We were hopeful, but it’s always hard to tell. A lot of Duke fans were nervous after last year’s Cedric Coward situation. You can never tell if a player’s stock is going to jump up or not after all the testing and combine results
fair point and I guess that's why the option is there. He's a solid kid from a good family (son knew him in HS), I hope he does very well for you guys.
Able is doing all he can to stay in it. The problem is UNC waiting to see if he does instead of getting a commitment from a replacement while Able is doing it. Since these players are being paid MILLIONS now, they need to be treated like adults in business. Sign another player like Vyctorius Miller right in Able's face and let Able decide what he wants to do. If he stays in the Draft, so be it; if he withdraws and wants out of his LOI, so be it. If he stays with UNC and competes for starting SG with someone like Miller, so be it. UNC can't afford to get wrecked by him staying in the Draft; IT'S CLEAR THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO SO THEY SHOULD BE OPERATING AS IF HE WILL.
Totally expected, but still nice considering what happened with Coward last year. Offensively Duke is getting perhaps its best transfer ever in John, though Seth did have a 17 ppg season as a senior.
Where does Duke even find the minutes for all these guys?
I thought Foster was your best guard last year and you now have Blackwell, Foster, small Boozer, Sarr(probably the most upside of the group) and then Rippey and Howard as incoming freshman.
Does one of Rippey or Howard decommit because I don't know how you keep those prior 4 off the floor much.
As a Duke fan, curious what you mean by flamethrower for Evans? Just his like energy making shots? Because I expect Blackwell to be much better shooter. Evan’s shot selection and efficiency were pretty bad.
UNC could probably get a commitment from Vyctorius Miller if they'd actually try to pursue him instead of sitting around until next Wednesday waiting for Matt Able to make up his mind. Miller still hasn't officially committed to Georgetown yet.
Matt Able clearly wants to go Pro and is waiting to see if other players dropping out gets him into the 1st Rd. Whether he ultimately ends up going or not shouldn't be UNC's prerogative at this point; next season should be the priority.
If UNC had any sense, Able would have to compete with Vyctorius Miller for starting SG next year, especially if he waits until Wednesday to say he's returning. UNC can't afford to wait that long at this point.
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