Casual six threes tonight for Duncan in the ECF.
In case anyone was wondering, Duncan’s six threes in the ECF tonight against the Boston Celtics is equal to Jalen Coleman-Lands’ career high in 3PM, which he has recorded three times out of 110 career games, in games against Rutgers, McKendree and Central Michigan.
Duncan made six or more threes in 20% of the games he played in for the Heat this year.
What about his lateral movement tho?
Wait what’s the comparison with those two?
An all-time UM Hoops thread:
Legendary thread. It’s one for the UMHoops history books.
I got 10 posts and had to stop, but thanks for sharing lol.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, the staff included, thinks Duncan Robinson, is or will be a better player than Jalen Coleman
That was awesome, scroll down to LAW’s comments…he nailed it. That’s what I love about this board…it has a great memory!
“I was asked to be a floor spacer, and basically draw the attention of one defender—in the corner, for the most part—and let everyone else play four-on-four,” Robinson says. “I wasn’t involved in a lot of the action, and that was a strategic choice by Coach Beilein. He wasn’t wrong for it. We were really good, and we won a lot of games.”
That’s what matters most. Yet for the scouts who considered Robinson at all, Michigan’s reputation for showcasing professional-level talent may have worked against him. In the past seven years, eight Michigan players have been selected in the first round of the NBA draft. Only five schools have produced more first-round picks overall. This wasn’t a case of a player striving in obscurity; Robinson was a part of a huge program in a major conference that made long, celebrated tournament runs. The wealth of talent at a school like Kentucky has sometimes masked the skills of future NBA stars. Michigan, under Beilein, was known for uncovering them.
These two paragraph’s…huge program, major conference, long celebrated tournament runs that produced 5 first round picks! That sounds like BLUE BLOOD to me!
That’s weird…my post in that thread about how Duncan would one day have a historically elite 3 point shooting season in the NBA while starting for a Finals team seems to have been deleted.
I will never stop trolling that thread. Top 5 moment in UMhoops history
Fire Juwan Howard. NOW.
To be fair to Matt, although he would have been better off just letting go, his error seems to be more over-estimating Jalen Coleman than under-estimating Robinson (“role player at best” is pretty - accurate?). He just kind of starts wildly exaggerating his initial take as the internet seems to encourage.
Matt is at his best giving his opinions and answering questions from people who look upon him as an authority. He’s fitting in very well at MGoBlog. He’s wrong sometimes, but he puts thought into his opinions and backs them up. He adds a lot as long as he doesn’t interact much with people who disagree with him.
The craziest thing about comparing the two players is that Coleman will still be playing in college when Duncan Robinson will be a starter in his 3rd NBA season.
Meh I don’t think he thought Duncan was a high major caliber player based on his comments. Role player “at best” is not what Duncan was. He was a starter caliber player every year. so I think he both underrated Duncan and overrated JCL.
To me it was never his disrespect for Duncan but he actually thought he was more qualified than the Michigan staff. In hindsight, stating the demise of the team and their accomplishments made him look very much an amateur. As for Duncan, he just didn’t see it because the only data he had was “hear say” from the ratings and the net. JB had real people with real evaluatIons supporting his decision. As for Duncan, he put in the time and is looking at an 8 figure salary. Great story!
He’s doing a good job over there. Matt also emphasizes athleticism, major shoe company grassroots results, and measurables (wingspan, height). Duncan didn’t check any of those boxes, but he was/is great anyways.
Role player doesn’t mean bench guy, a lot of starters are just role players. Duncan was a 16% usage guy at Michigan, that is a role player.