Unlike NCAA Football...who's #1 in basketball will be settled by a lugit playoff system at the end of the year. Nobody's opinions or how someone votes will matter at all. That's the way it should be, champions decided on the field of battle and not in some writing geeks computer.
JJ Reddick
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Colonel_Reb
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J.J. had 24 points, 3 rebounds and an assist in Duke's 80-67 win at Virginia Tech today. They play at home against Virginia Saturday on ESPN at 7PM Eastern.
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I knew Duke would be back with a vengence!Reddick was as good as advertised.One player I also love to watch is McRoberts.This kid plays above the rim and reminds me alot of A.Kirelenko of the Utah Jazz.He also brings back memories of Tom Chambers.He should have an excellent career ahead of him.Hopefully he can learn to be a great leader from Reddick.
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This is getting like a broken tape recorder but I love it.JJ Reddick went off again tonight for 40 points!This kid will be a star in the nba.I'm starting to really believe that.I would love to see him go to a team like the Celtics.He would look good in green.I really don't care where he goes as long as he can start and get alot of minutes.JJ is one of the best shooters I have ever seen and he has a nasty streak.He doesn't back down from anyone.Duke is just a blast to watch play.
Colonel_Reb
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Duke is still solidly at number 2 in both polls. They should be getting a few more first place votes in my opinion, especially since they have 1 more win than UConn, but sadly we know why they aren't!
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Actually, Coppenrath was second in scoring in 2004-05, just 1/10 of a point average off the number one spot. Redick was fifth last year. Coppenrath was third in scoring in 2003-04. Those are the only whites to be in the top five in scoring since the 2001-02 season. Also, of the past four scoring champs, only 1 had a higher average than what Morrison has right now, and only by 3/10 of a point. Morrison has 29.0 right now, Redick with 27.8. Third place is a 27.1 average. If these guys stay 1 and 2, it will be a big deal, probably the first time in 15 or more years that whites would be 1 and 2.Edited by: Colonel_Reb
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Reddick could have had a new career high the other night but left the game early.Another thing is how few shots on average Reddick & Morrison take to score 40 points.They are just incredible shooters.It is so nice to see these guys lead the nation in scoring.I could get used to this.Maybe next year Tyler Hansborough or some other guy can carry the torch.
Colonel_Reb
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Redick had 28 tonight in #2 Duke's 83-81 win over #14 Boston College.
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He scrapped pretty hard and it wasn't his best game, but scoring 28 points on a night where your game is a little off is damn impressive. Hopefully he'll maintain this level of play in the tournament come March
Colonel_Reb
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Duke plays at home tomorrow against Florida State at Noon Eastern, but not on TV.Edited by: Colonel_Reb
Colonel_Reb
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Duke slid by Florida State in overtime, to go to 21-1! Redick had 36 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. They next play at North Carolina Tuesday night at 9PM Eastern on ESPN.
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A lot of white future in that game.. McRoberts, Paulus, Hansbrough, Frasor.. as well as Redick, Melchionni etc... should be a good game!
Colonel_Reb
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According to ESPN, J.J. finally had his big game against UNC. Well, he had 35 points while shooting 12-22 and was 6-6 from the free throw line! Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a big game! Keep it up!
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I think that JJ will win the scoring title now.He just is on a unbelievable role and wants a championship bad.35 points against a very tough UNC Team!Simply amazing.He is so competetive.I believe he will win the national player of the year too!Go Duke.
Colonel_Reb
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Redick and Morrison are both tied at 28.4 points per game for first in the country. The third place guy is almost a full point behind them, so barring big injuries to both guys, they will be 1 and 2.
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Best JJ-potential article I've seen, from the Augusta Free Press:
Where does J.J. fit in?
Chris Graham
chris@augustafreepress.com
It is a topic of discussion every time the Duke Blue Devils take the floor.
Coming back from a timeout, at the end of a big Duke run that puts a
game out of reach, after a flurry of long-range jumpers from a certain #4,
the chatter between the play-by-play man and the color analyst turns to
the upcoming NBA draft.
"Given the fact that NBA teams - many, many of them - have such a hard
time scoring, there would have to be a place for J.J. Redick on somebody's
team. I would be flabbergasted if there wasn't," said college-basketball
broadcast analyst Dan Bonner, who has engaged in a few of these on-air
discussions himself in recent weeks.
"You look every night, there's an NBA team that doesn't get 80 points.
Oftentimes, they don't score 70 points. So if you can have an offensive
weapon like J.J. Redick, then I would think that they would jump at the
chance to utilize it," Bonner told The Augusta Free Press.
It would seem that Redick - currently second in the nation in scoring with
27.8 points per game for the second-ranked Dookies - would be a lock
to go in the lottery in the June pro draft. But questions about his size -
Redick is smallish for an NBA two guard at 6-4, 190 - and his ball-
handling and defensive skills have at least some in the know wondering
how he will fit in at the next level.
"There's a lot of differing views on him. Some people think he's going to
be an impact player, and other people think he's going to be a role
player," said Jeff Fox, an NBA draft analyst at www.collegehoops.net.
