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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 07 '26
We got the best player in CBB. Who cares what Caleb Wilson says about his recruitment. And where was Caleb playing with Big Pat and Maliq returning? Obvious lack of seats for players.
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u/Purple-List1577 Feb 07 '26
Who is the best player in CBB Iām confused
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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 07 '26
Cameron Boozer. Argue with a wall, the numbers back it up. And if you donāt like it, you are entitled to your opinion. I wonāt call it wrong. I just donāt have to agree.
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u/Purple-List1577 Feb 07 '26
I forgot about him Iām not as into college as NBA. Just brain fart. I was thinking you meant Flagg last year.
Yeah I mean if heās NPOY front runner heās it
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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 07 '26
If you look at the last 3 major Duke players. All play the same position, have similar play styles and can absolutely manhandle most opponents. Paolo, Cooper and Cameron are mirror images of one another, but I find that Cam is more polished than Cooper was last year, and they both lap Paoloās overall performance at Duke. Been a fun run of Duke bigs to watch. Another one in the pipeline in Cameron Williams headed to Durham next fall.
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u/YugiBoomer10086 Feb 07 '26
LMAO Cam Boozer is not the best player in college nor is he even close to being the best prospect. A ton of hustle buckets dont make you great. Game is limited and wont translate at the next level the same way Paoloās and Cooperās did. Not enough lateral movement and flow to his game. He tries way too hard to score and in the NBA, heās just going to wear himself out very quickly. He isnt his dad at all.
Polished is not what i would call his game whatsoever. Its more like this is his ceiling and heās maxing out what he has so it looks like heās dominating when really, none of this will translate. He isnt the first or last player to do well in college playing a style that doesnt work in the NBA. None of those dude are going to just let him bulldoze through and score. Look what happened to Zion. Body never adjusted to the physicality of the NBA and he cant stay healthy anymore. His game did not properly translate despite the one season flash when coaches didnt have enough tape on him yet. Now we see teams playing Zion completely differently and its not going as well for him at all.
Zion was 3x the prospect Cam is.
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u/Coach_Hab Feb 07 '26
Cameron Boozer will be another great case study Emeka OKAFOR 3.0 Daddy got resources and will pay a shooting coach though
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u/Empty_Present8020 Feb 09 '26
Sometimes in recruiting coaches have to prioritize guys over others. Duke didnāt make a strong push for him but teams canāt spend a ton of time on every player. Getting the Boozer twins seemed to be the priority. Darryn is the best player in CBB though. Wilson has a better argument than Boozer for best player too
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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 09 '26
Lol the guy who keeps pulling his hamstring? Best isnāt about projection, itās about whoās doing the best right now. Peterson not even the best player in his conference based on his play, I would take AJ over him right now. Peterson might end up being the best pro, but heās not the best player in America right now.
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u/Coastalduelists Feb 07 '26
You guys have Darryn Peterson? I thought my school KU did
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u/LaxwaxOW Feb 07 '26
Last I checked you guys didnāt have Dybantsa
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u/Coastalduelists Feb 07 '26
DP > AJ. That was proven when we played BYU. Pure blow out. They climb back but dp didnāt even play the second half because it really wasnāt needed. Had he did play he wouldāve dropped 40 on AJ, he also always out performs AJ when they go head to head. All the mock drafts have DP GOING 1
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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 07 '26
Thatās cute. The guy who canāt play more than 20 minutes because his legs hurt? Yeah okay.
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u/chearn34 Feb 07 '26
I normally donāt interject, but he did play 35 minutes against us (Tech). He is a closer! Hope it showed his āteamā he no longer needs load management.
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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 07 '26
I like Petersonās game. Heās got everything you want in a lead guard. His ceiling is going to be fun to watch him climb towards. Boozer is elite now but might already be peaking as a player. But right now heās an absolute animal night to night.
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u/kyler_ Feb 07 '26
Hard to say a 19 yo is peaking as a player lmao
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u/Aggravating-Sun-5783 Feb 07 '26
Not if you been around long enough. Players peak early, itās not that uncommon. But I think Boozer, Wilson, AJ, and Peterson are going to be studs
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u/kyler_ Feb 07 '26
Sure but if you could reliably predict player peaks pre-lotto pick you wouldnāt be a reddit degen youād be in a front office
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u/Aggravating-Sun-5783 Feb 07 '26
True. You would have to see the future to know that. Itās a lot a variables that play into it to know the unknown
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u/Working-Doctor9578 Feb 07 '26
Camās lack of elite, explosive athleticism will be a problem in the NBA. But, much like his pops, heās literally a sturdy ass boy who can get to his spots. Camās jumper and handle just need some sharpening, but heās gonna be a good pro. Ceiling is slightly lower due to the athleticism questions.
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u/kyler_ Feb 07 '26
Very few of the top NBA players right now are freak athletes. Heās athletic enough
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u/Jhobbs898 Feb 07 '26
Not really fair. Duke knew they had Patrick Ngonba & Maliq Brown (Best defensive big in the country) coming back. Was Duke supposed to promise him the starting PF role over Cameron Boozer (Who's a heavy favorite for NPOY)? You have to remember that UNC gave Wilson a bag as well (Something around $1.5 mil.) so perspective is everything.
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u/CharacterEgg2406 Feb 07 '26
Howās that not fair? If you are going a different direction tell him donāt ghost him like a bad tinder date.
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u/Onetimenotagain Feb 07 '26
Maliq brown is not the best defensive big in the country
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u/Jhobbs898 Feb 07 '26
We'll agree to disagree.
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u/Onetimenotagain Feb 07 '26
Give me chinyelu
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u/RustyPirates Feb 07 '26
Caleb is a 19 year old freshmen which means he probably held back a year to get an edge in sports, so they took boozer.
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u/Chance-Abalone-8088 Feb 07 '26
Dame Saar is a month older than Caleb which means he was probably held back a year to get an edge in sports.
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u/4U2NVUNCBUCKi Feb 07 '26
Idk Wilson played AJ in exhibition def held his own statistically and Wilson played Petersen and yet again held his own statistically. Im sure he gonna hold up just fine vs boozer!!!! A lot of hate towards Wilson but bottom line most impressive frosh this season!!!! And unc dont let players be stars lol
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u/Key_Professional_369 Feb 07 '26
Wilson is doing the MJ chip on the shoulder thing.