State of the Hoosiers, August
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I wonder how much Hulls’s teaching can improve somebodies 3 pt shot?
Gunn will be on target, unloading all cylinders. Seriously folks, talk about a kid under pressure to preform. We’ve all been there and if you think you haven’t, you will. I am of the age where blue pills and this new disease, ED, coincided with need. I only heard it once, “Does this happen to you very often?” and once was once too much. Thank you, Pfizer and your better loving through chemistry. We assume your anonymous inventor, Savior of Man, got a big boner…excuse me, big bonus for his extra effort.
Maybe when Gunn is introduced in the starting lineup his theme song played on the PA will be Queen’s “Under Pressure.” That would add value to the price of admission, at least for me and any other aged hippie burning his last ember.
But is Cupps crafty enough to get open to take those jumpers he’s about to hit?
I watched him and Reed Shepard play together a couple of times and Cupps was as good as Shepard. But I guess you can say he’s no To-mar Bates.
The thing that stood out, to me, when watching Cupps on the various games he's played on national TV the last 2 years...he appears very comfortable playing at pretty much any speed or pace, and playing with and against bigger and better athletes.
He's not flashy like a Braden Smith. He's not big and strong like a JHS. He's a really good game managing point guard, that is sneaky athletic, and longer than he appears.
He has 2 senior, really good guards in front of him this year, so I wouldn't expect anything huge from him. But I'm predicting he'll be more than comfortable leading the team if X gets hurt, or if he gets in foul trouble.
What do you want, blood ? I was wrong about Luke Brown! At least I will admit it!
You have to let me try what you smoke daily. It is some good shit.
If you're still smoking reefer, you're way behind on the learning curve. The technology of tomorrow was yesterday, today's now.
I don’t think Kurt is a PU fan. Maybe I am wrong but I have never read his posts and thought that.
I have wondered about his alcohol intake.
Bates sure was a mis guess by a lot of people. No idea why.
Hope he does ok where ever he is. Better get a degree and take your Covid year for a masters.
Have to wait and see .. but Mack, CJ, Cupps, Kel, Trey and Kaleb all have the ability. Who knows but IU could turn out to be a very good shooting team.
MM is a baller, he may or may not hit threes, but he'll hit jumpers in mid range.
Be interesting to see if the opponent's backcourt allows it, if we might play Cupps and X together some. Maybe against a team that presses or to allow X to focus more on scoring and driving.
Yes, Bowie helped write it. Freddie Mercury, et.al. played it at every live Queen concert, but never with Bowie actually there. Under Pressure was frequently their opening number.
My sex life will someday be your sex life. Enjoy your EMB’s now for here today gone tomorrow. You’ll be sneaking those little blue diamonds, too.
Calloused minds have a difficult time keeping up with your people’s new rules and regulations, the stifling paradigm shift of Far Left, Woken.
Please keep your slack jawed political crap off the basketball board. You weirdos just can't STFU, can you?
TIA
In his defense, zeke can't just shake her head and move past it. She has to weigh in and keep it going.
I didn't see that ... yea, this crap is annoying AF.
The reason houses have toilets is to keep the shit from stinking up the place. Same reason we have a water cooler ..
JHS was drafted largely on potential rather than performance as he made a shit-ton of freshman mistakes and was wildly inconsistent as a scorer. Per usual, your analysis/assessments aren't worth spit.
Could be... I'm hopeful Woody wants to push the pace a little more this year. X is obviously VERY fast with the ball...Trey is comfortable in transition...and I think CJ and Gabe would also thrive in a faster tempo game.
Braden and Fletcher played great against MSU last year. Hell, Loyer basically won the game for Purdue at MSU. Both guys were Honorable Mention all Big-Ten as true freshman, have Trey or X ever been named that? You'll find out that last season, IU was better because JHS was moved on the ball... due to X's injury.
A lot of valid concerns noted but comparing this team to last season's is pointless right now. This team will not play the same style on offense. Hoping they are much better on defense, but no idea. Can they shoot? We assume no or not well enough. Not sure ball handling is a weakness or strength. At this time, we have no clue.
What we do know is they are more athletic overall. They have size. They have young talent that hasn't played together or at this level. They have some vets, including their PG. Always a plus. They have potential.
I'm trying to get away from the TJD, grind it out mindset, hoping he can carry them cross the finish line. I'm expecting a team effort where the opponent can't predict what's going to happen.
What we do know is they are more athletic overall. They have size. They have young talent that hasn't played together or at this level. They have some vets, including their PG. Always a plus. They have potential.
I'm trying to get away from the TJD, grind it out mindset, hoping he can carry them cross the finish line. I'm expecting a team effort where the opponent can't predict what's going to happen.
Not defensively. X can do everything JHS can plus is a better defender.
X’s play last season was horrendous before he got hurt, What makes you think he will be better this season?
If the rumor(from woody) is true and we could see Banks at the 2. Wow that’s a lot of length. 6,3” 6’8” 6’8” 7’and 6’9” line up. And most have a 7’ + wingspan. Plus these guys aren’t exactly slow either.
JHS was good but let’s not act like he was stellar on the defensive end or wasn’t a turnover machine at times. X will be better. Imho. Defensively it’s not even close. Stay on topic. It’s about defense. I threw JHS in there because of the doofus above.
I damn sure wouldn’t hang IU‘s success on a spaz player like X. That’s even Idiotic for you.
The spaz thing, I think, is overblown. If you look at his numbers, and then factor in how solid he was 2 years ago defensively, and for half the games last year before he got hurt... He's one of the best PG's in the conference.
If he gets back anywhere near his best form, he'll 100% lead this team. If he isn't healthy, or just not as effective, for whatever reason, then I think that will hurt our team's overall ceiling for success. But I think it'll naturally result in Cupps getting more minutes. Which long term, wouldn't be a bad thing at all.
As if anyone around here hangs earnestly on your posts.
Define spaz? X’s assist/TO was better than JHS. X’s 3pt and FT % were both better than JHS. X’s FG % was equal to JHS. Xs defense was better than JHS. JHS was better than X in rebounding and potential and that is it. I expect X will put up even better numbers this year. I will take a spaz like that.
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