"I think he's going to be somewhere in between the two," Fox told the
AFP. "I don't think he's going to be a superstar. I also don't see him riding
the pine. I think he's going to be a solid player because of his shooting
and scoring abilities."
Demonstrating the difference of opinion that is out there is Jonathan
Givony of www.hoopshype.com - who calls Redick "a definite starter" who
could help a number of NBA teams right now.
"We have him ranked as the top shooting guard in the draft - or the
second-best shooting guard, if you want to call Arkansas' Ronnie Brewer
a shooting guard," Givony told the AFP.
"I think right now he's a top-10 pick, and I really don't see him falling out
of the lottery. It's early, and he could have a bad NCAA tournament, or he
could get hurt. But right now, he's a strong lottery prospect," Givony said.
This discussion wouldn't have anywhere near the legs that it has shown to
date if Redick hadn't stepped up his play as a senior. Known for three
years almost exclusively as a three-point threat, Redick has added to his
repertoire a variety of mid-range jumpers and dashing drives inside the
paint.
"One thing that is really important to note is how dramatically he has
improved his all-around game," said Jim Johnson, a regular contributor to
www.dukebasketballreport.com who blogs at www.thecourtmaster.net.
"You've heard a lot about his conditioning and all that. But he has really
improved his skill-set to where he is much more than just a catch-and-
shoot kind of player," Johnson told the AFP.
"You saw some glimpses of this last year when he could occasionally take
people off the dribble. He's always moved extremely well without the ball.
This year, too, his shot selection is a lot better," Johnson said.
Bonner said the issue that he hears from the NBA scouts that he talks to
is that "they don't know whether or not he's going to be able to create his
own shot in the NBA."
"The NBA is such a one-on-one, two-on-two kind of league, they don't
spend a lot of time running guys off screens like J.J. Redick does at Duke.
So one of the things that they look at is, can he get his own shot? That is
one concern I have heard. My opinion would be, of course he can get his
own shot," Bonner said.
"The one thing that I think he still has difficulty with is he can beat you off
the dribble when he's wheeling off a screen and moving the way he does,
and you have to go and close out on him really quick, because you're so
worried about him shooting the three that he gets around you. But from
what I've seen, he still has a hard time when he's just standing, say, out in
between the half-court line and the three-point line, and he's got the ball
in his hands, and it's just you and him, there's no screens or anything like
that, he's not so quick that he can just explode around a guy. I think
that's what the NBA people are talking about," Bonner said.
"My response to anybody who would ask is, look at what he's done in
terms of improving himself as a college player. And if anybody thinks that
he won't work every bit as hard to improve himself as a professional
player, then there's something wrong with you," Bonner said.
"I think J.J. Redick will be a very good professional basketball player. But I
think he will have to get himself in the right situation, and if he does that,
I think he can be an all-star, and he can be an all-star for a long time,"
Bonner said.
Johnson's take is that he doesn't know that Redick will "necessarily be a
star, but I certainly think he will be a good starter for an NBA team."
"The player that I compare him to is Kyle Korver, who played at Creighton
a few years ago. He's pretty much a catch-and-shoot kind of player who
can't play a lick of defense, and yet he's starting for the Philadelphia
76ers," Johnson said. "Redick is his superior, I think, in every area of his
game. So if Korver can start, I think not only can Redick start, but he
might even be close to the all-star level."
Fox, who sees Redick as a late lottery pick, doesn't see him as a megastar
- "but there are enough smart coaches who will be able to use his unique
gifts to still make him an effective player for sure," Fox said.
Givony points to the relative dearth of pure shooters in the NBA as
Redick's saving grace.
"He's not the most versatile guy. He's a one-position guy. He's a shooting
guard. But what's good for him, if you look at the last six or seven drafts
in terms of shooting guards, there really haven't been a whole lot of guys
to kind of stock up the shelf considering the guys who have retired like
Reggie Miller and Allan Houston. Shooting guard is a position that a lot of
teams are going to be looking to fill," Givony said.
Where does J.J. fit in?
Chris Graham
chris@augustafreepress.com
It is a topic of discussion every time the Duke Blue Devils take the floor.
Coming back from a timeout, at the end of a big Duke run that puts a
game out of reach, after a flurry of long-range jumpers from a certain #4,
the chatter between the play-by-play man and the color analyst turns to
the upcoming NBA draft.
"Given the fact that NBA teams - many, many of them - have such a hard
time scoring, there would have to be a place for J.J. Redick on somebody's
team. I would be flabbergasted if there wasn't," said college-basketball
broadcast analyst Dan Bonner, who has engaged in a few of these on-air
discussions himself in recent weeks.
"You look every night, there's an NBA team that doesn't get 80 points.
Oftentimes, they don't score 70 points. So if you can have an offensive
weapon like J.J. Redick, then I would think that they would jump at the
chance to utilize it," Bonner told The Augusta Free Press.
