KoB2011

Duke has actually been caught?

I am good with having no issue with K, so long as we acknowledge he’s dirty and you’d be fine with IU doing that too. I honestly don’t know your position on that.

You had a top 3 player playing how many minutes per game? And he rarely closed games, right?

I’m pumped for that game. Trying to get one of my buddies to go with me.

No idea how much, but I think every team does it. We certainly have had more than one reported issue in the past several years, let alone anything unreported.

Thanks for clarifying. I would contend Duke is in the same league as those two but their holier than thou image tends to cover up a lot of their shenanigans. Where UNC and KU will look you in the eye and say “so what?”, Duke will look you in the eye and gaslight you and lie about any wrong doing ever taking place.

No

I agree with the wait and see approach. Hard to judge what is going on until we have finals answers IMO.

My bad, I was flipping Atlanta and New Orleans in my head in terms of having new buildings because they were both Mercedes.

What is different about Duke than UNC or Kansas? Duke has had every bit the scandals recently that those two have.

You’re losing your three best players, no?

You sure it was in the same building?

Every team is stained, it’s just a matter of who is getting caught.

Do any of you guys that take these stances on the NIL take the same stance at work when it is your money?

Jabari Smith should be the number 1 pick whoever has it, but that probably won't be the Pacers.

Am I crazy for seeing a little Deron Williams there?

I'm curious why you don't think they compare favorably to the pre-Durant Warriors? They very well may end up with a better road record than anyone else has a home record. I think the narrative for them is going to be written with hindsight, regardless, but they're running away with the best record in the league, have at least 2 elite players and a plethora of good to really good guys. I think if they do win it all they're be viewed in a very good light historically and not like the Pistons or Mavs.

Such a selfish young man

Brad Stevens

Agree to disagree. A Big East school does not need to hire an assistant coach from another school to be their head coach without even getting into the recent Fife issues that say his current midwest ties may not be that great.

This is surely to god an April fools joke, yes?

Serious question - why would they?

So we held Syracuse to 61 points, forced 14 turnovers and limited them to 43% FGs and are blaming our defense? We lost that game because our offense was atrocious.

I'm not sure I am following the logic that the West is weak and the East isn't. The top 6 in the West could all probably be at a minimum in contention for the 1 seed in the East. If it's as simple as the Bucks have Giannis and no one else does, then okay, I'll buy that he is the most dominant guy going right now and that the Bucks have a good chance to repeat as champions. Maybe the Nets with Kyrie back full time have a good shot to win it all, too, but outside of that I can't really see anyone else in the East making a run at a title.

I think it's possible they are putting too much stock into what a coach who got fired may or may not be advising him, too.