everything well, he is that good.