I would expect him to backup Flip at the 5 playing 10-15 minutes a game so he's basically a reserve big. He's a grad transfer so having a smaller role isn't something that's going to bother him as that's basically what happened at the end of last year when Lively came on strong and becoming our fulltime starter.
He might play more if Flip gets into foul trouble and our freshman recruit Sean Stewart isn't physically ready to handle the position or our developmental big Reeves can't contribute still in Year 2.
I agree that its not a good thing if he ends up playing a lot, he's a good hustle guy who rebounds well and has good touch around the rim but his defense is pretty bad, especially defending the pick and roll.
Agreed, which I'm fine with if the freshmen are guys like Bagley, Paolo and Zion who are monsters as freshmen. Where you get into trouble is when you have 5 stars who aren't that productive as freshmen but bolt for the draft anyway preferring to take their chances of being late 1st rounders, 2nd rounders or being undrafted over returning to school.
I actually think NIL is going to really benefit the blue bloods like Duke and KU since we should be able to "re-recruit" our 5 star freshmen to return to campus for Year 2.
It looks like Scheyer is going to keep going after those superstar One and Dones but then also recruit 5 stars who will likely stay multiple years and if they're on the fence, Duke can throw the NIL bag at them to get them to stick around. This is key to having continuity and the experience on the roster to truly be title contenders.
