Trevon Duval Commits to Duke

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Dog, Trevon Duval is going there for one year. The NBA is what prepares you for the NBA, period. No programs don't stunt your growth you either have it or you don't. The NBA and college game are completely different animals.

Did somebody bring up that bum ass nikka Chris Duhon?

that bum ass Duhon was a top 5 high school recruit in the nation.



He might have achieved more with a better program.

 

[ISO]

FWIW, Duhon stuck around the NBA for a decade. Lotta big name PGs from a lotta big names programs ain't hang that long and a lot didn't make it at all. So, there's that, too. Ask a Maryland fan about John Gilchrist. Ask a Cuse about Jonny Flynn. Or McNamara. Or Scoop. Or Lazarus.

I'm a Knicks fan so Duhon is a bum ass nikka to me based off...

Duhon, who is in a massive shooting slump (7 of 47 in the last nine games) played pickup games in Chicago with Obama while the president was running for the Oval Office.

Son could not buy a shot all season and D'Antoni loved him.

Fun fact he actually has the All-Time Knicks record in assists. Not McGuire, not Clyde, not the Pearl, not Michael Ray, not Mark Jackson, not Starbury, not Kidd but Duhon with 22 assists.

That 7SOL system is undefeated...

I'm with you though, college programs don't determine your success at the next level and Duke is easily one of the top 3 programs in the last 20 years in producing NBA players.

 

[lutha]

with jackson staying in the draft, he should get plenty of burn cause duke need a pg....this also helps allen, cause now he can play off the ball and just be a scorer, which means he gonna be trying to get the top white player spot back from luke.....

think duke makes it to at least the sweet 16....the bigs gonna have to develop for them to go further.....

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

we were desperate. must get.

That reminds me at duke for stealing Jordan Tucker from Syracuse. Now we have to deal with Syracuse for Sid Wilson.

 

[Freddie.Cane]

You think Dion Waiters could go to Duke and get drafted that high and primp and prance after every lil layup and not get shyt on? He's trash.

"NEGGED"

 

[L&HH]

I don't think where a player goes to college has anything to do with how they do in the pros. They're completely different games

Either your skill set and size translate to the pros well or it doesn't

I want to agree with you but as accomplished as Duke is and the number of top recruits they've had for them not to have quality NBA production on the level of UNC, Kentucky...something is wrong there. Kyrie Irving might end up as the best NBA player from Duke in history...is it a coincidence he only played 9 games for them?

 

[Jparker]

This kinda thinking became the norm in Spring 1992 after K won two straight and Dean Smith was still stuck on one measly title after coaching at UNC for 30 years and getting all the best recruits every year. That's when they switched the focus to NBA production instead of what's going on in college.

Oddly enough, now UNC fans don't wanna talk pros and only wanna focus on college. Funny how all this works.

Because the best player they have in the league right now might be Danny Green.

 

[Frump]

I want to agree with you but as accomplished as Duke is and the number of top recruits they've had for them not to have quality NBA production on the level of UNC, Kentucky...something is wrong there. Kyrie Irving might end up as the best NBA player from Duke in history...is it a coincidence he only played 9 games for them?

4 and 5 stars don't automatically mean their NBA players or stars. Their strictly talking college level.

Unc hasn't exactly lit the NBA on fire with stars lately

UK has gotten the top guys since Cal got there.

I don't think Anthony Davis or Towns would be average NBA players if they went somewhere else

Cals a great recruiter but he's an average coach. Let's not pretend he sprinkles magic pixie dust on these guys and they magically become stars. He gets players who coming out of HS are predicted to be top picks

 

[Sin Simma]

Where you go has nothing to do with how you play at the next level this is retarded

I know exactly where Raul is coming from, and agree with him, but you're not fully wrong either. Duke and UNC have a specific system, and some players adapt with it or some fail. Nolan Smith was one of the most nastiest Oak Hill players ever. Youtube him. His game completely changed when he went to Duke, and struggled until his Junior year. Senior year, Killa Ky was there. Make this short and sweet, certain kids game doesn't fit Kansas. You could see a kid play, and say he is not UK material. Jayson Tatum style of play at Michigan State? No.

Trevon doesn't fit with Duke either, but Ky was like that too, and he was nasty enough to where no system could trap him. Trevon is one of the best passers in his class, and his handles is deadly. You line him up with an elite SG Trent, shooter Tucker, Senior Allen, and the rest and he's straight. His decision making will be an issue but he's going to play for one of the greatest coaches so it'll improve.

Off topic: Tre Jones, Tyus kid brother, now that kid was made for Duke. He might be my number 1 PG in this class.

