Fun story coming out of Durham: arguably the star player of Duke, John Scheyer (aka Greg Paulus 2.0) had a conversation with SI.com’s Dan Patrick, where he admitted that before he enrolled in Duke, he thought that, yeah, Duke sucked.
Dan asked if Scheyer ever hated Duke. “At times I did, ya,” Scheyer said. ” Around junior high, I really disliked Duke.”
Scheyer said that it wasn’t the players. “All my friends like Duke, and I wanted to be different,” Scheyer said. –Dan Patrick/SI.com.
There is a sort of contrarianism that permeates through new media now: each gospel seems to be some sort of permuation of Duke sucking, Chris Berman being a fat, sweaty idiot and college football needing a playoff. Be that as it may. It’s fascinating to think of a guy that plays for Duke that used to hate Duke just because everyone else he knew hated Duke. That’s a lot to chew on, isn’t it?
So what happens when Scheyer leaves? Will he hate Duke again? Will he play quarterback at Syracuse and be sort of apathetic to Duke? Will he score the game-winning basket for Purdue and then rip off his jersey to reveal a Boilermakers T-shirt, a la WWE? Too many questions? Probably. Img via Daddy Sugar Balls.
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Won’t he pull a Wojo and come back to be an asst. coach?
Speaking of which, that has to be the most unspellable bench in history.
It’s all just laundry.
Fun fact: 85% of North Carolina residents hate Duke.
Huh, strange. That only makes me hate him more. What a craaaazy world we live in.
There is one thing that Scheyer will not be doing this time next year/any year…playing in the NBA.
Duck fook.
He hated Duke until he realized no other program in the country embraces the white basketball player more than Duke.
Gulp..Duke grad here…from before everyone hated Duke (it was pegging in the 60%’s). The Golden Jew grew up loving Duke and his first basketball memory is recreating “the shot” in his basement. It was just a PHASE, you asshole jerkwads that make me cry and wet myself!
“All my friends like Duke, and I wanted to be different.” So tell me how this statement is then turned into this a sentence later: “…a guy that plays for Duke that used to hate Duke just because everyone else he knew hated Duke.” Too bad you didn’t go to Duke where they teach reading comprehension…
Wait a second… There is also one other thing Scheyer won’t be doing next year, Kicking UNC’s ass by 32. Oh wait, there is also a third thing he won’t be doing……….
Playing in the NIT!!!
Ohhhhhhh
I had the same question birdtime did….
Yep somebody didn’t read the quote he used in his own article! He came in with his own agenda and issue to vent about and tried to use this quote, but really all that happened was he exposed his own bias! lol wut whoops sploosh goes the truth all over my jeans!
Reading comprehension. Take a night class.
It’s JON Scheyer.
Seriously, do you fact check?