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That would be wild if they replaced Cronin right before the draft. Or Bert Kolde took over

 

all i said was i like agbaji lol

 

I posted this yesterday but if they really have been interviewing other candidates and candidates with bigger names, those candidates may have voiced some of the dissatisfaction that many of us have with the trades or more accurately the draft compensation coming back in those trades that Cronin made. If that big name is successful with convincing Vulcan that they could have made the same trades with better draft assets coming back or just better trades altogether and have a vision for the future of the roster more appealing to Vulcan, then I could see one of three things happening and it happening right after the playoffs start, so definitely not right before the draft.

1. The candidate in this scenario replaces Cronin and takes his role.

2. The candidate gets the position of President of Basketball Operations and retains Cronin as GM.

3. The candidate gets the position of Pres. of Basketball Ops and Cronin isn't retained either because the candidate doesn't want him or he doesn't want to stay on.

I think losing the Pelicans' pick would put more weight in this scenario taking place but I don't think the pick conveying would necessarily mean that it won't happen. I do think if any of those three scenarios happen then all bets are off when it comes to the rumored plans Cronin has and therefore all of our assumptions about this roster going forward would be null and everything would be up in the air.

 

Then I guess all I did was "make this more complicated than it needs to be."

 

When someone is given the interim tag, there would be an understanding as to why and what will the process be and qualifications established.
Nothing against Joe (im good with him) if earns the position. We should know probably right after season ends.

 

Agbaji looks good

 

Paolo with ole defense getting his bigs in foul trouble. Clearly a weakness for him at this point but it seems more his mindset than any physical limitations

 

I have no idea why Griffin is rated so highly by every mock

 

He's 18 years old, shot 46% on threes, and can finish well around the basket. So if you close out too hard on him at the three-point line he will dribble by you and score at the hoop. If you sag off of him he'll shoot the three pointer. Some of what I have read as positives.
Edit: The biggest weakness for Griffin is athleticism. Another weakness is on ball defense.

So that takes him off my list.

 

Banchero terrific on O, but seems lazy sometimes on D and can get pushed around when rebounding.

 

Williams is a stud!

 

The only thing I can think about him is that if he got Chauncey as a coach and was put in Chauncey's system from day one in the pros, he would flourish on defense. Dude has great feet, great mobility, great athlete, great hands on that end, he just falls asleep a lot, closes out half ass way too much but when he locks in no one gets around him, when he commits on to helping he can effectively trap and blitz. There's nothing he can't do besides probably protect the rim but he can protect the paint because he can get in position and doesn't get muscled up.

Bad time to be thinking all of this with Duke's defense being swiss cheese at the moment but, when I watch him on defense that's all I can think about. It's really all there on both ends he just has to take every moment seriously and he'll be a superstar and not a one way superstar like Melo or Dame, a two way superstar. I do really like Jabari and it's hard for me to get away from him being my first choice for our roster but I think as time goes on in the draft process, if we were to end up with the number one pick it would be hard to get away from Paolo, especially if he does what he'll almost definitely do and show up with incredible intensity for his workouts.

May 17th can't get here soon enough so I can stop dreaming about these guys and start settling into the guys that will be there at 6-8.

 

What a game

 

Duke is getting away with not forcefeeding Banchero everytime.

 

Hey refs. Dont ruin this game. K thanks

 

Caleb Love

 

Thats continuation in the league

 

So many missed free throws

 

Not a Duke fan but I would love Coach K to win it all for the last dance

 

Coach K's all time record against UNC 50-50.