Special Sklansky Question: Arenas vs Duke

[dknightx]

How many points would Arenas score against this years Duke team (currently ranked #10) if he was playing on an average Div-I team (that had ample time to practice with each other)?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2743071

[Green Kool Aid]

Duke sucks, he would score at will.

This would be interesting against a good college basketball tema.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Assuming he was out to score at every possession? 75+

[MyTurn2Raise]

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Assuming he was out to score at every possession? 75+

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no way

college is a completely different animal--defensive sets are ridiculously more complex

his team might not score 75

[Green Kool Aid]

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college is a completely different animal--defensive sets are ridiculously more complex

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This is simply not true.

So many rookies struggle for PT in the NBA because of failure to understand defensive rotations in the rotating defense that so many teams run.

I understand you appreciate the college game more, but your comments are inane.


It would be a little harder for Gil to score against a team like Florida that has good perimeter defenders and a good shot blocker like Noah.

[Green Kool Aid]

THOUGHT OF A HUGE PROBLEM!!!!

In college you can slide in under the hoop and take a charge. This would really hurt his ability to get to the line, but I still think he could score in the 65-70 range.

[Sickboy]

How many points would the Phoenix Suns score against the Duke team if they were to play one game verses each other?

Who would be the leading scorer for the game?

[kyleb]

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Assuming he was out to score at every possession? 75+

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no way

college is a completely different animal--defensive sets are ridiculously more complex

his team might not score 75

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lol yeah college defense is much more complex than pro defense good one

[MyTurn2Raise]

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Assuming he was out to score at every possession? 75+

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no way

college is a completely different animal--defensive sets are ridiculously more complex

his team might not score 75

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lol yeah college defense is much more complex than pro defense good one

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I don't really understand how anyone could watch the two games, study the two games, and think otherwise.
College defenses have to stop offensive sets that have 35 seconds to work with to obtain a quality shot. In addition, there are no illegal defenses. The off-the-ball motion on both defense and offense is much more a part of the game in college ball. Pro ball seems to always boil down to isolate and use superior match-ups.

I'm struggling for words here as I don't understand how one cannot view the college game as more complex. I'm baffled. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] It's in the structure of the rules themselves.

[Assani Fisher]

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Assuming he was out to score at every possession? 75+

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no way

college is a completely different animal-- defensive sets are ridiculously more complex
his team might not score 75

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Can you explain this comment? I played DII ball under a coach who was a former DI assistant and I wouldn't exactly call our defenses "complex." I understand that theres a lot more pressing in college, so perhaps you're saying that theres more defensive presses to remember than in the NBA.