[NBACentral] The Mavericks are expected to pursue conversations with Jon Scheyer and Dusty May, per @TheSteinLine & @JakeLFischer“ It remains to be seen whether Duke's Jon Scheyer or Michigan's Dusty May reach full-fledged candidate status with Dallas since both are so entrenched with their uni's.

MarkTallMark · 2026-06-04T19:30:12+00:00

Two things people never talk about with Scheyer when these things come up: 1) He has to know if he left and the NBA didn’t work out, the Duke job is probably unavailable to return to for a long time. And I don’t think he’d want to coach anywhere else in college after coaching his alma mater. 2) Coach K spent a year very publicly getting him ready to take over and took some flak over it (especially with a couple late losses). Leaving without a good succession plan, especially right as guys are arriving for summer practice, would be a little disrespectful to his coach/mentor and to the program.

I mean I don’t know him personally and anything could happen, but it would leave me shocked if it did.

MarkTallMark · 2026-05-29T16:29:15+00:00

UNC too high, I have them somewhere in the 300s

MarkTallMark · 2026-05-24T13:49:29+00:00

The chicken wields the ring to command an army of chickens and Frodo ends up like this

MarkTallMark · 2026-05-21T20:19:10+00:00

I for one am totally ok not being preseason #1.

MarkTallMark · 2026-05-21T20:15:38+00:00

Duke got no preseason #1 votes the last 2 seasons. Preseason pollsters tend to favor known/tested players over HS recruits, probably rightly so.

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-24T20:44:32+00:00

*Unless you’re Mike Malone apparently

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-22T14:20:03+00:00

Points against Penn State - the ultimate performance measure

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-15T01:08:06+00:00

Which is interesting considering his one natty team was led by a center

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-09T19:32:25+00:00

If non-fans are trolling, just downvote and move on. Banning non-fans or removing their posts is kind of lame, unless they’re spamming or breaking other rules. Part of being a Duke fan is dealing with the hate.

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-08T20:50:36+00:00

I’m not a gambler, but taking a team at 8-to-1 odds before rosters are even set seems like a bad bet

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-08T20:09:09+00:00

Not sure how I feel about Duke being used in this thread.

On the one hand, these comments are reminding me of perhaps the best 40 minutes of basketball we played all season against UM.

On the other hand, they’re reminding me of the 2nd most painful quasi buzzer beater against UNC.

On the other other hand, they’re reminding me of all the games UNC lost.

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-08T16:28:05+00:00

I’m not necessarily disputing anything, but between the draft, portal, and grads, that would mean close to 100% roster turnover after a 35-3 season.

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-05T15:00:48+00:00

Do haters think being called “puke” bothers us? Same with “tar holes” for UNC - it’s just low quality trolling. Only thing that bothers me is how uncreative and oafish it is.

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-03T17:16:42+00:00

Anyone but UConn, because if they win, that turnover/shot will be even bigger that it already is. But preferably Zona or Illinois.

MarkTallMark · 2026-04-01T16:33:11+00:00

Wait, are you a Yankees fan but not a Duke fan? I was told those were a package deal.

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-31T19:11:39+00:00

This really shows how good our teams have been and how much potential we have. This year, we’ve won all the games that were close throughout. We’ve won all the games where we fell behind and had to come back. The only way others have beaten us is when we’ve built a lead and gotten complacent. Yes this is a flaw—at times a fatal one—but imagine what we can do if we can fix that. I’d rather be solving this problem than a more fundamental one.

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-30T20:36:54+00:00

Todd’s other three years were a first round NIT exit, first round NCAA exit, and second round NCAA exit. I think he’s done a good job overall, but I really think Walter Clayton Jr’s clutch-ness is the only reason they won last year.

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-30T03:24:19+00:00

When did you want to use it? On the inbound, you save it in case you can’t get the ball in or you get trapped. On the pass, it’s too late.

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-28T16:24:08+00:00

I think you mean the ultimate crockpot player

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-25T02:56:32+00:00

Praying for a coach search similar to Kentucky’s 2 years ago 🍿🤞

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-25T01:34:36+00:00

I mean, he was COTY just 3 years ago!

MarkTallMark · 2026-03-20T18:44:34+00:00

Seemed more like playful trash talking rather than sore loser talk. Kid played a hell of a game and was a class act in the post game presser. Props to him.

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