Summer continues
Author: ConnorJul 3 2009
I’ve been saying it for years: “I want my brother to be better than me”.
Its easy to say that when you are 4 or 5 inches taller than your brother and he is in middle school and you are playing in college. Then all of a sudden he is starting in the state championship game as a freshman. Then someone takes a picture at your sister’s graduation and he looks 4 inches taller than you. Then you find out that somehow even though you are the same height, he has a bigger wingspan by 3 or 4 inches. Then he introduces you to Coach Mike Kryzewski.
Then you start taking things really seriously.
The other day, I rode up to Duke with my dad and Evan. It was an unreal experience. We got to meet with Coach K and then Coach Wojo and Coach Collins gave us a great tour of the campus and the facilities. Evan was able to play with the team in their practice facility and meet the guys. I went on Heatin’ Up again to compare Duke’s facilities with UGA’s. Basically what I said was that the facilities are almost identical. Some people will think that Duke must not be on top of their game if they are being compared to Georgia. That’s not the case. Its just that Georgia is taking the steps necessary to become a program to be reckoned with. I can’t stress enough how excited I am to be a part of Georgia basketball.
Other than the trip to Duke, I’ve been working out in the weight room and in the gym doing ballhandling, shooting, and agility drills. I’ve also been playing ESPN’s streak for the cash. If you haven’t heard of it, I want to warn you that you might get completely hooked. Its simple - ESPN puts up around 10 games a day and you can pick 1 game at a time. You try to build the longest streak possible. If you have one of the top 7 longest streaks at the end of the year you get to go to ESPN for a chance to win $1,000,000. I can play because it is free, but if I somehow won I would not be able to collect my cash due to the NCAA. Basically no chance of that happnening anyway. If you want to join my group and give it a shot, click here.
4 Responses for "Summer continues"
So, is your brother gonna be big enough to play the 4 in college? He's gotten a lot of good pub this summer, and here's one fan hoping he follows your footsteps to Athens.
I don't really know how to answer that question. He might end up being big enough but being a shooter his game is much more suited for the perimeter.
I don't really know how to answer that question. He might end up being big enough but being a shooter his game is much more suited for the perimeter. Thanks for the kind words too.
Maybe my memory is getting bad with age, but I seem to recall Dunleavy Jr playing some 4 in smaller lineups for Duke, as have a lot of other tall shooters depending on how long they are and a coaches system (assuming he keeps growing and reaches 6'8, 6'9+ as most sites report him at 6'6, 6'7). The easiest example right now might be Orlando, with Reshard Lewis playing the 4 next to Dwight Howard even though his offensive games is more a perimeter shooter and he was a 3 in Seattle before signing that ridiculous deal. Of course, it would also depend on how Coach Fox likes to do things, whether he'd be willing to go a kind of 1 in, 4 out style offensively, and a dominant big man defensively who can control a block like Dunleavy had with Shelden Williams and Lewis has with Howard.
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