Just looking at him I agree, but when you look at his stats at the end of game you say Damn.
He just does things right and isn't amazing to look at playing.
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He just does things right and isn't amazing to look at playing.
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Now I don't recall someone making a lateral move like Willard but I'm Sure I'll find one but not at the frequency of this year.
I was lookin for a final 4 thread all day on the front page page and couldn’t find it
You might want to read the details of Willard, because what you're saying isn't comparable.
CBS and The Athletic both have reports on it
He's grown on me as far as respect. I still don't think he's a first option in the NBA.
but he plays hard and that's more than a lot of athletes, normally they coast and pick their spots.
It was like Tyler Hansbrough in college, he wasn't better than a lot of players. He just played harder than everyone else.
Okay, I concede. You're right.
I never would have thought that someone would be worst that Chris Beard but here we are.
Let me just get this outta the way, I'm a Duke hater!
But I respect players, their talents and basketball. Even with me being a Duke hater, I liked some of their player namely Kyrie and Zion.
With that said, Cooper's a talented player. I want Duke to lose every game but I no longer dislike all of their players. Just most of them
And you're right, right now Cooper doesn't look like a first option in the NBA but that can change. He does whatever Duke needs him to do to win. When the need a bucket, he goes and gets it. He's an all around talented player.
I knew he was different when he was scrimmaging against the US Olympic team last summer.
He's also supposed to be a senior in high school and he just turned 18 this past December.
When watching him I don't see any single things that stands out, but his numbers show that he's doing good and he gets the job done.
Still hoping that they lose in the Final Four though!
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Lawrence Edward Moten (born March 25, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player.
Moten attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., and the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire before playing his college ball at Syracuse University. Playing as a guard/forward, he is the career scoring leader for that school with 2,334 points and graduated as the Big East Conference's all-time leading scorer with 1,405 points,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Moten#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> ahead of Troy Bell (BC – 1,388 pts), Terry Dehere (SHU – 1,320 pts), and Chris Mullin (SJU – 1,290 pts). Moten averaged 19.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 2.4 apg over his four-year collegiate career – scoring in double figures in 118 of 121 games. He is the only player to score 500 or more points in four consecutive seasons in Syracuse history and was the first player since Hall of Famer Dave Bing to lead Syracuse in scoring for three straight seasons.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Moten#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>
He was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 2nd round (36th overall pick) of the 1995 NBA draft. He played for the Grizzlies for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 and for the Washington Wizards during the 1997–98 season. After his NBA career, he played in the CBA and ABA, and in Spain and Venezuela.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Moten#cite_note-Burvick-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a> Moten later became the vice president of player development for the Maryland Nighthawks of the ABA. He was the head coach of the Rochester Razorsharks in 2014 and led them to their 4th PBL title.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Moten#cite_note-Burvick-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
Moten, as of 2019, works with middle school youth in central New York.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Moten#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>
Damn!
Whoever beats Duke is who I want to win!Auburn with the choke job
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Kelvin Dale Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the University of Houston of the Big 12 Conference.
Early life
Sampson was born in the Lumbee Native American community of Deep Branch in Robeson County, North Carolina, where he excelled in the classroom and the athletic arena during his prep days at Pembroke High School, in Pembroke, North Carolina. Sampson was captain of his high school basketball team for two years, and played for his father John W. "Ned" Sampson, who was later named to the UNC Pembroke Athletics Hall of Fame<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Sampson#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>. His father was also one of the 500 Lumbee Native Americans who made national news by driving the Ku Klux Klan out of Maxton, North Carolina in what is annually celebrated by the Lumbee as the Battle of Hayes Pond.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Sampson#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a> Later he played at Pembroke State University (now UNC Pembroke), concentrating on basketball and baseball.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Sampson#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a> The point guard was team captain for the Braves as a senior and earned four letters in basketball and three in baseball.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Sampson#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a> He earned Dean's List recognition throughout his collegiate career and received the Gregory Lowe Memorial Award as the school's outstanding physical education major his senior year.After earning degrees from Pembroke State in both health and physical education and political science, Sampson pursued his master's degree in coaching and administration at Michigan State University. He left with his degree and a year's experience as a graduate assistant under Jud Heathcote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Sampson#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a>
Battle of Hayes Pond - Wikipedia
The Battle of Hayes Pond, also known as the Battle of Maxton Field or the Maxton Riot, was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization and Lumbee people at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. The clash resulted in the disruption of the rally and a significant amount of media coverage praising the Lumbees and condemning the Klansmen.
In 1956, James W. "Catfish" Cole, a KKK member from South Carolina, established the North Carolina Knights, a Klan organization aimed at defending racial segregation. In early 1958 Cole focused his efforts on upholding segregation in Robeson County, North Carolina, which had a triracial population of Native Americans, whites, and blacks. Many of the Native Americans were members of the recently recognized Lumbee Tribe, a group having its origins in other Indigenous peoples but had grown into a single community around the county. Cole oversaw two cross burnings meant to frighten the Lumbees from racial mixing, and scheduled a Klan rally which he hoped would have a large turnout.
Cole and his Klansmen widely advertised their event, driving throughout the county in a truck outfitted with a loudspeaker to broadcast their plans. The announcements infuriated the Lumbee community and some decided to try to disrupt the meeting. Fearing violence, local law enforcement officials pleaded with Cole to suspend his plans, but he refused. On January 18, 1958, Cole and about 50 Klansmen, most of whom were followers of his from South Carolina, gathered in a leased cornfield near Hayes Pond, a place adjacent to the town of Maxton. Several hundred Lumbees, many armed, arrived and encircled the group and jeered at them. After an altercation in which the single light in the field was destroyed, the Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. Cole hid in a swamp while the Lumbees seized Klan regalia and carried them to Pembroke to celebrate. Police restored order on the field and arrested one Klansman.
Afterwards, Cole and the arrested Klansman were indicted and convicted for inciting a riot. The event was widely covered in the local and national press, which blamed the Klan for the disorder and praised the Lumbees for their actions. Cole never organized another public rally in Robeson County after the incident. In 2011 the Lumbee Tribal Council declared January 18 a "Tribal Day of Historical Recognition".
Auburn with the choke job
Cooper Flagg gonna be a real good NBA player!
