Lively sets commitment date
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idk it's 50-50 us and Kentucky. We've both had success lately recruiting. My gut says Kentucky, but Jon's been white hot lately. This is the kind of recruiting battle that wins titles, like Boozer or Oakafor or AD.
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I believe on Sept. 12, yes. Oh wait, no. That was a home visit. He visited Duke in early summer. Had to google it. If Jon wins this one he may be the new king of recruiting. He's already right up there.
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A JR Mark Williams or Freshman Lively????.....I am still on board that the Duke degree means a lot to Mark and his family
Well I'd rather have a junior Williams. But is that really realistic? Although I was surprised his NBA stock wasn't higher. If Mark is projected late first round he will go I imagine. He can be more than halfway to a degree. I'd be thrilled with a junior Williams. The NBA wants big men who can shoot or be versatile like Draymond Green.
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Glad he's anouncing . At least we will know one way or another and can move on. OFC
We got a Crystal Ball pick for Duke today from Travis Branham at 247 Sports. The momentum is switching back to us, at least for today. For what it's worth.
Kentucky and if Williams plays well he won’t be a junior at Duke after this season .
Waiting to hear what the insiders are saying. The CB pick for duke is about the most accurate guy for what it’s worth
And you still believe Williams will stay after his sophomore play. He could have left after last season .
Nope based on the fact that you have seen a 2023 pg commit without any true center committed to returning after 2022.
Know Kentucky prioritized Lively over Adem Bona, but sort of curious if this is a situation where they go the route of potentially taking Bona, as well as pushing for Yohan Traore. Like Flip, Traore has skyrocketed up the rankings and attends the same high school as Shaedon Sharpe.
Could UK be okay losing Lively because they know they can get Bona and potentially Traore? Just a thought since they’ve backed off a couple guard targets in Bradley and Nick Smith.
I wish we knew what guru gary-7 is saying about Lively. He knows. Too bad we here at DI were all banned from thr. We should have kept out mouths shut and now the most knowledgible, resourceful, reliable college basketball guru ever is off limits us. 
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OFCThis could go either way, but the general buzz seems to have gone from "Lively to Kentucky to toss up between Kentucky and Duke." So that's good for us. This kid is a difference maker.
Edit: Someone named Graff just switched his pick to Duke. I don't have the link, but it's @heatCheckHoops.
Edit: Someone named Graff just switched his pick to Duke. I don't have the link, but it's @heatCheckHoops.
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Cats illustrated writer Travis Graf changed his pick from Kentucky to Duke.
The recent chatter is towards Duke, but we all know these things could go either way. Scheyer appears to have gained ground with the home visit.
Hopefully even though it seems to be down to Duke/UK coach cackles davis hasn't slipped through the back door wit wanda williams "nanner puddin." You know she gave him the recipe. OFC
OFCUK fans seem pretty excited to go back to 6-7 OAD’s coming in, steal all the minutes, not play too hard fearing injury, play hero ball, then bail for the NBA as the others transfer out. They already seem to have too many people on the roster expecting vast amounts of playing time this year, many which still would be on next years team.
This article mentions more pro-Duke predictions that came in late last night.
New member here! Have been following this board for years and finally created an account! Fell in love with Duke with the 2000-2001 team and glad to be amongst fellow Duke fans! On that note- things look good with Lively and I think we sell him on the idea Flip is a true stretch 4. Monday cannot come soon enough!
Welcome! I agree Lively and Flip would be ideal. Get a transfer bruiser like Theo and we're good to go.
If we get Lively, I think we should go after Flip's brother. Seems like a good depth piece
If we are able to land Mitchell he seems to be more of a 4 than a 3. So that would help with depth too.
Cal is reportedly meeting with big man Bona today. I think Lively's ours.
It’s going to be an interesting finish to the recruiting cycle. We land Lively and then UK lands Bona. We land Mitchell and then UK lands Wallace. It will be curious to how this all washes out as Scheyer and Cal are going blow for blow.