YouTube Gold: Kara Lawson’s Duke Team

Things seem to be going pretty well

Here’s a condensed version of the Duke-Western Carolina game from last Sunday.

You don't have to watch it long to see how much things have changed. Duke has a vastly looser offense for one. Joanne P. McCallie had her strengths as a coach, but offense was not one. Her teams were pretty boring offensively.

That won't be the case now. Duke is going to move fast and shoot a lot of threes.

As always, we don’t know how the season will unfold and Duke still may have some great challenges in the ACC. At the very least though, it’ll be fun.

And one of the most fun aspects is going to be Vanessa deJesus. She’s a freshman, and she’s at the most important position, point guard, but so far she looks really advanced. We need to see her against a really tough defense but she’s wowing people so far.

And remember, you don’t have to be a freakish athlete to be a great point guard. We’re not judging her athleticism, just making a point. Consider Steve Kerr, Sidney Lowe and Magic Johnson. None of them were elite talents physically. All of them were champions though.

We’re intrigued with deJesus’s potential and it looks like the airiness of Lawson’s system is tailor-made for her skill set.