and this is the thread about that subject

3/21/2008 8:18:00 AM

so are Jon Sheyr and Gerald Hendrson

3/21/2008 8:21:56 AM

Paulus is a great shooter, a horrible defender, a mediocre ball-handler and a man ends up on his backside more during a basketball game then he stands upright. I'd say he's mediocre and annoying, not terrible.

3/21/2008 8:23:31 AM

guy can hit 3's and be a potential assistant coach one day. what more could duke want???

3/21/2008 8:25:30 AM

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"Greg Palus is a terrible basketball player human being"

fixed it.

3/21/2008 8:32:34 AM

3/21/2008 10:03:01 AM

I agree with Motiak's assessment

I would say Paulus is terribly annoying

3/21/2008 10:04:15 AM

greg palus is not a leader on the court

but he thinks he is

3/21/2008 10:23:54 AM

He can't defend without the hand check, but he is a better shooter than Demarcus Nlson.

3/21/2008 10:29:12 AM

he's so terrible. thats why he's the starting pg at duke. 4 years over.

Why didn't they just recruit some guys off of tww?

3/21/2008 11:36:28 AM

YOU WENT AND DID IT NOW Howard

3/21/2008 11:39:33 AM

his floor-slapping skills is amazing though, 2nd only to Wojo's.

3/21/2008 11:40:56 AM

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"his floor-slapping skills is amazing though, 2nd only to Wojo'sJULIUS HODGE."

3/21/2008 11:45:58 AM

same responses if he played for ncsu?? i wonder....

3/21/2008 11:49:07 AM

you know the answer to that

3/21/2008 11:50:09 AM

He's better at playing butt darts in the locker room with Gerald Henderson

3/21/2008 11:51:18 AM

he pretty much single-handedly beat those faggots in chapel hill last month, so he can't be that terrible

3/21/2008 12:15:42 PM

^nah, it's more of because of lance thomas and danny green and wayne ellington's inability to shoot.

3/21/2008 1:30:37 PM

^

3/21/2008 1:34:35 PM

yeah, paulus hitting 6 or 7 3's had nothing to do with it

3/21/2008 2:12:55 PM

or lawson being out

3/21/2008 2:45:57 PM

gimme a break. if he transferred to ncstate you'd be all about him. at least ya got that Rocky Dennis guy

3/21/2008 9:48:52 PM

^i would never want that douchebag on our team. I don't give a shit how bad we are, dook can have that punk ass flopping son of a bitch.

3/22/2008 1:18:25 AM

Quality life decision choosing basketball over football?

3/22/2008 8:22:57 AM

Paulus at the end of the Belmont game:



Big fucking shock that Duke gets a call that totally changes the game.

3/22/2008 10:04:18 AM

^refs sucked for both sides all game, that was just the most obvious missed call. Don't try and say that that one play won the game for Duke.

3/22/2008 10:05:53 AM

I will never say one play wins or loses a game (because it rarely happens). However, one play can most definitely affect a portion of the game. That play happened near the end and when you couple it with the OBVIOUS shove under the basket that, I believe, Henderson did on the last inbounds play of Belmont and you clearly see that ever so common pattern appearing again.

3/22/2008 10:12:27 AM

Duke is the only team in the entire country that gets game changing calls right? How about UCLA's miraculous over the backboard shot? what about the Georgtown block or any number of games they've won on a controversial call this year? Bad/missed calls are everywhere .....ESPN even had an article about the level of officiating recently.

3/22/2008 10:44:41 AM

lol at the dook fanboys coming out defending paulus.

3/22/2008 10:45:00 AM

that non-call did not totally change the game.. Duke failed to score on their next two possessions. nice try though

3/22/2008 10:58:00 AM

that little fucker doesn't miss against us

3/22/2008 11:00:43 AM

^^in a game that close, every possession matters.

3/22/2008 11:16:55 AM

Yeah, and another difference between Duke and other teams is that they get the obvious calls.

I'll grant that everybody tends to get away with a foul here or there. And most folks can fake being fouled fairly well.

