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Why Marvin Bagley III deserves to Join the Ayton-Doncic debate

By Sean Humpherys

OMAHA, NE - MARCH 25: Marvin Bagley III #35 of the Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk #10 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional Final at CenturyLink Center on March 25, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)
OMAHA, NE - MARCH 25: Marvin Bagley III #35 of the Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk #10 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional Final at CenturyLink Center on March 25, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /
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OMAHA, NE – MARCH 25: Marvin Bagley III #35 of the Duke Blue Devils concentrates at the free throw line against the Kansas Jayhawks during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional Final at CenturyLink Center on March 25, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)
OMAHA, NE – MARCH 25: Marvin Bagley III #35 of the Duke Blue Devils concentrates at the free throw line against the Kansas Jayhawks during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional Final at CenturyLink Center on March 25, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /

Production/Motor/Work Ethic

Bagley average 21.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game in his one collegiate season, but the most impressive thing about him is his unfailing motor.

Similar to Josh Jackson, he is always going 100% for the win. He crashes the glass looking for a way to get the ball back and hustles up and down the court.

Bagley also has an incredible work ethic, which could be seen as he made huge strides this season at Duke as the season progressed.

Mike Krzyzewski said this about Bagley on the Dan Dakich Show:

"“The best players want to be coached,” Krzyzewski said. “You bringing up Marvin, Marvin’s a treasure to me. He’s as talented as anyone in the country, but he needs to be coached. He needs to learn. He knows that. And so the very first thing, Dan, is he has a motor that never turns off. He comes to you as an enthusiastic learner, as an attentive listener. And then he’ll put the work in. He’ll put the work in that you make him do, and he’ll put the work in that he makes himself do. “This kid, he’s going to be a great, great player for a long time,” Krzyzewski said. “But he’s still learning. He’s 6-11, he was always taught just to stay in the middle of the lane and protect the basket instead of switching to a two-man if he’s at the four to step in or to play on the perimeter, to face the basket, to talk. The list is long on the things that he has to learn. And he’s learning them. But they’re not habitual yet. They’re not his habits yet. They’re getting there.”"

Bagley’s work ethic and motor show how much he wants to be successful as a player. With these two traits it seems likely that he will be productive and develop into a great player.

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