At least people are talking about him. It’s the best chance for him to make SportsCenter.
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Can I just say I feel so much better than I did Wednesday? This Baker move could be genius. Now all we need is Zion back by this weekend.
That was will graves. p.j. liked to drive expensive rental cars, hang out with his good buddy fats, run the steps at the banner dome and punch high school players at the local YMCA. OFC
Hold up, I was told by a reliable, non biased, well informed source, that Nassir said these comments in confidentiality. He never intended them to be public and he was taken advantage of by the mean old media. Surely, this new revelation isn't possible? Surely, he was hacked. Nassir is a good humble kid. Surely.
I really hope that we go into UNC healthy and beat the dog **** out of them.
I do too. I hope Zion can play with a kind of controlled rage, if I'm making sense. I don't want him so hyped and amped that he ends up in early foul trouble of course.
I just hope he's healthy enough to leave his footprint, slight pun intended, on this rivalry.
You guys harp on him as is expected when it comes to trashing the opposite team’s players.
But I think what he was getting at was that there was not a lot of talk about UNC after the game and all the attention was on Zion’s injury. Zion has certainly earned his coverage and he’s more than lived up to the hype. But is there such thing is too much coverage on one aspect of the game? In this case, yes and that’s not a knock on Zion. He doesn’t control espn and there’s nothing I dislike about him other than he plays for Duke. And anyone who’s honest would want him on their team as well. It is what it is.
As for Nas’s performance against duke, he’s actually been a bit banged up himself with a bad ankle suffered against Virginia and a sternum injury so it was good to see him play well against FSU. Hopefully, he can bring that same performance on March 9th.
But I think what he was getting at was that there was not a lot of talk about UNC after the game and all the attention was on Zion’s injury. Zion has certainly earned his coverage and he’s more than lived up to the hype. But is there such thing is too much coverage on one aspect of the game? In this case, yes and that’s not a knock on Zion. He doesn’t control espn and there’s nothing I dislike about him other than he plays for Duke. And anyone who’s honest would want him on their team as well. It is what it is.
As for Nas’s performance against duke, he’s actually been a bit banged up himself with a bad ankle suffered against Virginia and a sternum injury so it was good to see him play well against FSU. Hopefully, he can bring that same performance on March 9th.
Don't know if he would have said it if it didnt come out but either way he needs to back it up now. I like the chip on the shoulder though. Time to ball now.
Nassir is trying to stay relevant in the media by using Duke and Zion to draw attention to himself. I guess I don't blame him, if I was riding the pine and having difficulties producing, I would try to go into damage control before the draft sneaks up on me. Since his draft stock is dropping, he see's the writing on the wall. Really, what has Nassir done all year other than run his mouth?? I guess us Duke fans will have to listen to Nassir run his mouth in a unc uniform for another season or two.
You don't see the irony in
1) a guy who had zero impact on the game running his mouth
or
2) his notion that you need to "be so good they have to talk about you" when discussing a guy who, unlike him, HAS BEEN SO GOOD THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HIM
UNC doesn’t deserve to be discredited because the incident (injury) had nothing to do with them. But hyping up their win is false advertisement. Yes, we have tons of talent that they handily defeated but not only were we thrown for a whirlwind gameplan change, you have to remember that these are FRESHMEN with no experienced leader. Remember when Bagley went out after a few minutes in a big game vs MSU last year? Our gameplan may have unexpectedly changed but our senior leader Grayson Allen stepped up. We are more talented this year but at the expense of the leadership luxury.
Here's the thing. I really don't believe Nas has any issue with Zion being hyped as much as he has because he's largely earned it. They're friends and I don't believe there's any animosity between the two. What I think Nas was getting at was that there was little mention of how well UNC played during that game and the credit they should have received for winning the game with or without Zion.
And to further address the point, Nas has been playing hurt lately with a bad ankle and a chest injury suffered in back to back games. So yeah, harp on him for not being much a factor in Durham but he was not at 100%
I don’t think Nas has animosity, just jealousy. Jealousy leads to stupid comments. “Be so good that they can’t ignore you.” That’s literally why Zion has all the attention. ESPN makes money from having viewers. They aren’t biased about who gets the attention, they will show what people want to see because the most successful businesses cater to their customers. Is it *FAIR* to UNC that Zion’s injury headlines the website and SportsCenter rather their win? No, it’s not. But outside of Chapel Hill and their fan base — Everyone cares more about Zion.
Healthy or not, Nas doesn’t hold a candle to Z
But but but Nassir locked Zion down in the McDonalds All American game.
He was MVP in that game, scored 2 points less than Michael Jordan. Who also attended UNC. Coincidence? No. He will obviously become the undisputed greatest player to ever play.