But Duke is the team that gets the obviously wrong calls where the whole world is like, "WTF?!?" Coach K could march on to the court and kick an opposing player in the nuts, and the other team would get called for a foul and a technical. And they'd add several seconds to the clock just cause Duke feels tight for time.

And that lone Duke fan at the bar would say, "That's just good, smart basketball..."

3/22/2008 11:25:56 AM

I honestly get pissed off watching Duke play. Singler is a really good player. He is athletic and has good size. But when a fucking PG comes in the paint instead of challenging him at the rim like any athletically gifted big man should do he fucking jumps under the guy with his hands up and flops like a bitch.

I can't STAND that kind of basketball. It just pisses me off and it is CONSTANT with Duke. CONSTANT!

*** and I don't care if it works and it's "smart"... it's bitchmade basketball and it doesn't do a damn thing to prepare these guys for the next level. It's a step above that guy at the gym playing pickup that calls three seconds and charging fouls.

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:32 AM. Reason : x]

3/22/2008 11:31:30 AM

^^ sounds kinna like unc...

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:33 AM. Reason : ]

3/22/2008 11:33:16 AM

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"And they'd add several seconds to the clock just cause Duke feels tight for time"

Clemson game last year at Cameron.

3/22/2008 12:11:43 PM

Tell me do you think itd be all right
If I could just crash here tonight
You can see Im in no shape for driving
And anyway Ive got no place to go
And you know it might not be that bad
You were the best Id ever had
If I hadnt blown the whole thing years ago
I might not be alone
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
And you can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
If you dont expect too much from me
You might not be let down
Cause all I really want is to be with you
Feeling like I matter too
If I hadnt blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
She took my heart
Theres only one thing I couldnt start

3/22/2008 12:14:44 PM

As I decide to fulfill my life's strategy
The devil insists on trying to battle me
I meet him in an empty field on the high plains
He throws temptations my way to inflict internal pain
Life and death matters, this ain't no game
It's mind over matter, the power of my brain
He thinks I'll give in if my muscles start to strain
He believes I'll submit to the evil of society's frame
And benefit from notoriety's gain
He says I don't have to properly train
and that he'll give me all the fame
and everyone will know my name
But I think he's insane
'Cause I know the truth- to gain is to give
To have pain is to live
So I call on my heavenly Father's name
And slowly watch the thunder and rain subside
I'm finally able to push the temptations aside
I went blow for blow, I went face to face
Now the devil knows, I'm able to escape
Not by a back door or an alternate route
I saw the middle high ground and I ran right through

3/22/2008 12:22:17 PM

I'm movin up from where I stood like its levitation
I'm no longer feelin sick quit the medication
I'm just livin I aint trippin off the speculations
I keep prayin and stayin in deep meditation
And with this I hope God see my dedication

Its my time, so imma go and show the nation
I use haters and nay-sayers as motivation
now the people that was hatin show appreciation
I'm at the finish line and they aint get to see me racin'

3/22/2008 12:28:02 PM

I can't see what my future has in store
but I move forth with the strength of a condor
The courage of a warrior
The commitment of an American soldier
Despite this weight on my shoulder
my inner forces circulate to form
a nucleus of an unbreakable bond
These words describe the soundtrack to my life's song
My mind and body united like the Colors of Benneton
My destiny isn't told by the creases of my palm
A sharp thorn once cut my soul
The blood flowed
But no bandage would cover the wound
I couldn't help but stare at the distant moon
Waiting for a resolution to come at an instant soon
I asked the Lord, "What am I to do?"
He said, "Son, I made the sky blue
The rain falls because of me
Leaves change colors on a fall tree
I was the inspiration to Martin Luther King
I'm the reason Ray Charles could sing
I've changed others through and through
And my son, I'll do the same to you"

3/22/2008 12:44:20 PM

bttt for more comments about how terrible Paulus is.

3/22/2008 11:31:05 PM

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"same responses if he played for ncsu?? i wonder...."

Uhhh these are being nice.

See Gonzalez, Javi.

