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    IknoBall12
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     I’m about to be brutally honest about my squad. It’s extremely frustrating for me to listen to all the praise and hype Duke gets when we still have the same problems year in year out. Yea we went 14-0 and yea we have talented freshman but that doesn’t mask our glaring weakness that I’ve written abut on this site for years. We still cannot play perimeter defense! Each and every single time we run up on a team with REAL GUARDS OR BALLHANDLERS we get shredded. To be real Quinn cook and Rasheed sulaimon just can’t get it done. Justice is honestly the best defender on our team and he can’t guard all wing positions at the same time. Furthermore jahlil is amazing offensively but defensively he is kinda weak. As for ample Jefferson I mean he gives effort but when the hell has trying hard ever won a championship. I knew angel Rodriguez was going to shred us and wasn’t the least bit surprised as his statement after the game that he knew he could take advantage of dukes guards. But the biggest disappointment for me is coach K. Knowing we have this problem year in and year out I would lobe for him to have a game plan for our short comings against these teams. I mean duke gets a lot of credit about full court pressure defense and the sh*t sucks!! The other teams ball handlers just run right by us and score. Maybe that will parks on teams with less talent but we can’t seriously employ a defense like that when the defenders aren’t capable. Slapping the floor only gets you so far

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    trueone313detroit
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    To help recover the lack of defense by the wings.  J Oak is not a rim changer

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    trueone313detroit
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    To help recover the lack of defense by the wings.  J Oak is not a rim changer

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  • #962924
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    TarHeelRaven
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    I’m shocked that K doesn’t take more blame for Duke’s shortcomings recently. When your school has lost to mid-major teams in the first round of the NCAA tournament 2 of the past 3 years, it’s an embarrassment. All people talk about with K is team USA and his quest for 1,000 wins and how he is one of the greatest coaches ever in any sport. They never criticize him for not winning with all that talent. For a supposed defensive guy he couldn’t teach Jabari Parker how to play any defense all season. Jabari was one of the worst defensive players I have ever seen. Now after Duke has played cupcakes at home all season, they are getting shredded by competitive and athletic ACC teams. K is the Captain of Duke basketball, isn’t it about time he takes some of the blame for this instead of being hailed as a guy that can do no wrong?

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    TarHeelRaven
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    I’m shocked that K doesn’t take more blame for Duke’s shortcomings recently. When your school has lost to mid-major teams in the first round of the NCAA tournament 2 of the past 3 years, it’s an embarrassment. All people talk about with K is team USA and his quest for 1,000 wins and how he is one of the greatest coaches ever in any sport. They never criticize him for not winning with all that talent. For a supposed defensive guy he couldn’t teach Jabari Parker how to play any defense all season. Jabari was one of the worst defensive players I have ever seen. Now after Duke has played cupcakes at home all season, they are getting shredded by competitive and athletic ACC teams. K is the Captain of Duke basketball, isn’t it about time he takes some of the blame for this instead of being hailed as a guy that can do no wrong?

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