It would seem that Redick - currently second in the nation in scoring with
27.8 points per game for the second-ranked Dookies - would be a lock
to go in the lottery in the June pro draft. But questions about his size -
Redick is smallish for an NBA two guard at 6-4, 190 - and his ball-
handling and defensive skills have at least some in the know wondering
how he will fit in at the next level.
"There's a lot of differing views on him. Some people think he's going to
be an impact player, and other people think he's going to be a role
player," said Jeff Fox, an NBA draft analyst at www.collegehoops.net.
"I think he's going to be somewhere in between the two," Fox told the
AFP. "I don't think he's going to be a superstar. I also don't see him riding
the pine. I think he's going to be a solid player because of his shooting
and scoring abilities."
Demonstrating the difference of opinion that is out there is Jonathan
Givony of www.hoopshype.com - who calls Redick "a definite starter" who
could help a number of NBA teams right now.
"We have him ranked as the top shooting guard in the draft - or the
second-best shooting guard, if you want to call Arkansas' Ronnie Brewer
a shooting guard," Givony told the AFP.
"I think right now he's a top-10 pick, and I really don't see him falling out
of the lottery. It's early, and he could have a bad NCAA tournament, or he
could get hurt. But right now, he's a strong lottery prospect," Givony said.
This discussion wouldn't have anywhere near the legs that it has shown to
date if Redick hadn't stepped up his play as a senior. Known for three
years almost exclusively as a three-point threat, Redick has added to his
repertoire a variety of mid-range jumpers and dashing drives inside the
paint.
"One thing that is really important to note is how dramatically he has
improved his all-around game," said Jim Johnson, a regular contributor to
www.dukebasketballreport.com who blogs at www.thecourtmaster.net.
"You've heard a lot about his conditioning and all that. But he has really
improved his skill-set to where he is much more than just a catch-and-
shoot kind of player," Johnson told the AFP.
"You saw some glimpses of this last year when he could occasionally take
people off the dribble. He's always moved extremely well without the ball.
This year, too, his shot selection is a lot better," Johnson said.
Bonner said the issue that he hears from the NBA scouts that he talks to
is that "they don't know whether or not he's going to be able to create his
own shot in the NBA."
"The NBA is such a one-on-one, two-on-two kind of league, they don't
spend a lot of time running guys off screens like J.J. Redick does at Duke.
So one of the things that they look at is, can he get his own shot? That is
one concern I have heard. My opinion would be, of course he can get his
own shot," Bonner said.
"The one thing that I think he still has difficulty with is he can beat you off
the dribble when he's wheeling off a screen and moving the way he does,
and you have to go and close out on him really quick, because you're so
worried about him shooting the three that he gets around you. But from
what I've seen, he still has a hard time when he's just standing, say, out in
between the half-court line and the three-point line, and he's got the ball
in his hands, and it's just you and him, there's no screens or anything like
that, he's not so quick that he can just explode around a guy. I think
that's what the NBA people are talking about," Bonner said.
"My response to anybody who would ask is, look at what he's done in
terms of improving himself as a college player. And if anybody thinks that
he won't work every bit as hard to improve himself as a professional
player, then there's something wrong with you," Bonner said.
"I think J.J. Redick will be a very good professional basketball player. But I
think he will have to get himself in the right situation, and if he does that,
I think he can be an all-star, and he can be an all-star for a long time,"
Bonner said.
Johnson's take is that he doesn't know that Redick will "necessarily be a
star, but I certainly think he will be a good starter for an NBA team."
"The player that I compare him to is Kyle Korver, who played at Creighton
a few years ago. He's pretty much a catch-and-shoot kind of player who
can't play a lick of defense, and yet he's starting for the Philadelphia
76ers," Johnson said. "Redick is his superior, I think, in every area of his
game. So if Korver can start, I think not only can Redick start, but he
might even be close to the all-star level."
Fox, who sees Redick as a late lottery pick, doesn't see him as a megastar
- "but there are enough smart coaches who will be able to use his unique
gifts to still make him an effective player for sure," Fox said.
Givony points to the relative dearth of pure shooters in the NBA as
Redick's saving grace.
"He's not the most versatile guy. He's a one-position guy. He's a shooting
guard. But what's good for him, if you look at the last six or seven drafts
in terms of shooting guards, there really haven't been a whole lot of guys
to kind of stock up the shelf considering the guys who have retired like
Reggie Miller and Allan Houston. Shooting guard is a position that a lot of
teams are going to be looking to fill," Givony said.
Colonel_Reb
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Scored 35 today in a win against Maryland. Paulus had 16 and led the team in assists with 7.
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McRoberts could be that player. Can't see Paulus doing that yet in the
NCAAs, like most freshmen point guards he is a weak link.
NCAAs, like most freshmen point guards he is a weak link.
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Reddick passed Christian Laettner for 2nd place on the all time Duke Scoring & ACC Scoring List.He only needs to catch Johnny Dawkins now which is only around 90 points away approximatley.JJ scores 35 points and makes it look so easy.What a superstar he is!Go Duke.