3/22/2008 11:40:17 PM

Quote :

"From the NYTimes: Sick of being an underdog despite their the spate of recent success (three appearances in the Round of 16 in four years), West Virginia players lit into Duke. West Virginia forward Joe Alexander led the charge. He had the assembled news media cracking up when a reporter told him that Duke had eight McDonald’s all-Americans. “Who?” he asked, very skeptically. He wasn’t done. Nor were his teammates. Alexander on breaking down Duke on film: “We knew that coming in that they were just going to stand around and not rebound. So we were ready to exploit that.” Alexander on the Duke mystique: ““We don’t care that they’re Duke. That doesn’t mean anything to us. People look at West Virginia like we’re this mid-major school playing all these big schools and upsetting them. That’s not the case at all.” West Virginia center Jamie Smalligan: “We don’t have any McDonald’s All-Americans and we don’t have any guys who were the No. 1 player in their state. But I think that Coach K would love to have Joe Alexander on his team right now.” West Virginia guard Joe Mazzulla: “Duke is a great team with a great tradition and they have a great coach. But when you have the media coming up to you and constantly asking you about Duke’s tradition and we’re getting overlooked. We’re a good team, and we’re a great team when we play the way we did in the second half. I think Coach Huggins as well as the rest of the teams want to get to a point where teams have to worry about playing us and not us have to worry about playing other teams.” Alexander on the Big East vs. the A.C.C.: “People are always hating on the Big East. I don’t understand why. We came in the fifth in the Big East and we manhandled a good A.C.C. team.” Cam Thoroughman asked whether Duke’s Greg Paulus was one of the eight McDonald’s all-Americans. When told yes, Thoroughman said, “Oh my God. Are you kidding?”"

3/22/2008 11:44:53 PM

Cam Thoroughman asked whether Duke’s Greg Paulus was one of the eight McDonald’s all-Americans. When told yes, Thoroughman said, “Oh my God. Are you kidding?”

3/22/2008 11:57:22 PM

^ ha ha that is awesome

3/23/2008 4:31:30 AM

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"Alexander on the Big East vs. the A.C.C.: “People are always hating on the Big East. I don’t understand why. We came in the fifth in the Big East and we manhandled a good A.C.C. team.”"

Even WE beat 3 big east teams.

3/23/2008 7:43:50 AM

all sub-par teams... villanova being the only one worth a damn. they barely got into the tourney.

3/23/2008 9:16:52 AM

but we're the worst team in the acc.

3/23/2008 9:19:01 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/grant_wahl/03/23/five.things/index.html?eref=T1

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"Ignore the hype: the ACC just wasn't that good this season. In less than 24 hours, two mid-level Big East teams (West Virginia and Villanova) took out the second- and third-best teams in the ACC (Duke and Clemson). It would be one thing if that were a fluke, but it wasn't. The Big East is that good, and the ACC just didn't pass the eye test all season long. Too many people cited the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and the ACC's No. 1 conference rating in the RPI as reasons for the ACC's preeminence, but the ACC-Big Ten Challenge took place in November (i.e., who cares?) and I think we've learned by now that the RPI isn't a credible tool for measuring much of anything, especially conference strength. Over the years, the ACC has proven itself as the nation's best basketball league, but that just wasn't the case this season. (Now watch North Carolina and Miami make the Final Four.) "

I still dont think you can seriously say the ACC wasnt good this season... For the most part it was just that all the teams were on about the same level ( not all, but you get the point) The big east is just way too big to make equal comparisons, but top to bottom the acc is the best conference, as is the case every year. Duke was great during the season, but their lack of a big man has caught up to them. Clemson was a stellar team that just never lived up to their potential and had their typical late season collapse.. i mean if Clemson won the 2 OT games they played with UNC, the two teams would have tied in the standings

3/23/2008 9:24:34 AM

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"but top to bottom the acc is the best conference"

Not even close, the ACC was terrible this year, there was a grand total of one good team, three fatally flawed teams, and then a slew of teams ranging from mediocre with potential (Wake) to complete shit (BC and Wake).

3/23/2008 10:36:10 AM