Duke basketball's Kyle Filipowski opens up on receiving hate last season: 'I use it as fuel to the fire'
The ACC Freshman of the Year embraces the 'villain' role with the Blue Devils.
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This is all an act. Other Duke guys truly embraced that and were actually tough competitors on the court. This guy is talented but looked like he wanted to cry when Tennessee guys were being physical. Hell Bilas wanted Vols players thrown out/called for Flagrant fouls for how they were playing against "Flip".Duke basketball's Kyle Filipowski opens up on receiving hate last season: 'I use it as fuel to the fire'
The ACC Freshman of the Year embraces the 'villain' role with the Blue Devils.
That's the proper attitude for him to have. And going to Duke, he's going to get a lot of hate. Hope he does okay unless they're playing us.
I hope he sucks and the team doesn’t win a game.
He is a good player and I would love to have him, but I hope they have team issues and stunk it up and lose in first round this year.
Hope he has awful season and they lose every damn game.
We're the only program that loses anyone who's remotely on the NBA radar.
Poor man's Laettner. This generations version anyway. He won't stomp on your chest but he will give you a flat.
I guess he didn't have a coach who packed his bags for him.
Chris Farley would have been a load in the post.Poor man's Laettner. This generations version anyway. He won't stomp on your chest but he will give you a flat.
I honestly don’t buy the dook hype this year. Flip will produce, but their guards are extremely suspect. They don’t seem to have a bunch of obvious next level guys that can get wherever they want on the floor. They’ll be experienced, fundamentally sound and play good team basketball, but I could see a team like us torching them.
I think by season’s end the best teams will be Kansas, UConn, and UK. Would be very surprised if the NCAA champ isn’t one of those 3 schools.
I think by season’s end the best teams will be Kansas, UConn, and UK. Would be very surprised if the NCAA champ isn’t one of those 3 schools.
Tyrese Proctor is a returning sophomore and a projected lottery pick (pick #9 per NBADraftRoom). Jeremy Roach is a 5-Star Senior who started on a final four team. Jared McCain is a freshman who is projected pick #12 per NbaDraftRoom. That is pretty good for a 3-guard tandem. Not to mention, 5-star freshman Caleb Foster there as well. To be honest...Duke is absolutely loaded at guard. 4 guards: all 5-stars, and 2 have real experience.
The thing that could ultimately doom Duke is not having an elite true center. Flip can play some 5, but other than that, it's a bit questionable. We will see how the season plays out and which teams gel, but IMO Duke is a top 2 team coming into the season and would be 6-8 point favorites against UK on a neutral floor.
This is silly. 196 college players filed as early entrants into the 2023 draft. Of those, 144 college players went undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft.
If "we're the only program that loses anyone who's remotely on the NBA radar" then where did all those other dudes come from?
We’ll have to agree to disagree. I’ve watched a lot of both Roach and Proctor and neither one seem to have “it” to me. They are not even close to the caliber of guards Duke is used to having IMO. They aren’t even Scheyer/Nolan Smith level. You can quote me on this in 3 years: Procter will be a massive flop in the NBA. Roach did have a good tournament 2 years ago, but outside of that run he’s been pretty lackluster. McCain I know nothing about, so maybe he’s on the level of DJ/Dilly.
I’m just used to seeing Duke have elite guards like Hurley, Jay Williams, Duhon, Reddick, Tyus Jones, etc. and these guys just don’t fit the bill IMO. Win the ACC and get a high seed? Absolutely. Stumble when faced with some physical athletes who get up in their shorts? I think so.
