Braden Smith
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Smith played extremely well the last 10 minutes on both ends of the floor. Had two turnovers before the first TV TO but rebounded nicely. Very impressive stuff from the freshman.
Smith will be a pain in IU side for the next four years. Cupps and Smith will be a very entertaining matchup when it happens.
Win game against marginal opponent,
Run to IU board.
how was your IU chant game tonight in the hog barn?
Smith won't be the first player that wanted to play for IU that ended up giving us fits.
Beat marginal opponent, run to IU board.
Haven't seen either one of them play yet, but I'll take your word for it.
Solid for stretches. Not solid for some. Marquettes PG took it to him for a while. He’s disruptive defensively, but he can be exposed by bigger, more physical guards(like IUs).
But yeah…he’s good. Don’t need to follow his stats to see that though.
And he’s a non NBA level freshman PG. He’ll have ups and downs all year I’m sure. But he’s obviously really good.
Got absolutely torched on defense. Not surprisingly you have this one wrong. I mean you still think Romeo was a bad freshman guard in the Big Ten.
Talked shit to any of your players’ parents recently, or is Nojel’s mom the only one?
At times he did. Made some big defensive plays in the last run that put them ahead though. But that’ll for sure be something opposing teams with good, big guards will try to exploit.
Meh. Watched the last 10 minutes. Marquette lost the game because they missed wide open 3s and forgot how to play D. Smith is a solid player but still kind of meh.
Your bias is showing again. Marquette starting jacking up 3s. He made very few if any good defensive plays. As with all Purdue PGs, his good nights will be determined by whether or not he shoots well or not.
Ronnie Johnson > Yogi Ferrell
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I never "talked shit" with Ms. Reed. Ms. Reed held a view of her son's talent with which I disagreed and she would never stand for any disagreement with her position. I was trained not to express vulgarity to any woman. Civil disagreement is not "talking shit." I do realize that you probably do not understand that
I also observed during the broadcast a still predicting Smith as one of the freshmen likely to make an very positive impact on the B1G this season. But obviously you know more than the journalists covering the conference. The thing is: they get paid for their opinions and you do not. A principle of Economics is that value of anything is what the market will pay for it.
wait, first your argument was he didn't play anybody and now that he steps up when he does, we're back to talking about the earlier games?
In addition telling Ms reed she was wrong about her son., you also trashed two IU players you have never met, but she had known for years through AAU. She called you out for being a douchebag.
Honest question...are you going to run over here and beg for validation following each win this year? If so, Cav needs to take out the garbage.
As for my disagreement with Ms. Reed, her apparent views of others are not necessarily correct because she "knows them well." I think we can all recall reading of or viewing a tv report of a serious crime having been committed and when the perpetrator has been apprehended the perp's neighbors and friends state "..I've known him/her for years and I can't believe that he/she did this." But then we find out that he/she did it. So familiarity is no guarantee of accuracy.
I will point out that I was always polite to her.
As for your view of my posts, I will simply refer to my previous citing of Economics and point out that I believe that you are not paid for your opinion of the worthiness of posts here.
I will point out that I was always polite to her.
As for your view of my posts, I will simply refer to my previous citing of Economics and point out that I believe that you are not paid for your opinion of the worthiness of posts here.
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You realize that “still” was from Bardo right? You also realize he purposely left JHS and Reneau off the list so he could promote his podcast to IU fans (the biggest Big Ten basketball fanbase) when they called him out for how atrocious that list is, right? I’m probably giving you too much credit. You aren’t smart enough to see what he did.
No, my argument is that we are 3 games in and he’s had two mediocre/bad games and one good one. Let the season play out before determining whether or not he was a miss. He got abused on defense last night.
insult someone's kids... "How to Win Friends and Influence People, the John R Purdue Way!". How much are we paying for your "contributions" here, btw? Sounds like your valuation is right on par!
OK, so Ms Reed knowing the IU players for years is not as reliable as your expert negative commentary about them.
And Ms Reed raising her son and watching him develop for 20 years is not as reliable as your expert criticism of him.
And Coach Painter's belief that Nojel could be an asset to his squad is not as reliable as your exppert opinion of him.
Amazing that you don't get paid for this observational brilliance.
I don't think there's much to determine regarding what would have been expected of Smith or if he was a miss; he wasn't a highly rated recruit so what he's doing already, even on a PU roster severely lacking ball-handling and PG skills is already more than what anyone reasonably could have expected out of him as a freshman. I'll take your word for it that he got abused on D last night, but the fact remains he was on the floor to even get abused, so that's already more than what most would have projected for him. I don't really care since he's playing at PU, but I'll always root for IN kids to do well, and he seems to be doing exactly that. Doesn't threaten us or our season at all. BTW, even with 2 "mediocre/bad games" and getting abused on D, they're 3-0.
I don't see how you think you can judge this after 2 games against weak competition. We've got a schedule this year that will reveal whether we are relevant nationally or at the top of our conference. Have a little faith and backbone man!
I never posted that Nojel Eastern was not an asset to the Purdue team. Your statement is a blatant lie, something for which you have been cited on this site for doing in other cases. My disagreement with her was about how much of an asset her son was. She had a very inflated view compared to me.
Also, I have never claimed to be an expert. I am not. I do have opinions. People are free to value them as they choose.
He’s the only ball handler on their roster, so of course he’s going to play. Why did Painter go so hard for seemingly every available PG in the portal last year if he was confident in Smith?
I will never root for a PU player regardless of where they came from.
They are 3-0, you are correct. They’ve beaten two low majors and a team picked to finish 9th in a bad Big East. Very impressive stuff. We can add you to the Braden Smith fan club. IUnorth has already been elected President in a unanimous vote, but with very little effort you could become Vice President!
Ms. Reed was not there when the alleged events occurred. She has no idea of what really happened any better than anyone else not there.
one come from behind win on home court vs shit team in major rebuild mode, and this place turns into the GBI annex.
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