Dick Vitale just released his pre-pre-pre season Top 40 for the college basketball season. And, for some reason, he has Duke up at No. 5.
How? I could roll with that if Elliot Williams and Gerald Henderson were still there. But neither of them are. Nolan Smith is their only guard with any experience and this team still has no proven big men. Dickie V mentions that with Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler coming back, this team is one of the best in the nation. No.
I'm not one of those people who dislikes Vitale. I actually don't mind hearing him doing the game I'm watching. If you've ever seen one of his speaking engagements, you will get caught up. And the work he's done for the V Foundation has been remarkable.
But Dickie V is turning into that grandparent you had that would just go on and on about something that (a) didn't make sense or (b) you know is wrong. But no one checks them on it because you don't want to hurt their feelings.
Again, I respect Vitale but his harping about Duke is getting old. His harping on these great college players becoming great pros (he used to always pound out that J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison will be great NBA players and we are dumb not to see that) is getting old. His constant slight of international players over college players in the NBA Draft is getting old.
How? I could roll with that if Elliot Williams and Gerald Henderson were still there. But neither of them are. Nolan Smith is their only guard with any experience and this team still has no proven big men. Dickie V mentions that with Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler coming back, this team is one of the best in the nation. No.
I'm not one of those people who dislikes Vitale. I actually don't mind hearing him doing the game I'm watching. If you've ever seen one of his speaking engagements, you will get caught up. And the work he's done for the V Foundation has been remarkable.
But Dickie V is turning into that grandparent you had that would just go on and on about something that (a) didn't make sense or (b) you know is wrong. But no one checks them on it because you don't want to hurt their feelings.
Again, I respect Vitale but his harping about Duke is getting old. His harping on these great college players becoming great pros (he used to always pound out that J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison will be great NBA players and we are dumb not to see that) is getting old. His constant slight of international players over college players in the NBA Draft is getting old.
No comments:
Post a Comment