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Bradley Commit-Duke Deen

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From Jeff Goodman

Bradley has landed Sun Belt freshman of the year Duke Deen, source told @Stadium. Guard averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game for Troy this past season.
 
Da Coach said:
Can confirm that Deen has committed and signed.
Great news! Welcome to Bradley, Duke.
Things are coming together just as Coach Wardle planned. He has his guards and his wing/sniper.
Now we await the final recruit, another big man.
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And the Achor Achor countdown begins...
 
Any idea on early favorite for starting PG with Pop vs Deen? Is there a favorite for that or is in a full on competition? Do we see one or both as a combo guard or are they more pure PGs?

I think we needed two ball handlers and a taller shooter, so I think our main needs are accomplished. I still wouldn’t mind another shooter/wing, especially with Ville still battling injuries, but I understand if a big gets the last ride too.
 
I think Deen will remind BU fans of Darrell Brown. I’m not trying to put expectations on this kid but his game reminds me of Darrell in a lot of ways. Time will tell.
 
The Nicholls State offer was when he was in high school (2019), and the UTA, IPFW, and Longwood offers were when he was playing at Panola junior college (2021). He had other offers out of Junior College, obviously including Troy, and Bradley-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...625#post497625
https://twitter.com/Ogduke2/status/1377693805969817600

It seems that offers that players get when they are in the transfer portal don't get reported as often. But this report from a month ago (March 25, 2022) right after he entered the transfer portal, says he had already been contacted by "Bradley, South Dakota, Pacific, Grambling State, Longwood, Prairie View A&M and others since entering the transfer portal.
https://twitter.com/portal_updates/status/1507401120301334546

I suspect there were others that got involved since then, and that there were other offers that we don't know about.
 
Welcome to BU, Duke! Excited to have you here!

One of our weaknesses this off season appears to be a strength now! Looking forward to the upcoming season.
 
Yep happy with this one even tho he's very small could play like dbj and I'm all for that. Now on to a Big. Don't trust Hannah or linke in an important game for 1 second so get a backup that can play a few minutes a game and not turn the ball over, set good screens, and play D. That's it. Don't need any more production from the backup big than that. If one of those two would do that we wouldn't need a big but so far they have shown 0 sign of doing all three of those things. Usually just one for each
 
Cousins Cuts podcast said:
Yep happy with this one even tho he's very small could play like dbj and I'm all for that. Now on to a Big. Don't trust Hannah or linke in an important game for 1 second so get a backup that can play a few minutes a game and not turn the ball over, set good screens, and play D. That's it. Don't need any more production from the backup big than that. If one of those two would do that we wouldn't need a big but so far they have shown 0 sign of doing all three of those things. Usually just one for each
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Hey CC! I'd like to see us land another big, too. Still, I am not as down on Hannah and Linke as you seem to be here. Stat wise, Hannah is a beast on the boards and blocks per minute, and effort wise, they are both high effort guys. The extremely limited time that Linke got last year, I thought he looked really good defensively. Now offensively, I think they both need some work. Linke is hard to know for sure since his minutes were so limited, but Hannah was definitely a liability on the offensive end, though I honestly thought he showed improvement by the end of the season.

Really believe that Hannah and Linke are good young men that are hard working and think they are both going to be be contributors this year (but don't quote me as I'm wrong a lot!).
 
Tommy said:
Hey CC! I'd like to see us land another big, too. Still, I am not as down on Hannah and Linke as you seem to be here. Stat wise, Hannah is a beast on the boards and blocks per minute, and effort wise, they are both high effort guys. The extremely limited time that Linke got last year, I thought he looked really good defensively. Now offensively, I think they both need some work. Linke is hard to know for sure since his minutes were so limited, but Hannah was definitely a liability on the offensive end, though I honestly thought he showed improvement by the end of the season.

Really believe that Hannah and Linke are good young men that are hard working and think they are both going to be be contributors this year (but don't quote me as I'm wrong a lot!).
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Oh I don't disagree that they do some things well. Hannah plays tremendous defense at times and Linke showed some nice things in that area too. The problem I have is when you have a turnover every other time you touch the ball. Play great defense fine but then you give it right back 5 seconds later. That's why a player more like Boya I would prefer. Honestly just a guy that doesn't turn it over to back up the 5 and I'm happy. There were some games where Hannah in particular had 2, 3 turnovers in like 10 minutes. That's pretty ridiculous. Like I said tho maybe I'm wrong and they fix that but I don't think that will happen.
 
Cousins Cuts podcast said:
Oh I don't disagree that they do some things well. Hannah plays tremendous defense at times and Linke showed some nice things in that area too. The problem I have is when you have a turnover every other time you touch the ball. Play great defense fine but then you give it right back 5 seconds later. That's why a player more like Boya I would prefer. Honestly just a guy that doesn't turn it over to back up the 5 and I'm happy. There were some games where Hannah in particular had 2, 3 turnovers in like 10 minutes. That's pretty ridiculous. Like I said tho maybe I'm wrong and they fix that but I don't think that will happen.
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Can’t argue with that!
 
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