Special Sklansky Question: Arenas vs Duke

[joel2006]

60-70 is reasonable, 80 if his longe-range Jumper is especially on. Duke's standard D would be useless against GA because of the range on his jumper. He routinely hits 26 footers, and no single player on Duke could guard him this far from the basket, he could beat them off the dribble and pull up at 20 feet and still be shooting a 3 pointer. His range would destroy the normal spacing of Duke's D and expose their lower level of athleticism, they would have almost no chance of winning the game, since doubling him so far out would leave his teammates wide open for layups. Plus don't forget the impact of having him on D, he would force Paulus to give up the ball and Duke's O would have to go through a less skilled ball handler.