Random College Basketball Thoughts: 2018-19

[young3000]

I hate I gotta talk shyt to my guys man but this squad too nice @Call Me James @young3000 don’t hate me

@Bishop_BP_Jakes

It's early and Duke always peak early and crumble in Feb

RJ definitely a chucker... 17 shots in the first half

Still no bench or backup pg. Lack of experience will be their downfall come March. Impressive win last night. I'm not worried, but the game was entertaining

 

[010101]

@Gil Scott-Heroin turbo charged day-day*

 

[Heelmatic]

It's early and Duke always peak early and crumble in Feb

RJ definitely a chucker... 17 shots in the first half

Still no bench or backup pg. Lack of experience will be their downfall come March. Impressive win last night. I'm not worried, but the game was entertaining

Last night told me more about Kentucky than it did duke. Duke is good and will easily have the most talent on the floor in every game they play this season. How the fukk was Kentucky ranked the #2 team in the country to start the season? Need to drop them out of the top 15 after that soft ass embarrassing performance.

 

[Houston911]

He weighs more than Julius, but he's not bigger in terms of height, which is going to be a problem once he slims down in preperation for the league. Bully ball ain't gonna work at his height.

The age-old if he develops a jumpshot argument. There's no point in bringing that up until he does, otherwise, it's just an empty talking point.

What use will his athleticism be if he can't find a suitable position to play at? At his height, he's not going to be able to play the position [the 4] which his game fits the most. His handle isn't at a level where he can break down NBA-caliber wing defenders either, and I don't think it ever will be in time for the league, because he's dominating this level of comp through sheer athleticism and size - there isn't really going to be an opportunity for him to develop that part of his game. Unless he hits another growth spurt, his success is gonna be determined by the growth of his perimeter game.

His handle looks leaps and bounds better than it did it in the mcdonalds games

Small forwards will have a much tougher time staying in front of him than he will have getting by them

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Kentucky gonna catch hell in the SEC. LSU highlights from last night

 

[010101]

His handle looks leaps and bounds better than it did it in the mcdonalds games

Small forwards will have a much tougher time staying in front of him than he will have getting by them

he lost his handle unpressured at least once last night

his handle is not bad but not at the level of shaking pro defenders yet

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[tuckgod]

play the generation of miracles brehs

 

[MikelArteta]

Duke will be like Bama in football this year crushing everyone every game

 

[tuckgod]

Lord we're going to smack UNC's kufi all the way down Franklin Street this year

nikka I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!

 

[tuckgod]

Dude has the skills but physically RJ and Zion are ahead right now. This Duke team should go undefeated.

Yeah he’s not quite on their level yet physically but if Brandon Ingram’s frail ass can contribute to a team he definitely could.

nikka dropped 22 effortlessly in his 1st ever college game.

He just happens to be playing with 2 of the most NBA ready players in a good minute.

 

[Rigby.]

Because Draymond is an all-time great defender (and arguably the most versatile defender ever), which aside from a few highlight blocks, impact that Zion is unlikely to replicate.

This is sound logic but could you not have an offensive version of that same value? Because Zion can give you a lil bit of every thing you want out of a front courter

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

Florida

 

[Controversy]

I forgot Draymond can block Kareem’s skyhook and guard Shaq

Draymond isn’t in any sense an all-time great defender in any sense of the word, but Zion is just a different player. He has potential to be a good defender because of not only his strength but his speed and quickness at his size.

As a NBA player, I can see him contributing but not sure of his ceiling yet. I definitely like him more than I do/did Bagley that’s for sure.

You can think what you want about Draymond but he's the most versatile defender in the history of the NBA...saw him defend everyone from CP0 to Beal to KD to to Aldridge to Gobert...no one is willing to that in long stretches while being a plus defender against every position

Zion is a diff type of special tho...he looks to be a good defender & his offensive abilities are more advanced than most ppl realized

 

[str8up]

Romeo Langford is way more athletic off the dribble than I thought he'd be. Wont get half the hype of the Duke boys but I feel like hes gonna be special

He's very Fultz/Harden like with the smoothness to his game, he's a really underrated athlete because it looks effortless for him out there.

 

[str8up]

All this Zion talk. Blah blah vert, blah blah Randle, blah blah Chuck.


Y’all need to peep my boy Darius Garland at Vandy. ANCHOR DOWN!

Phinisee > Garland




But really, whoever shows out at the PG this year has an easy path into the top 5-7.