I think one reason little is catching so much flack because of the comment he made earlier in the season about unc cheater u and they didn't feature any players but it was more about the team or something to that effect. Personally I think he as an individual is not only be slighted by the media but maybe the unc program in its self. carolinablue 34 you can spin it anyway you want but little's 1st. and this statement was an attention statement for himself. OFC
You have to love the Nassir, PJ, Reggie type players who conform to their fearless leader Ol Roy. Man it's sad to see these kids become brainwashed and exude the hater mentality.
I don't see the problem with those comments. Of course UNC won as they did b/c Zion was out. But, they may still have won. UNC is a competitive team. If the shoe were on the other foot - UNC had a great player and Duke won and one of our players said that, we'd be, "Yeah, that's right, ESPN gives those guys all the hype, wait and see who wins it all!"
The fact is, it won't matter how great Zion is or becomes if Duke doesn't win the NCAA tournament and UNC does, this will have been a really, really disappointing season. I don't care if we win by 25 at UNC, if UNC wins it all and Duke doesn't, it will be a huge negative - it will taste as bad or worse than 1999. Regardless of who wins it all, if Duke doesn't, it will be disappointing. As a fan, care less about the talent on the floor than I do about the titles. Some of my favorite Duke teams weren't as talented as the teams they beat.
Go all the way back to 1991. Leave aside the school, coaches, etc., would you rather be a fan of the team that had the best starting 5 by a mile, went 34-0 into the Final Four and lose, or the team that upset them and won the NCAA title?
I'll take the latter all day long.
The fact is, it won't matter how great Zion is or becomes if Duke doesn't win the NCAA tournament and UNC does, this will have been a really, really disappointing season. I don't care if we win by 25 at UNC, if UNC wins it all and Duke doesn't, it will be a huge negative - it will taste as bad or worse than 1999. Regardless of who wins it all, if Duke doesn't, it will be disappointing. As a fan, care less about the talent on the floor than I do about the titles. Some of my favorite Duke teams weren't as talented as the teams they beat.
Go all the way back to 1991. Leave aside the school, coaches, etc., would you rather be a fan of the team that had the best starting 5 by a mile, went 34-0 into the Final Four and lose, or the team that upset them and won the NCAA title?
I'll take the latter all day long.
I don’t think anyone on here thinks Zion’s presence would guarantee a win. The consensus is that the game is irrelevant to us because not only was he out, but that shakes everything. — Coach K literally went nuts on the Crazies for chanting “Over-Rated!” at an opposing team... You really think he’d put up with one of his own players running their mouth about another player?
I agree that nothing matters if we don’t hang a banner in the rafters. But there are 30+ games in a season and each one of them are important in regards to building a resume for the #1 overall seed in the tournament. The location advantage and rank helps us better achieve the most important goal. Not sure what you meant by “I don’t care if we beat UNC by 25” but if you don’t care about winning against UNC, you can go on somewhere else with that.
Of course I want Duke to be the team that wins the title, I understand that the best team doesn’t always win but being the best team DEFINITELY doesn’t handicap the odds of winning. Sheesh.
What Little and the rest of the UNCheat nation don't realize is that outside of Chapel Hell nobody gives a **** about Turdhole nation.
I don’t see it like that sky. This is just one of those issues that’s going to be divided squarely down party lines. Nothing wrong with that but I maintain Nas had a point.
I mean there’s no disputing Zion is a generational talent that commands attention. Nas isn’t stupid he knows that. Every player goes at their own pace, and I’ve said more than once that Nas hasn’t been playing 100 percent the past few games.
But as far espn I agree, they are going to cater to what draws viewers and the NBA stars of tomorrow. It’s just business so it doesn’t get under my skin. Do I feel like there was too much focus on Zion’s injury as opposed to the game itself? Yeah, I do. But it is what it is and that was a week ago. Still have a lot of basketball to play.
Here's the point, Zion didn't play in the game. You got a gift. You got the W. Why ***** and cry? Cause ESPN didn't give you enough poofing for your egos? Ya'll won and are still crying. Move on. Damn.
It is ultimately a byproduct of some insecurity. Nas came out of high school as a top 5 recruit, McDonald's MVP, etc. He fancied himself in that conversation of elite freshmen with the likes of RJ and Zion. That, to put it mildly, hasn't happened.
You know as well as I do both fanbases have egos the size of Russia haha. Face it, UNC and Duke are spoiled.
And I’m not bitching and crying. I just think Nas had a point that’s all. I’ll take that W all day long with or without Zion. Though I wouldn’t call it a “gift” because we very well could have won even with Zion playing.
Anyway, moving on to March 9th.
On the flip side of this whole argument. RJ is now at least our second player this year to be passed over for ACC player of the week and then win National player of the week.