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Kyrie's minutes/effectiveness are only half the equation.

The other is the opponent's prep and scouting...if you're playing us you need to prepare to two very different looks...Kyrie/Nolan.
Do you spent time on preparing to defend Kyrie and have him only in 3-4 minutes...or do you ignore him and have him get 20+ minutes and burn you? Or does Kyrie no run the point? Does that stay will Nolan...do you prep for Kyrie/Curry? It is going to be tough to scout/prep for this team. Really tough.
How much head swiveling was going on when Kyrie did nothing more than warm up a little in Greensboro? He's a strategic X-factor.

At least our guys will know what kind of minutes to expect...the other team...not so much.

I suspect that Kyrie's playing time will depend on the flow/score of the Hampton game. The larger the lead, the more he will play. It will be a very therapeutic scrimmage practice for his complete return. I do expect he will enter at point, to continue the position he was working with at the time he went out.

EarlJam wrote: Yes, there was Boozer, but Boozer had played with that team longer.

-EarlJam

Of course, Boozer came back only for the Final Four. The advantage we have this year is that Kyrie can play a limited role and get back in the groove the first weekend and be pretty much fully integrated by the sweet sixteen. Not to mention that K has a decade more experience, including his time getting the national team to blend quickly. I put my faith in K, baby.

bjornolf wrote:

EarlJam wrote: Yes, there was Boozer, but Boozer had played with that team longer.

-EarlJam

Of course, Boozer came back only for the Final Four. The advantage we have this year is that Kyrie can play a limited role and get back in the groove the first weekend and be pretty much fully integrated by the sweet sixteen. Not to mention that K has a decade more experience, including his time getting the national team to blend quickly. I put my faith in K, baby.

Boozer came back for the Sweet 16. He played 22 minutes against UCLA, then 22 minutes again in the Elite 8 against USC.
http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball- ... on=2000-01

More funny stuff:

http://sethcurrysavesduke.blogspot.com/ ... picks.html


Oh, and if that doesn't work, maybe teams should try this again:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xtw9oOybIDo/T ... gDuke.jpeg

worth re-posting

wilson wrote:Boozer came back for the Sweet 16. He played 22 minutes against UCLA, then 22 minutes again in the Elite 8 against USC.
http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball- ... on=2000-01

My bad. I bow to the historian's superior knowledge of the past. Kyrie still gets an extra week with the team.

Supposed toe practice again toeday - 3 days straight which hopefully means little toe no pain even after exerting it.

Anyone going toe the open practice toeday? Maybe take a few pictures, get a video or toe?

Jesus_hurley wrote:Maybe take a few pictures, get a video or toe?

Just make sure they're digital.

K said he is officially going to play, Kyrie said he is 95% healthy and ready to go with the other 5% coming back after he gets in some real game time.

Straight from the horses' mouths: Kyrie and Coach K both have confirmed that Kyrie will play tomorrow. Among Kyrie's comments: "I'm 95% healthy, and the other 5% will come when I actually play out there."

robert, you beat me to it. But mine had a link!

Sorry, here is the linkage from S-pen....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/tournamen ... id=6228346

Roll on to Houston BABY!!!

Some of today's tweets on Kyrie:

chroniclesports Chronicle Sports
by savekyriestoe
#Duke hasn't been hiding info: Kyrie said there was no timetable in the beginning, and even he doubted he would come back this year at times

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dukebasketball Duke Basketball
Kyrie: "I can basically do everything I did before I got hurt. I’m feeling really good.”

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ESPNAndyKatz Andy Katz
by savekyriestoe
But now coach K has the best sixth man in the tournament.

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SCurrySavesDuke SethCurrySavesDuke!
“I’m a pretty good basketball player, and I’m not a selfish one, at that,” Irving said. #KyrieIrvingSpeaksLikeHesFrom1950

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dukebasketball Duke Basketball
Picture of Irving shooting jumpers on the court. http://yfrog.com/h31hxtvj

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BlueDevilNation Mark Watson
Irving just put on a juke move which brought cheers from the crowd. Interesting set of people in the stands. Some heckles on #Duke

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dukebasketball Duke Basketball
Kyrie Irving will play Friday, his first time on the court since December 4th

Damn you scuba steve!!! I had linked in the new comment right after and a customer called....stupid people and the way I make money....

I propose that CB&B change his avatar painting to the one of Kyrie.
Just my opinion.

wilson wrote:I propose that CB&B change his avatar painting to the one of Kyrie.
Just my opinion.

Good idea!

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

wilson wrote:I propose that CB&B change his avatar painting to the one of Kyrie.
Just my opinion.

Good idea!

wilson wrote:I propose that CB&B change his avatar painting to the one of Kyrie.
Just my opinion.

Made it my FB profile pic too.

Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:I think he took direction for this pose straight from Kenny Dennard.
Love, Ima

CathyCA wrote:

Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:I think he took direction for this pose straight from Kenny Dennard.
Love, Ima

Based on the last time I saw Kenny, he sure as hell don't look that way today!