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Painter was in his 30's when he took over, Woodson is ready for Social Security and Medicare! What do you think?
16 assists for Smith last night. Those who are comparing Smith and Cupps are beginning to remind me of those comparing Lander and Ivey.
But Cupps will continue to develop. If X misses any time, he will be needed in the next couple games.
Check your freaking reading skills before you reply to anything.
Cupps has 30 assists for the season. And since this will trigger those who say the comparison should be to freshman year Smith - Smith had over 150 assists last year. We should just let Cupps develop into a decent backup guard. And stop this comparison. That is his destiny and that is ok. We have to recruit over him.
Smith is going to be in the NBA someday.
In my 8th decade and I could get 16 A's with Lurch setting up housekeeping in the paint. It ain't all Smith by a long shot. Figures lie, and lies figure.
WRONG!
Youth and skill are no match for age and deception.
He (Smith) dribbled straight and unobstructed to the basket really well last night.
I think Cupps is going to be a solid player next year- I hope he doesn't get discouraged by getting thrown to the wolves this season, and heads to the portal after the season is over.
I don't like Smith at all. He plays impressively hard all game, but I think a smart defender who has the speed can rattle him easily. I find him to be out of control on most of his drives looking for bailouts. Unfortunately Indiana plays really dumb basketball and we give him the bailouts to make him look heroic.
Smith is legit, we would love to have him at Iu.
Like how he was frustrated against Zona, Alabama, Marquette, Gonzaga, and Illinois? You have teams with bigger and more athletic guards than these teams? You might want to check his stat lines in these games.
JFC he went for 27/5/8 against Bama with one TO. The next game he went out and scored 26 against AZ. Out of the Top 10 teams in the country the only off game he had was Tenn and that was mostly bad shooting on a back-to-back. 53 freaking points against 2 of the most athletic teams in the country. Do you watch basketball?
I'm betting it'll be down slightly but close to a wash.
Without Edey, unless the team scoring drops significantly, those assists have to go somewhere. And Smith looks like a guard who will be able to dish within the flow of an offense.
. But he may also need to take a larger scoring role, and older and more experienced that would be natural anyway. So an assist or two may be his buckets instead.
But it's true he will be getting more defensive attention from good athletic defenders. Opposing coaches aren't dumb.
Just a dumb take
Ask Arizona what they think of Smith. Smith is a top 5 PG in the country.
12.7 points (47.1% FG / 42.3% 3P)
5.6 Reb
7.1 Assists
You’re in complete denial due to iu being completely awful.
When’s the last time iu had a player with those stat lines??
The great one, Yogi Ferrell averaged 14.5 pts 3.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists for his 4 year career at IU. As a senior he averaged 17.3 points 3.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists.
Well, no one thought you would lose to 14, 15 and 16 seeds but you did. Jalen Hood made Smith look like a middle schooler last year. Those were regular season games and don't mean anything come tournament. You have 0 chance of putting six games together and if one of those three has a really bad game forget it you could lose to a sixteen seed again.
What’s your opinion of the job Woodson has done and is currently doing?
If you were Dolson what would you do regarding the MBB program going forward?
And still two of those three stats were less than smith and that’s Yogi as a senior and smith as a sophomore.
So so delusional
Yogi should have been league MVP. Smith will never get a whiff of consideration. There is no comparison between the 2.
1. Doesn't matter .. the scoreboard speaks for itself.
2. Retire, move to the country, plant a little garden, and not worry about stupid shit.
Yogi was a constant threat to score. Smith will never be close to the level of Yogi’s shooting and scoring. And Smith is a good passer, but obviously his assist rate will fall off after Lurch.
And on the defensive end, Smith could only dream of being able to guard like Yogi.
I could see Smith averaging 17 a game next year. Which is Yogi’s high average.
I definitely think Smith will score more out of necessity when Edey's gone, but 17ppg seems high to me. What I do expect is that his FG%, 3FG% and APG will all drop because defenses will be able to play him more straight up, and he'll lose Edey to toss it to and to get screens from. Smith is good, but he benefits hugely from playing with Edey.
Magic benefited from playing with Kareem also.
PU will return 4/5 starters next year and the offense will be ran differently next year. I could see them playing faster with added athleticism coming
Yea, he's very limited defensively ... but the ball is always live when it's in his hands, no wasted movement, no wasted dribbles.. Smith may not ever score at Yogis level but he's a pure PG, with an inherent god-given PG mentality and always a threat with the ball in his hands.
and when Kareem was out, Magic filled in at center and scored 40. You literally couldn't have picked a worse comparison.
Braden's good, it was a huge mistake for IU not to pursue him. But, the AA talk I've heard is ridiculous. What makes PU elite is one guy and it's not Braden.
So you think Cupps or X would play that well with Edey? I don’t at all. My point on Magic, most great Pg’s had players make them better and players they made better.
Woodson swinging for the one and done players makes him miss on program guys in his back yard
Four straight years rated # 1 preseason? Yikes! Bobby would be rolling over in his grave.
