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Duckdude
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On 2/11/2025 at 8:14 PM, 30Duck said:
Nate Bittle won't win the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award.
Shouldn’t even be nominated for it.
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On 2/8/2025 at 2:52 PM, GeotechDuck said:
I am not sure why Dana keeps recruiting kids who can’t shoot, then continues to complain that we have “shot takers, not shot makers”. Whose fault is that?
Altman was so successful recruiting and getting great scoring guards / wings to transfer into the program until around COVID. Since COVID, it has been a complete mess.
Compare: Ennis, Joseph, Calieste, Young, Benjamin, Emory, Cook, Bassit, Boucher, Brown, Duarte, Mathis, and White
To: Hardy, Figueroa, Estrada, Eric Williams, Harmon, Guerrier, Soares, Jacob Young, Rigsby, Couisnard, Key, Tyrone Williams, Wur, Tracey, Oquendo, Zarzuela, Lindsey, Moss, Bamba, and Angel.
If you had to start a team, which guys are you taking? Almost every single player in the first group is better than everyone in the second.
I’m not taking anyone from the second group except maybe Key. You could make an argument for Couisnard too, as he had a great two months at the end of his senior year. But he was still a sub 40% volume shooter for his career.
Overall since COVID, I am going to go out on a limb and say the transfer portal players have mostly been a bust.
I am still in Altman’s corner and will continue to support him. He is an excellent coach and IMO the best in Oregon history. But clearly he needs help evaluating transfer talent right now. Most of those guys in the second group are obvious misses.
I suspect that Dana would prefer to get better shooting recruits as well. But maybe he has to SETTLE for what he CAN get. And…..this group is “it”. Not optimal, and……. that’s why this team is where it’s at.
Shelstad is a great piece to start with. Now, he needs to get some pieces that can: take a feed and finish or make a secondary pass to a finisher.
Bittle: ONE rebound v. MSU?! ONE?! For a 7 footer?! OMG!
if Altman stays on, you can bet he’s going to try to get the best pieces for his team. Hopefully, it’ll work out. If not……well you have a middling team like the current one.
Hopefully, Mookie and Evans will show vast improvement next year. There’s always hope!
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It’s a patchwork group of talent who don’t really complement each other well. Shelstad is a good general, with few soldiers to help. Bamba has trouble with finishing. Angel is a complimentary piece, not a leader. Tracy has regressed. Barthelemy is streaky. Bittle is……well……more mediocre than “5 star savior”. Supreme is strong, but limited offensively. Evans and Mookie have been MIA so far.
Together?
Well, they usually make up for lack of cohesive talent with maximum effort, but…..frustratingly, for all concerned, while effort is important…..it takes a team with talent that complements each other, to be a consistently winning team.
Altman can only “mold the clay he is given”. And, try as he might, the clay he’s been given just won’t meld. Must be very frustrating for him, as well.
But…..such is the life of a Coach
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Although I’d like to see it happen for Marcus, it would seem unlikely. He seems to have been passed over for consideration of First-string QB in the NFL. He’s had a nice and lucrative career, though: 10 years next year, along with several millions in salary, so…….not too shabby!
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Kudos to reminding me of:
Jim Barnett,
Freddie Jones, and
Terrell Brandon….
All: most-deserving on any list of all-time Duck b-ball Greats!
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Absolutely agree, 30Duck!
Here’s my Top Five of all time Duck B-ballers:1) Ron Lee
2) Luke Ridnour
3) Greg Ballard
4) Stan Love
5) Payton Pritchard
6) Dillon Brooks
7) Aaron Brooks
8. Blair Rasmussen
(I couldn’t limit it to Five)
Some of the Biggest Disappointments:
Rusty Blair
Will Richardson
Nate Bittle
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This is “it”, Duckpop: the year that Sisyphus finally gets that rock pushed over the hill,…..Uncle Phil finally gets his dream……and, the Ducks win the Natty! It’s gotta happen sometime: Why not now?
GO DUCKS!!!!
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Hey, it’s very subjective. Gotta give credit to a guy who plays outstandingly on both defense and offense. “Respect”
Being a Heisman finalist is a great honor for all 4. And….they will all have NFL careers.
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If Texas is gonna play in the Cotton Bowl, and Georgia in the Peach Bowl,……we need to play in: The Autzen Bowl!
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Our Ducks in the Las Vegas tournament are gonna make some serious change, too! How times have changed!
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Glad he’s been successful in the NBA. He’s made Millions!
same goes for: Pritchard, Boucher…….and Bol! Good for them!
is Duarte still hanging around somewhere?
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On 11/22/2024 at 8:54 AM, DUCKS4OUUO said:
So, can we at least get the "We're #1" chant going against the Huskies?
Don’t get cocky! Appreciate! One game at a time. Things will sort out when all the games are over. Go Ducks!
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On 10/18/2024 at 2:35 PM, Sandy Rocks said:
The football team is prospering in the BIG and I do like the fact that USC has to eat dirt but being in the BIG is going to be hard especially on the basketball teams especially when the weather changes. I guess we will have to see how much impact the travel has. I do miss the PAC though, probably because it was familiar. I definitely do not miss the PAC-12 channel.
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin……in late January, or mid-Feb——Ugh!
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Only one team in all of College Football ranked higher than us! Pretty damn awesome, if you ask me! I’ll take it!
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Stan Love R.I.P.
in Our Beloved Ducks
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Kevin Love announces his father’s passing. One of the all-time greatest Duck B-Ballers!