Gerald Henderson leaving Duke for Draft



Henderson is leaving Duke for the NBA draft skipping his senior year. Henderson though is not hiring an agent just in case he finds that he would do better in college then the NBA. So that door for him as of now is still open, but it looks like he will not be coming back and will stay in the draft as he is being forecast as a first round pick.

Henderson will be missed by everyone at Duke. Coach K seemed ready for him leaving and the team will not suffer from his leaving IMO.

JJ Redick and Orlando Magic in Playoffs



JJ and the Magic are fighting for their playoff lives against the 76er’s. They lost a close one last night and now are down 2-1 to Philly. JJ has only played in one game with limited minutes. We can only hope that SVG see’s that he needs to change things up and that means playing JJ more then a couple of minutes. Leaving his sharpshooter who can also play defense on the bench is a big mistake.

The Magic are in a must win situation this coming Sunday we shall all see if the Magic are up to it.

2009 ACC Champions!!



How sweet it is. After ending the season with a L at the Tarholes, we managed to make it to the finals while the Heels were left soaking a big toe. I’m surprised the Heels couldn’t step it up with their key player out and Ellington did try but to no avail.
The Devils pretty much cruised to the victory were it not for a few runs by the Noles which got the crowd a little into it. Scheyer played awesome as did the other 2 of the big three. Henderson and Singler. I loved the thrashing drive by Nolan in the first half with the authoritative dunk!

ah, just in case you forgot



p.s. Does anyone want to buy this damn blog?



If so, make me an offer. I’ll create a new one once Coach K learns to recruit again.

Duke Officially Needs a Big Man - No Shi*!



We lost, we suck down below. It was a repeat of last year, and the year before. But I knew we couldn’t make it 40 minutes wthout seeing the Hansbrough Flop.


and

So why am I posting about Hansbrough’s Flop? Because as you see exactly how much I get to tend to this blog, I like to check out the keyphrases folks use to come here. You can guess where I get the most attention. “Hansbrough flop”

I wish we had a big man that could flop…in fact I just wish we had a big man period!

Redick finally getting into the swing of things



I haven’t posted Redick information in quite a while. Mainly because I believe he needs to get the hell out of Orlando. He was in a shooting slump early this year but seems to have found the touch in the last few games, contributing in several plus 10 points totals.
The most recent was against the Kings were Redick nailed down 4 3-ptrs to help the Magic achieve a record 23 3 pointers.
Congrats Redick, and heres to hoping that “ups” your trade value even more.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/basketball/magic/orl-magic1409jan14,0,2745891.story

Wake downs UNC - Heels Now 0-2 in the ACC



Nothing makes me happier than watching the Tarholes fan base grumpy on a Monday morning..unless its Duke handing them the loss. The Tarheels fanbase avoided all calls, ignored all jokes because they (the fans) just can’t stand it. The team that was hyped to go undefeated in ‘09 has not dropped two in a row in the ACC. I love it!

green gets tea bagged!

green gets tea bagged!

Duke downs FSU



The game was quickly getting away from the refs early on but they must have had a quick pow wow. Its the most physical game I’ve seen Duke play this season and it won’t be the last. As teams are under manned and outplayed by Duke, they have to resort to two tactics: playing more physical and finding ways to get into the head of Duke players. The two go hand in hand obviously and thats exactly what FSU tried to do.

Fortunately Duke wasn’t having any of it. FSU did a farely decent job at keeping the Devils to a low point total at the half but Duke did the same. Gerald Henderson finally played like he should be playing his entire career at Duke. The Devils quickly pulled away in the second half.

FSU made a run late as Duke was having troubles at the line, but the big lead was too much for the Seminoles to handle.

I’m looking forward to the UNC/Wake game tonight. It would awesome if they start out 0-2 in the conference :)

Sweet!! Glad they were handed one early.