Its true, as much as I like JJ, he won’t be the outstanding player he was in college. Everyone knows it, everyone talks about it. Its even worse when your coach never gives you chance to prove your worth to another NBA team. JJ will eventually play somewhere that will keep 10 points a night out of him consistently. It won’t be at Orlando. We all know it and so does JJ.
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Sorry you UNC freaks, but neither will Hansbrough. He’s a great college player, there I said it. But I still hate him. I hate the fact everyone loves him. I hate the fact every announcer kisses his ass as if theres no tommorow. Newsflash!!!!!! There won’t be a tomorrow for Hansbrough. Just like JJ, theres no place in the NBA for Hansbrough. He’s too small to play with the big boys in the real world. He hustles……wait, did I say that, probably don’t have to because everyone thats on the tv lets us know. Guess what hustle equates to in the NBA? Nothing. Those days are gone. As much as the world wants to see a white boy hustle like Larry Bird hustled, Tyler won’t do it. Why? Because he won’t have the playing time to hustle. Just like JJ, he’ll be the punching bag in practice.
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There you go UNC freaks. Bookmark my site, come back in a year. I’d love to hear your comments.
..that somebody finally spoke up about Duke’s season. Its been a miserable two years and it won’t get much better until we add some size. The Duke Basketball Report shut its forums down b/c of the ‘pissed’ off Duke fans yelling about their early exit.
Enjoy:
http://www.dukechronicle.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=73f89697-8f59-4b3f-a246-538e8e9ea355
The Orlando Sentinel says that it is time to play JJ now so that everyone can see how good he is. Here is the link to the article
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2008/03/time-to-see—.html
Duke lost to West Virginia 73-67 in the second round of this year’s NCAA’s. The one thing that Duke needed the most hurt the team in advancing further in the tourney. Without a true post player Duke kept on getting manhandled in the paint. This weakness showed in their near loss to Belmont.
Team Captain DeMarcus Nelson was a no show for Duke this tournament he was a combined 3-17 shooting for the two games he also turned the ball over 6 times in the two games. Nelson may have been the captain, but he did not lead very well as you can all see by his numbers.
Coach K gave his all for this team, battling the flu yet still showing up to coach. Bravo Coach K! Next year we expect you to give just as much as you gave for these two games. We all love you!
Bless You Coach K.
Duke held on and beat a feisty team from Belmont with the final score being 71-70. Belmont challenged Duke throughout the entire game never giving an inch to Duke. To make things worse for Duke Coach K was battling the flu on the sidelines yet he kept on coaching this team to it’s first win for 2008 NCAA Tournament. Now Duke is on to the second round.
Georgia ontop of Xavier by 3 with 2 minutes left in the first.
update…Georgia by 9 after a alley oop dunk on the break with .47 left in the 1st!!!
Got this email from Brandan who apparently markets for NIKE. Not sure how much weight this carries but maybe we’ll see if its true? Anyone know what shoes they wear now?
When the Blue Devils step on the court tonight for its opening game of the NCAA Tournament, the squad will sport a new look. Tonight, the Blue Devils will be donning Kobe Bryant’s signature Nike sneaker - the Zoom Kobe III. The special edition kicks were designed specifically for Duke as a call out to Kobe’s admiration for Coach Mike Krzyzewski who will spend this summer coaching Kobe and the rest of the USA Basketball squad at the Olympic Games in Beijing. If you are interested, I’d be happy to send you a picture of the shoe to share with your readers. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Brandan for Nike
Duke lost 78-74 to Clemson and the right to the finals in the ACC Tournament. Duke just shot around 25% from the three point line killing any chance of advancing. Singler and Scheyer both forgot to show up for the game Singler was 1-9 and 0-5 from the three point line. Scheyer shot 3-11 and 2-6 from the three point line. Without these two players adding their shots to the team Duke failed to beat Clemson for the first time in a very long time.
Now Duke has to wait for the NCAA Selection Committee to see where they are going to end up and what seed. They will find this out Sunday.
Duke beat Georgia Tech in their first game of the ACC Tournment 82-70. The Blue Devils looked like they were going to run away with this one after a strong first half, but the Yellow Jackets came on strong in the second half. The Yellow Jackets came as close as 2 points from tying the Blue Devils when the Blue Devils put the game away. Duke cannot play this way in their next game, they need to get a killer instinct and put the next team away instead of letting them back into the game as they did with Georgia Tech.
JJ is back with the Magic 90 minutes before tipoff after being with his brother who had major surgery to remove a tumor on his spine.
Here is article from John Denton, Florida Today
ORLANDO — Magic reserve shooting guard J.J. Redick rejoined the team Wednesday 90 minutes before tipoff after traveling to Virginia to be with his younger brother, David.
David Redick had surgery to remove a tumor near his spine. The younger Redick, a former football player at Marshall University, had the surgery on Monday at Duke Medical Center in North Carolina, and doctors are still running pathology tests on the tumor.
“Everything went about as well as it could have,’’ Redick said Wednesday. “He’s in stable condition and he’s making jokes which is really good. He’s still got a long road ahead with some bumps in it, but he’s doing OK.’’
Redick missed Monday’s lopsided defeat of the Atlanta Hawks and Tuesday’s practice. He has averaged 3.7 points in 27 games this season.