Here is the summer buzz on the Blue Devils from ESPN and Eamonn Brennan. While no one is saying the Devils should repeat, the more that words gets dropped in articles the more pressure this team is going to feel. There is definitely a target place firmly on the back of this team and I am sure the coaching psychology will be centered around that.
Also in scheduling news Duke will be playing Princeton November 14th in Cameron.
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Word came down from several sites that Marshall Plumlee has committed to Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils. Marshall joins Michael Gbinije and Tyler Adams as the Duke haul so far for 2011. While Marshall doesn’t come as heralded as his brothers, he is a hard worker and should do well in Duke blue.
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Ahhh back from vacation where I have two observations:
1. Lebron James has an ego the size of the Sun and Cleveland will hate him forever, and
2. Seaworld is pretty damn fun.
I’ve never really liked Lebron James, and I never really had a valid reason until now, so I can now say he has earned my dislike. Doing his best Harrison Barnes impersonation he creates a TV event like no other just announce where he’s going to be playing basketball, not even Michael Jordan did this. It was all self important, self centered and pretty childish in my opinion. At least Barnes has the excuse of being a kid. What is Lebrons excuse?? As usual today it’s more about him than it is the sport, makes you wonder if people like that even really respect the game? When you make yourself bigger than that game it shows a lack of integrity, respect and humility. If he thought the pressure was on in Cleveland, it’s really going to be on in Miami, it’s win or face the firing squad of ridicule.
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Congratulations to Kyrie Irving and Josh Hairston for being named to the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team.
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Some video interviews with the Dukies attending the CP camp, getting better not only for the upcoming season but also thinking about life in the NBA.
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Seth Curry is really going to be the x-factor for Duke in the coming year, with scoring options in Singler, Smith and Irving, Curry will bring quite a punch from 3. How will Duke juggle the minutes? I think it will work nicely into what K wants to do, a faster team means a team that will need more rest, the plethora of guards on this team plays right into K’s hands. Good to see him getting better with Nolan and Kyle with the help of Chris Paul. Per the Luke Win article mentioned below:
The player I was most intrigued to see was Seth Curry, the Liberty transfer who was lying in wait on Duke’s bench, in dress clothes, during their national title run. Both he and his brother, Stephen, were in the gym on Sunday, and their three-point shooting forms differ: Stephen’s shot is now a textbook wrist-flick with perfect rotation, while Seth’s is often a knuckleball with little spin. It’s a highly accurate knuckleball, though; Seth seemed to knock down as many (or more) threes than anyone in the camp over the course of drills (the camp was probably 85 percent drills) and scrimmaging. He should be a deadly weapon in Duke’s backcourt, especially given how much attention defenses will pay to teammates Nolan Smith, Singler and Kyrie Irving. “Seth is going to bring so much to our team with his shooting and playmaking ability,” Smith said.
Paul takes nation’s best guards under his wing in Winston-Salem
By Luke Winn
Chris Paul Elite Camp 2010, Day One
By Marcus Shockley
Chris Paul CP3 Elite Guard Camp: News and Notes
By Ryan Feldman
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