I agree that he'll get better from season to season but like I mentioned in another post...he has 932 points through this first 2 seasons at Duke so IF he stays for his senior season then he'll have to average 564 points per season which IF he stays for his senior season then like was mentioned in another post...IF Duke plays at least 36 games each of the next 2 seasons then he'll have to average 14.8 ppg to reach 2000 points for his career at Duke, unfortunately I don't think we'll get to see him at Duke for 2 more years because I think that he'll graduate after next season and go to the NBA...of course if Duke plays more than 36 games in either of the next 2 seasons then what he'll need to average in ppg will change IF he stays for his senior season
What are the chances of Duke ever having another 2,000 career point player.
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A guy who is advanced enough to get to 2k in 3 years is unlikely to be here for 3 years anymore. A 4-year guy whose ppg jumps into the 18 range before that 4th year is unlikely to end up staying all 4 afterall.
Scheyer is the prototype for a guy who could still do it: Highly skilled and ready to contribute consistently from Day 1, but alarmingly unathletic and primarily gradual improvement until senior year.
Luke appears to be that type of player. I don't see him leaving early or Sheeding out, so I like his odds.
Scheyer is the prototype for a guy who could still do it: Highly skilled and ready to contribute consistently from Day 1, but alarmingly unathletic and primarily gradual improvement until senior year.
Luke appears to be that type of player. I don't see him leaving early or Sheeding out, so I like his odds.
Luke would appear to have the best shot....assuming Grayson is, of course, leaving after next season.
Luke, IMO, likely scores as many or a few more points this upcoming season, which puts him in the 900-1,000 range heading into his junior year. There's almost no imaginable scenario where he isn't scoring about 15ppg (or more) as a junior. Now he's in that 1,500-1,600 range. If he's here for his senior season and avoids injury he'll have a shot to do it.
Luke, IMO, likely scores as many or a few more points this upcoming season, which puts him in the 900-1,000 range heading into his junior year. There's almost no imaginable scenario where he isn't scoring about 15ppg (or more) as a junior. Now he's in that 1,500-1,600 range. If he's here for his senior season and avoids injury he'll have a shot to do it.
Kyle was our last 2k scorer... but in all honesty, a 6'8" guy who can shoot 3s and stays in college for his 4th year after being named FF MOP is an anomaly, not something we should really project. So using Jon as the example instead, and he finished college a year earlier than Kyle, in 2010, and Luke will finish in 2019 if he stays all 4 years, we'll have gone only 9 years from one 2k scorer to the next, as far as the projectable profile goes.
In recent memory that definitely is a longer span but speaks to the OAD era. From Jason to JJ was was a 4 season span. JJ to Kyle was 5 seasons. Prior to Jason was Christian and that spanned 10 years, so here we are again. Hopefully he can do it.
Are we really comparing JJ and Grayson?? JJ is one of the top 5-10 greatest players in our programs history. Grayson is not.
As far as a 2000 point scorer I'd say Luke has a shot. Grayson would but he won't stay past this season.
Was anyone saying JJ was top 10 after his Sophomore year?
The talk here is not a direct comparison but a potential outcome. It's not like his place in Duke lore is not possible at all, just not likely.
I wouldn't say I was comparing them, I was simply stating my opinion of the difference in their style of play early in their careers at Duke.
It's gonna be tough for Luke especially next year with so much potential scoring coming from so many players. This is a good thing however and of course Luke can have some of those games where he just doesn't miss. What I like about Luke is they way he can score. He's more than just a spot long range shooter. What would be fitting is for Luke to score his 2,000 point on a free throw where he has made about 50 in a row. OFC
How about his 2000th point against the Cheats in the Nose Dome in another 82-50 blow out.
No one said JJ was a top ten guy after his sophomore year, which is where Grayson is in his journey. And Grayson's sophomore year was better than JJ's. I don't think Grayson will have the final two years JJ did, especially considering he won't be around for a 4th year, but it isn't impossible. Going into last year, the big question was whether Grayson could transition into a full-time star. He exceeded all expectations in that regard.
I don't think it is that far-fetched that there will be another 2000 point career scorer simply because not all players have one and done physiques that are ready for the demands and rigors of the NBA right our of high school or even for a few years in college. I doubt, for example, that JJ Reddick was ready until he completed 4 years. In fact, I don't think he was ready until about his third or 4th year in the NBA.
Take Luke Kennard, for example. He averaged 11.6 points per game his freshman year. He would only need to average around 16 p.p.g. for the next 3 years to get to 2000. That doesn't seem too unlikely..
Take Luke Kennard, for example. He averaged 11.6 points per game his freshman year. He would only need to average around 16 p.p.g. for the next 3 years to get to 2000. That doesn't seem too unlikely..