Comments on: Calipari is Going to Lose Some, Win Some

By: Maynard

Maynard — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:57:17 +0000

You lost your credibility with the Battier comment up there. In decline, huh? There’s not one team in the league that wouldn’t take Battier, trust. And Maggette — though admittedly flawed — is “done,” despite 18.5 ppg. Watch some games sometime.

Oh, and Boozer had a real tough time last night. Yawn.

By: DukeGuy

DukeGuy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:06:34 +0000

Duke has more players than any other school in the NBA. “coach k doesn’t develop nba talent”

By: Fan

Fan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:53:46 +0000

everybodyisslow–
Not going to answer every claim you make, but I will note a couple of things. First, It’s DeMarcus Nelson, not JaMarcus (and also Sean Dockery, Trajan Langdon, Shelden Williams, btw). Second, not every player who is a high school star has a realistic shot at the NBA, regardless of where they go to college. Take Nelson–he is, essentially, a 6’3″ guy who is not a super ball handler–that isn’t going to work in the NBA. Who knows if he would even have gotten the chances he’s had on the fringe this year if he hadn’t gone to Duke? And Bobby Hurley was knocked out of the NBA by a drunk driver who almost killed him–how is that Coach K’s fault?

By: Evey

Evey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:06 +0000

You are all missing the point. The problem with the whole system are the blood sucking leeches that call themselves “mentors.” Give me a break, they don’t care about the kid, the care about the money that the kid can make for them. At least there is a coach that has more integrity and respect for the game then to bow down to a “handler” to land a quality recruit.

By: matt s

matt s — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:20:44 +0000

damn mad haters in the house… bottom line is wall will get more exposure at duke if he is really “that dude” that everyone thinks he is. who gets more air time then ND football, Dallas Cowboys, Yankees, Blue Devils? If u are a one and done why not come to the university that u will get the most exposure and play against the best competition. and the reason unc is not involved is because ol’roy wont get involved with wall’s agent/sketchy aau guy/advisor/companion clifton. Which i commend him for being old school but sometimes u got to get a lil dirty if u want to land big time prospects cuz they all have people like that around them.

By: everybodyisslow

everybodyisslow — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:27:26 +0000

let us have a moment of silence for WILLIAM AVERY, DANIEL EWING, JAMARCUS NELSON, TRADJDON LANGDON, DANNY FERRY, BOBBY HURLEY, SHAWN DOCKERY, J.J. REDDICK, SHELDON WILLIAMS, AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO CAN THANK COACH K FOR THERE SUCCESS IN THE LEAGUE. and by the way DENG is not good, im in chicago and i watch him play everyday, he is a slow unathletic sf who cant play d-fense. he gets 16 a game off back cuts and a 14 foot jumper that most teams give him… ONLY 1 OR 2 DUKEIES ever played D. SHANE AND GRANT HILL, period.

By: Chicagorilla

Chicagorilla — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:55:33 +0000

@Tarheel33
“So where is Carolina in all this?”

Somehow John Wall seems to have forgotten that UNC won the Chip this year and Ty Lawson is leaving, and there are a ton of McD all-American big men to pass to. UNC also produced Ray Felton, who won a chip and is a pretty good Pg in the NBA today and Lawson will soon follow. Or the fact that John Walls game fits UNC’s running style. Yeah I would much rather go to Duke… I mean with all their “stars” in the NBa…oh wait, Grant Hill is still the best player from duke in the nba today. He’s like 14ppg, Boozer scores 20ppg but gives up 30ppg, Elton Brand had terrible season that ended with another injury, Maghette is done, Duhon is Doo doo, Sheldon and JJ are out of the L next year when their contract expires, Shane Battier is already on the decline and he’s only like 28-29yrs old, Jay Williams was the #2 pick, but her scored 9ppg and avg 4 ast then he wrapped his bike around the tree coming from the gay club here in Chicago (BUST!!!!)… Yep, Coach K is exactly the person I want to help develop my maturity and talent, just ask Shavlik Randolph and Josh McRoberts. Both McD all-Americans and on their way to lottery picks b4 they showed up to duke.

“Come to duke, where you’ll help me get 30 wins running a college style offense, I won’t teach you anything, you’ll get to drink with Duhon and be accused of rape with sheldon williams and the Lacrosse team, I’ll get to the NCAA tourney with the Refs in my back pocket, then I’ll use all that TV time to get more credit card endorsements. And I promise to take you from being a lottery pick to that Late first round/2nd round pick you always dreamed of becoming. Just sign your life… uh I mean your name on this letter of intent”

By: magicmk

magicmk — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:31:24 +0000

The John Wall sweepstakes catfight amuses me. Does anyone here have a clue that Wall won’t be playing college ball beyond his freshman year?

By: JP

JP — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:11:59 +0000

I love the depth of this article. Basically, the premise that since the last pg at memphis was better than the last pg at duke, we can generalize that cal is better at developing NBA talent? weak.
Here’s the truth: http://www.ventaboutsports.com/2009/03/which-schools-produce-most-nba-players.html

The MOST current pros, the current coach with the MOST rings, The coach who has coached the BEST NBA talent over the past 3 years as the Olympic head coach and John Wall’s BEST option. If Wall goes anywhere else but DUKE, you will know all that you need to about his decision-making skills.

By: JoHawk

JoHawk — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:54:42 +0000

Coach K and Cal are both good recruiters. Cal seems to get more out of his players. However, Bill Self is a better recruiter and a better coach than both of them. Self was known ONLY as a good recruiter at Illinois. He put that label to rest when he won the National Title at the expense of Coach Cal even though NOBODY (except Jay Bilas) gave the Jayhawks any chance of winning. Last year Self cemented his legacy as a great coach when he took an entire new team (the Jayhawks lost all 5 starters from the championship team) to the Sweet 16, even though again, nobody in the country gave them a chance. Now that Self has landed the Henry brothers, Jeff Withey (transfer from Arizona) and Elijah Johnson, they are set to make a run at another Rock Chalk Championship!