Painter is from Muncie, an Indiana boy now with a net worth of $18 million. He isn't going anywhere. He's already there.
Yeah, they are role players. They’re the definition of role players! I’m not saying someone like Easterns couldn’t improve but...he is and was a role player
If they are role players then IU’s roster next season will be full of role players even more so. As far as Purdue, Eastern is not a shooter, he is the point guard and runs the offense very well. His strengths will be not only running the offense but with his size he will be able to get to the rim easily and post up the smaller guards. He will again be one the best defenders in the B1G. Stefanovich, Wheeler and Newman will be the shooters. Hunter will more than capable filling the role. Purdue will be extremely balanced next season.
Let's take last year's recruiting class. Your best recruit (Hunter 151) was rated below our worst (Forrester 148). Not that rankings are everything, but that would mean the 2018 class were all 3 stars and we had one. Your top recruit this year is #128 with 2 in the #200 range. Newman will be a good player, probably not elite.
I posted something similar to this on another thread here, but it is probably more appropriate here. In the right situation he could be similar to "The Microwave" Vinnie Johnson of the early 1990 Detroit Pistons. If I remember correctly, Johnson was 6'1' or 2" with a thick build. Edwards is shorter with a thick build. Similar to Johnson, Edwards is a guy who can play in 6 to 8 minute stretches and shoot his team back into a game or shoot them out of the game. Many people are viewing Edwards exclusively as a long range shooter. At least at the college level, he had the ability to use his quickness to take the ball to the hoop, and get his shot off against taller players. Height wise, he may not be an ideal defender against shooting guards, but he may be able to use his body strength to offset that. On the right team with good defenders on the floor with him, he could play 20-25 minutes a game and be very effective.
Ummm...this must be kind of embarrassing. Purdue’s crappy recruits continually kick our ass.
Haas was actually ranked #1 for STDs
Not a star, no, but he is like Yogi and can have a few years in NBA, then maybe a few years overseas … same type of player, not all-star, but they can live there lives comfortably for what they can do.
I wouldn't move a foot, he has it made there. If he wants glory, go get more Glenn Robinsons, that aside, if he can't do it there, is the only reason to move. He gets it done here ... no nearby gas stations, Stalin designed campus … give credit where credit is due. He at least earned his salary this year, Arch did not.
Don't worry. I wouldn't go near Haas. More importantly, I wouldn't let my daughters near him. He should be made to wear a sign around his neck announcing to the world what he knowingly did.
In my post I said IF HE GETS IN THE RIGHT SITUATION. He is not a guy who is a fit for every team. There are guys in the NBA who are not overly athletic and are not great defenders. Take Kyle Korver for example. A designated long range shooter off the bench who has played about a dozen years in the NBA despite not being overly athletic.
Couldn’t agree more. He averaged say 30 ppg with no three point line and shot above 50%. He supposedly perfected a shot while in the ABA using the back of the rim so that the ball would return to him after dropping through the net.
I'm not trying to compare Edwards directly to Korver. I am simply pointing out that despite athletic limitations Korver has been able to carve out a dozen year career playing on multiple teams as a bench player and three point shooter. Granted he is a proven three point shooter at the NBA level, which Edwards is not at this point. I am merely pointing out that Korver is an example of a guy with limitations who has had a long NBA Career based primarily upon one skill. Will Edwards be a guy who can do the same thing? We shall see.
Unfortunately for “The Rocket,” that perfected shot is all he’s remembered for in his pro career. Rick’s problem was that his big signing bonus bought him a new bass boat.
Yes he never was very strong. Murphy Ana Maravich both had decent pro careers but both were stronger and quicker than Mount. As a kid basketball player in Indiana with dreams of raining down jump shots I really enjoyed watching him play in college albeit on a black and white television with some snow and interference.
My vision of my future was similarly clouded it turned out. I believe Yogi was undrafted, but later was signed by the Kings then Mavs.
Mount did have a sweet jump shot, fading backwards from deep in the corner especially. He had that rare ability to make the ball seem to float through the air. The few times I could stomach watching PU, Cline showed me a resemblance on some of his ridiculous shots that went in. I’m glad he graduated. Mounts problem in the pros was that he was basically just one of the good ole boys, a small town kid not in sync with the bright light glamor of traveling away from home and all the egos that come with “showtime” money and women. Mount was happiest with a fishing rod or shotgun in his hand.Yes he never was very strong. Murphy Ana Maravich both had decent pro careers but both were stronger and quicker than Mount. As a kid basketball player in Indiana with dreams of raining down jump shots I really enjoyed watching him play in college albeit on a black and white television with some snow and interference.
Rick Mount is my all-time favorite Purdue player. I remember wwatching Mount score the 61 or 63 points against Iowa. And i wanted to go outside and shoot until i had to go to bed.
Mount’s effort went for naught. I remember watching it on TV, too, and Iowa won, fortunately.
You Sir see them just as I do. Without Edwards they’re screwed! They’ll win some games on effort but they’ll finish maybe .500 in Conference play next year.