 

[Sin Simma]

@ISO: You're also right because some kids are better players in the league than college, and vice versa. You also have kids who were nasty in HS, but was exposed in college. If a kid goes to a specific program and they have him playing at a position he is not comfortable at, he could definitely fail at the next level. Jabari was a 5 at Duke, which is insane but Bari was league ready regardless. Kentucky fans, is it true that Briscoe was a small forward there? That's even crazier. I was told he feels a certain way about his time there, but UK fans kinda hate him too. The story of Kevin Knox playing the 2 has to be make believe, and you have people comparing him to Monk. This is now the most retarded statement I've seen in months.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Dook

 

[Basaglia]

I know exactly where Raul is coming from, and agree with him, but you're not fully wrong either. Duke and UNC have a specific system, and some players adapt with it or some fail. Nolan Smith was one of the most nastiest Oak Hill players ever. Youtube him. His game completely changed when he went to Duke, and struggled until his Junior year. Senior year, Killa Ky was there. Make this short and sweet, certain kids game doesn't fit Kansas. You could see a kid play, and say he is not UK material. Jayson Tatum style of play at Michigan State? No.

Trevon doesn't fit with Duke either, but Ky was like that too, and he was nasty enough to where no system could trap him. Trevon is one of the best passers in his class, and his handles is deadly. You line him up with an elite SG Trent, shooter Tucker, Senior Allen, and the rest and he's straight. His decision making will be an issue but he's going to play for one of the greatest coaches so it'll improve.

Off topic: Tre Jones, Tyus kid brother, now that kid was made for Duke. He might be my number 1 PG in this class.

Nolan Smith was a 6-2 off guard who had minimal NBA potential. He was all-ACC, POY and won a title. Made it to the league. You know who was NONE of those things? Dex Strickland, who was on the same HS team as Kyrie and MKG and thought to be better than BOTH of them. Did UNC ruin his game? Simple question.

 

[delnegro]

Damn I told my homie Trev wherever his son goes I'd be rooting for that college team for the year..I don't know if I can do the Duke shyt though lol. Congrats to Trevon and Trevor.

 

[Sin Simma]

Nolan Smith was a 6-2 off guard who had minimal NBA potential. He was all-ACC, POY and won a title. Made it to the league. You know who was NONE of those things? Dex Strickland, who was on the same HS team as Kyrie and MKG and thought to be better than BOTH of them. Did UNC ruin his game? Simple question.

Nolan's game did not fit Duke, and Dex was never thought to be better than Kyrie or MKG, once Kyrie came to St. Pats. MKG was the number 1 player in his class. Kyrie by the end of his senior year, was the number 1 ranked PG. The only window Strick was higher than Kyrie would be early Jr year, because Kyrie came out of nowhere. The kid only played for Pats for 2 years, and became an All-American. Dex was a 2 guard who wanted to transition to the point, and Kyrie came his Junior year and killed any thought of that. Roy Williams joked and said Kyrie messed everything up when it came to Dex's gameplan. Did UNC kill Dex game? That's tricky because I was never a fan of his game, and if you ask anyone who is Dex Strickland, they'll probably say he's Rod's brother. (No Relations) He didn't do anything special at UNC, and you could say that about most of their stars. They are the defending champs, and was a missed 3 point winner away from winning twice in a row so no hate. Think Marvin Williams was their last one and done, and even that was a mistake. Did Tony Bradley leave early? That would be a mistake too.

 

[Basaglia]

Nolan's game did not fit Duke, and Dex was never thought to be better than Kyrie or MKG, once Kyrie came to St. Pats. MKG was the number 1 player in his class. Kyrie by the end of his senior year, was the number 1 ranked PG. The only window Strick was higher than Kyrie would be early Jr year, because Kyrie came out of nowhere. The kid only played for Pats for 2 years, and became an All-American. Dex was a 2 guard who wanted to transition to the point, and Kyrie came his Junior year and killed any thought of that. Roy Williams joked and said Kyrie messed everything up when it came to Dex's gameplan. Did UNC kill Dex game? That's tricky because I was never a fan of his game, and if you ask anyone who is Dex Strickland, they'll probably say he's Rod's brother. (No Relations)

Again, Nolan was a 6-2 off guard who got drafted in the first round, low 20s. Where else is that happening?

And Dex was considered the star of that team and BETTER than Ky and MKG. Just because he fell off that don't mean he wasn't highly thought of previously. He was ranked ahead of Wall for fukk's sake.

RSCIhoops

And I am eternally grateful Duke didn't get Boynton. We'd be blamed for him being trash, too. Leslie McDonald, too.