Miles Plumlee is my current favorite Duke player. I can’t explain it. I’ve had a CAT scan and my brain is in pretty decent shape. I’m not sure what it is about him that gets me all hot and bothered. I’ve seen a few interviews of him and he seems like a pretty cool dude. Well-spoken, modest and intelligent. Maybe I like that fact that he shows raw emotion on the court after doing something spectacular (or ridiculously dumb). He has slowly progressed from the tall, athletic and buff freshman into a tall, athletic and super buff senior. Furthermore he was named co-captain along with Ryan Kelly. Miles and the White Raven should make for an interesting combo. I hope it will work.
I even like Miles when he shoots mid-range jumpers that hit the back of the rim, the front of the rim or the top of the backboard. I pump my fist and say “You’ll get em next time Plumlee. There’s always next time.” He’s not the most graceful fellow and he lacks a certain finesse, but he tries hard. He’s always there to contribute a frustration foul after bricking a wide-open layup. This may seem that I’m just bashing Miles, but I’m really not. I love the kid. He plays hard, he hustles and he will mix it up down low if he needs to. Plus I’ve seen Coach K chew him out hard, numerous times, over the course of his career and Miles takes the yelling and advice and keeps going on court.
I have high hopes for the eldest Plumlee this year. It’s his time to shine. Will he score 20 points a game? Probably not. Will he get garbage baskets, putback dunks and play smart defense? Probably. Hopefully he’ll be able to contribute in other ways. I would just run alley-oops from Mason to Miles all day long because Mason puts the ball right on target when tossing it to his big bro. I imagine in their childhood Miles used to drill Mason to toss him alley-oops all day long. Lets get hyped for this season, watch Duke dunk all over the world down below (with Miles humiliating the entire nation of China).
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