Taylor King, a former McDonald’s All-American, decided a couple of weeks ago to transfer out of Duke. Recently, he decided to play for Jay Wright at Villanova.
By NCAA rule, King won’t be eligible to compete for a year. But he figures it will actually work in his favor. By the time King is ready to play, the Wildcats will have lost Shane Clark and Dante Cunningham to graduation.
“It just couldn’t be a better fit for me,” King said. “It wasn’t about getting it over with. I wanted it. This gives me the best opportunity to start right away.”
Speaking of fits, it was clear from the start that he wasn’t a very good fit at Duke. The Blue Devils are known for taking a lot of threes, but 75% of King’s shot attempts were from behind the line. His 3P% (37.7%) was fifth best on the team, but his shots per minute (0.461) dwarfed that of Gerald Henderson (0.369), the team’s second-most shot happy player. Basically, King would come into the game and start firing up threes. Mostly, it was his suspect defense that limited his minutes this season.
