McRoberts the next Dookie NBA flop?

[Bubbler]

Having been in the periphery during his high school career, McRoberts really is straight out of central casting when it comes to the prototypical Duke player people love to hate. People in Indiana will likely not forget his petulant fit he had regarding the Indiana All-Star team and the Mr. Basketball award.

Entitled, whiny, sometimes dirty, and with an overinflated opinion of himself (and, well, he's white too, nothing's more hateable than a bratty Duke white boy), that's McRoberts all over.

 

[DisembodiedOwlHead]

I watched McRoberts play a high school game where he shot about 1-for-10 and scored about 5 points against a team with nobody taller than 6-2. And then he bitched afterward about not getting any calls. I was amazed the guy was able to start for Duke. Turning pro early, that's hilarious.

 

[Ellis Redding]

That would be a helluva team.

To root against. They're all punks.

Brand, Deng and Duhon are punks? I think not. They're actually pretty nice guys. Especially Duhon.

Hill is a punk?

Not at all. But he was included in Chef's original question. That's why I didn't mention him. Besides, everyone knows what a class act Hill is.

 

[LiveStrong]

That would be a helluva team.

To root against. They're all punks.

Brand, Deng and Duhon are punks? I think not. They're actually pretty nice guys. Especially Duhon.

Hill is a punk?

Not at all. But he was included in Chef's original question. That's why I didn't mention him. Besides, everyone knows what a class act Hill is.

Sorry, that was meant for Oz, who used "all"

 

[imjustagirl2]

Yes, McRoberts will suck royally. He had SUCH a huge dropoff this year, in terms of his overall game.

And Chuck, DeMarcus' defense wasn't what it was. The whole team basically played like ****. No cohesion.

Ask me why? No point guard worth a ****.

Hi, Greg Paulus!

 

[RPS]

I'd be curious about which school has the highest percentage of its McDonald's All-Americans who become successful NBA players. I'd bet that Duke wouldn't be high on that list.

Of course, the Burger Boys are all objectively selected and always the best 24 players in HS hoops. It simply never happens that because a kid is recruited by or signed by a top program that his stock goes up and he makes a McDonald's team....

P.S. Brand, Boozer, and Battier would make a decent NBA nucleus.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

A treat for all the Duke haters :D

 

[D-3 Fan]

Quick.....off the top of your head, other than Maggette......name me one other Dookie currently in the NBA?

Elton Brand
J.J. Redick
Carlos Boozer
Mike Dunleavey
Chris Duhon
Luol Deng
Shelden Williams
Dahntay Jones -- yes, surprise surprise
Daniel Ewing, I think

Out of those guys, Brand, Boozer, Dunleavy, and Duhon so far has decent to pretty good careers in the league.

McRoberts is too soft and has a short temper. Secondly, it makes no sense for him to go pro in a financial point of view either. His family isn't hurting for $$$ and he grew up in a pretty damn good city and neighborhood.

Dumb ****ing move.

 

[ondeadline]

It's not their job to produce NBA stars. That's true. But it tells you something about how coaches improve a player who comes in as a McDonald's All-America goes onto the NBA without the skills to succeed. It could also have something to do with the kind of player Krzyzewski recruits.

You could have just stopped your post after the first sentence, because that's true. Everything after that doesn't matter, because as you said it's not a college coach's job to produce NBA stars. His job is to win games, something coach K has done a decent job at.

It seems to me that most McDonald's All-Americans want to play in the NBA and, with a record such as this, many might decide to go elsewhere. It may not be the college coach's job, but it sure would help in recruiting.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Duke+University

Abdelnaby, Alaa 1990-1994
Alarie, Mark 1986-1990
Armstrong, Tate 1977-1978
Avery, William 1999-2001
Banks, Gene 1981-1986
Battier, Shane 2001-2005
Boozer, Carlos 2002-2005
Brand, Elton 1999-2005
Crow, Mark 1977-1977
Davis, Brian 1993-1993
Dawkins, Johnny 1986-1994
Deng, Luol 2004-2005
Dennard, Kenny 1981-1983
Denton, Randy 1971-1976
Duhon, Chris 2004-2005
Dunleavy, Mike 2002-2005
Ewing, Daniel 2005-2005
Ferry, Danny 1990-2002
Gantt, Bob 1946-1946
Gminski, Mike 1980-1993
Groat, **** 1952-1952
Henderson, Dave 1987-1987
Heyman, Art 1963-1969
Hill, Grant 1994-2005
Hurley, Bobby 1993-1997
Jones, Dahntay 2003-2005
Kennedy, Joe 1968-1970
Kistler, Doug 1961-1961
Laettner, Christian 1992-
Lang, Antonio 1994-1999
Langdon, Trajan 1999-2001
Lewis, Mike 1968-1973
Maggette, Corey 1999-2005
Marin, Jack 1966-1976
Mcleod, Roshown 1998-2000
Melchionni, Gary 1973-1974
Mullins, Jeff 1964-1975
Nessley, Martin 1987-1987
Parks, Cherokee 1995-2003
Randolph, Shavlik 2005-2005
Riedy, Bob 1967-1967
Spanarkel, Jim 1979-1983
Taylor, Vince 1982-1982
Vacendak, Steve 1967-1969
Verga, Bob 1967-1973
Williams, Jay 2002-2002

 

[Oz]

Sorry, that was meant for Oz, who used "all"

I don't know anyone from Duke personally, but I can't stand the program. Thus, I can't stand the players. You guys are probably right about the guys who are class acts. I don't care because to me, it's Duke.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Cherokee Parks lasted eight seasons? My goodness. At least it wasn't Erik Meek.

 

[ondeadline]

Josh McRoberts is another example of a player who made the wrong decision last offseason in returning to college. His draft stock was much higher last year than it is now. You could argue that, for the second consecutive offseason, he's made the wrong decision. Not only will this be a loaded draft, he might be able to improve his draft position by having a solid college season next season.

All you need to know: He "consulted" with J.J. Redick.