Oh, now the thread is MUCH better.
I post that Duke was a very good team this year, that we had two amazing talents, that we were a favorite to win the title all year, and also that we didn’t really show improvement this year, and that we were certainly over-fellated by the media all year.
I post a dozen links, both to media sources and to Duke forums, where people talked about Dukes weaknesses all year, about Cam Reddish being pretty bad and Duke’s free throw shooting and three point shooting and lack of bench production possibly being an issue, and where people really jumped on K for what they thought were some poor decisions during the year.
I post actual facts, like that Cam Reddish had both the lowest shooting percentage on the team while also having just about the highest turnover rate, and also posted why PPG comparisons don’t work without taking into account pace.
Oh, and other facts like that Duke had just about the worst three point shooting in the country (the worst Duke has ever had, and WAY worse than any national champ has ever had) and absolutely terrible foul shooting.
Oh, and OTHER facts that show that Duke, a KenPom top five team at the end of the, performed about the same as 70 percent of other KenPom top five teams years... ie didn’t make the Final Four.
Oh, and OTHER facts like that Duke lost six games this year, and came within a bucket of losing 13 games this year, so anyone who doesn’t just read ESPN headlines and listen to sports pundits but who actually tries to think a bit would realize that this Duke team was very good, but also vulnerable.
Oh, and OTHER facts like that a lot of basketball is luck, and a lot of the giant judgments we are passing are because of a single percentage point in shooting for either MSU or Duke, which helps put it into perspective.
And I said it sucked that we lost.
And in the new, no-idiot version of this thread, there isn’t some low IQ butthurt-by-Duke, UK fan troll who continues to insist that no Duke fans are providing facts (even though we have) while simultaneously whining like a bitch about how ESPN covered Duke (while insisting he isn’t upset) and posting simple facts with no context and insisting nobody saw problems with Duke despite... you know... the exact opposite being true ... oh, and all while posting a bunch of lies, AND while making sure to type like English is his second language! (Really, tell us more about your “vile.”).
Yeah, this new version of this thread is WAY better.
@LetsGoDuke301 @dukedevilz @Mac9192 you should try it. Taking out the trash makes the thread stink a lot less.
And I bet the forum will be way better, too! Can’t wait!
