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AJ Green Leaves the Portal - Staying in Draft
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Yup, our resident UNI fan thinks Green won't make a decision until after June 1. Probably right.Day 29.
Nothing to see here.
Players have to withdraw by June 1. So I would guess the decision will be in the week leading up to that. So pretty soon now.
Any sound truth to the poster who said AJ's main competition at Duke for playing time would be Joey Baker? Didn't think they played same position/role. (Baker, who was reported to enter the portal to grad transfer just yesterday)
Joey Baker transferring has nothing to do with AJ
Who said that? Keels is thought to be a potentially big deal. Currently still pursuing the draft, but could come back and if he does, Duke is pretty well set without Green.
I’m not saying Keels is the lynchpin in Green’s decision, but he has more of an impact than Baker.
Joey Baker sounds like a name for the geeky kid with the cool car. "Let's see if little Joey Baker will let us borrow his Mustang for the road trip to Kansas City."
Yep, the fact that we haven't been connected to anyone new in a while and the only other guard we're connected to(Max Jones from D2 Tampa) was linked to us roughly a month ago tells me that we aren't concerned yet
A guy posted it on twitter in a reply to a Cyclone thread discussing AJG. Hopefully he was just a blowbag throwing things around and seeing what sticks.
It made sense initially because of the timing of different reports but according to the Duke flairs on reddit they aren't connected. AJ Green's decision would not affect Baker's playing time at Duke.
Listening to the excellent Corner 3 podcast with Matt Thomas got me thinking.
I only watch ISU and NBA, I have never seen Green play.
Just from highlights I can tell he is not similar to Monte, Haliburton or Kane in that he doesn't seem like a pure point guard. Those are three styles of pure point guards and I don't see similarity to any of them.
How does he compare to these players (comparing senior level play):
Brockington: Decent shooter, excellent defender, excellent rebounder, above the rim finisher, not ideal as primary ball handler (defensive minded athletic shooting guard)
Naz: Excellent shooter, good defender, good penetrating, good finisher at rim but not above the rim, could have been a fine point guard if needed to play that position (sharp shooting penetrating point guard)
Thomas: Excellent shooter, great defender, not great finisher at rim, average passer, not ideal as primary ball handler (3&D shooting guard)
Which is he closest to? Is he somewhere between two of these guys? Seems most like Naz to me from what I have read and seen. Remember Naz was freaking great as a senior, fringe NBA player, currently Italian Serie A rookie of the year so it's high praise to compare anybody to him. (all four of these guys are 6'3" to 6'4")
I only watch ISU and NBA, I have never seen Green play.
Just from highlights I can tell he is not similar to Monte, Haliburton or Kane in that he doesn't seem like a pure point guard. Those are three styles of pure point guards and I don't see similarity to any of them.
How does he compare to these players (comparing senior level play):
Brockington: Decent shooter, excellent defender, excellent rebounder, above the rim finisher, not ideal as primary ball handler (defensive minded athletic shooting guard)
Naz: Excellent shooter, good defender, good penetrating, good finisher at rim but not above the rim, could have been a fine point guard if needed to play that position (sharp shooting penetrating point guard)
Thomas: Excellent shooter, great defender, not great finisher at rim, average passer, not ideal as primary ball handler (3&D shooting guard)
Which is he closest to? Is he somewhere between two of these guys? Seems most like Naz to me from what I have read and seen. Remember Naz was freaking great as a senior, fringe NBA player, currently Italian Serie A rookie of the year so it's high praise to compare anybody to him. (all four of these guys are 6'3" to 6'4")
Matt Thomas would be the closest thing we’ve had to AJ Green recently but AJ Green is a much more dynamic scorer than Matt was/is. AJ can get his own shot anytime he wants due to his high release point on his jump shot. He also works a lot more off the dribble than Matt did.
Edit: I actually think Shayok is a good comparison for Green
Hard to say, but I’d put him in the Naz category of the 3, because he can run an offense. Some similarities to Brockington in that he has been the main guy for opposing teams to key on, he can guard multiple positions and Green can score from all levels. I’d say he’s least like Thomas, honestly.
EDIT: see…hard. I directly contradict @baller1 but I’m not going to fully disagree with baller. The Shayok comp isn’t bad.
He is closest to Long. They are both 2s at the college level, but are tweeners at any level above that.
Would not try to compare him to any former player. AJ can make 3's in Big 12 play, which is why he would be important to next year's team.
Would guess that's exactly the role that Duke wants him for, too.
Hope he chooses Cardinal and Gold!
Yeah Dookies and Heels hate each other, and they're about 10 miles apart. I have relatives on both sides of the divide, living in Durham, NC. Can be difficult conversation wise, so I simply tell them ISU would bury them both, especially in football! Then they can remain on speaking terms and hate me!!
Edit: and then if they go into the acceptance rate, research reputation, GPA stuff, you can mention and what two great research Universities led the country on showing how smoking was not addictive and harmful to your health in the 20th century.
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