Former Duke Assistant Coach Has High Praise for Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje

Duke’s regular season will get going in about a month. In early November, we’ll have real games, an exciting time for the fan base and players, as Duke looks like a guaranteed top-two team in America.

Anything can happen in college basketball, so it’s impossible to make any real predictions or promises, but if Duke isn’t one of the top two teams in America, maybe outside of Florida, it should be viewed as a somewhat disappointing year.

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Anything less than a national championship will be viewed as a disappointment, as Duke has enough talent on both ends of the court to do just that.

As for some of the youngsters who will have to step up in a massive way, I’m still very curious to see how Jon Scheyer will figure out minutes with some of his young players.

With guys like Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, despite Duke’s veteran-led talent, it feels safe to say he has to be on the court.

Belmont’s head coach recently spoke about that, as his squad took on Duke in an exhibition game.

“I wasn’t playing like him when I was 17; that’s for sure,” Evan Bradds, now the HC at Belmont after serving as an assistant at Duke, said, per Matt Giles. “You watch some of the FIBA stuff I’ve seen him play in, you watch the highlights, and you’re really, really impressed.

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“And then to see him up close: the size, the skill, the physicality, and the shooting touch, you know, it was unbelievable coming off his hands. So, for him to only be 17 doing a lot of that stuff with his size, obviously special player for a reason, and he showed why tonight in a lot of ways.”

As Bradds touched on here, Boumtje Boumtje is undoubtedly one of the better young players in all of college basketball.

There’s even a strong argument that he might be the best freshman in the country right now.

I have my doubts about what Scheyer will do with some of these young guys, but history says he’ll find a way to play them.

I’m unsure whether a guy like Boumtje Boumtje will play as much as some others have in the past, but he…

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