The appreciation for the unappreciated Duke player thread.

[skysdad]

This is for all those Duke players who came to Duke with high expectations that just about all recruits do but because of the great talent that we have had over the years and because they didn't become All-Americans or 1st round draft choices took a role of what was ask of them. Most of them have been criticized for parts of their careers but stayed around and contributed to the teams success. They did what was ask of them . There are tons of them and I could fill a page of them. So put some think time into it and give these guys the credit they deserve. I'll start with just two but I have many if you guys can't come up with any.

Marshall Plumlee and Matt Jones. OFC

 

[dukehokie]

Daniel Ewing.

 

[dukehokie]

Tommy Amaker.

 

[dukehokie]

Nate James.

 

[OldasdirtDevil]

Tyler Thornton

OFC

 

[DukeSky85]

Josh Hairston

 

[WI#1Dukie22]

Sean Dockery
Nate James
McClure

 

[OldasdirtDevil]

Zoobs.

OFC

 

[Quavarius]

Andre Dawkins

Remember he enrolled at Duke early which gave us 3 scholarship guards going into the 2010 season after Henderson went to the NBA and Elliot transferred. His 3's against Baylor in the Elite 8 were much needed. Also, losing his sister and the depression that he endured, I'm so proud of the kid.

 

[WI#1Dukie22]

^ damn how did I not think of him! One of my favs!

 

[dbav]

DeMarcus Nelson

 

[RanDEVILman]

Lance Thomas...To go along with Zoobs

 

[HeLooks2MuchLikeDave]

Quinn Cook

 

[BuckinElkin!!]

Marty Clark

 

[Dukeprodigy22]

Demarcus Nelson
Chris Carrawell
Sean Dockery
Ryan Kelly
Quinn 'Captain' Coooook

 

[skysdad]

Billy King. All he did was play slap the floor D. OFC

 

[df64]

Greg Koubek.

 

[diehardDUKIEnKY]

Chris Carrawell remains an all time favorite of mine.

 

[diehardDUKIEnKY]

Also I used to call him Mr. Melchionni cuz Lee Melchionni played some great 3 point ball for us during the later half of his career at Duke.

 

[hart2chesson]

Hes a guy who didnt play a lot during his career, but never complained and his ability on the offensive end was off the charts IMO...He occasionally gave us a spark with a tremendous athletic play-

Marty Pocious

OFC

 

[skysdad]

Tony Lang. OFC

 

[QC Dukie]

Brian Davis

OFC

 

[GTHC_ GTH!]

Laettner. He isn't appreciated enough, somehow

 

[Therightblue88]

Nate James

 

[germantondevil]

Thomas Hill and Antonio Lang

 

[germantondevil]

And the whole 2010 team

 

[hart2chesson]

Erik Meek

OFC

 

[QC Dukie]

Cherokee Parks

OFC

 

[GAAP_rivals]

Cherokee Parks

OFC

Cherokee Parks' tat collection.

 

[topps coach]

Also I used to call him Mr. Melchionni cuz Lee Melchionni played some great 3 point ball for us during the later half of his career at Duke.

liked Lee but liked his dadGary better.Had a game against Maryland that I will never forget

 

[dukehokie]

Hes a guy who didnt play a lot during his career, but never complained and his ability on the offensive end was off the charts IMO...He occasionally gave us a spark with a tremendous athletic play-

Marty Pocious

OFC

He had tremendous calves.

 

[hart2chesson]

liked Lee but liked his dadGary better.Had a game against Maryland that I will never forget

He almost singlehandedly dismantled a top ten Maryland team that Saturday afternoon in Durham....What a show he put on...

OFC

 

[RanDEVILman]

Transfer heroes...Rashawn McLeod and Dhantay Jones

 

[Showenuff]

David McClure

 

[skysdad]

Casey Saunders. OFC

 

[NYBlueDevil]

Roshown McLeod, Chris Carrawell, Andre Dawkins and Trajan Langdon

 

[germantondevil]

I was young back then but I loved Spanarkel and Dennard. Of course most games back then was on the radio at our house.

 

[dbav]

Transfer heroes...Rashawn McLeod and Dhantay Jones

Damn, those are good ones. I went with Nelson above. I'd add these 2 and Ewing.

 

[dukiejay]

hymera....the best DI poster ever.

 

[dukehokie]

hymera....the best DI poster ever.

I bet he was at the Women's march this weekend.