CMP has only been at Purdue 10 years. The first year you can pretty much throw out because it was GK's leftovers. He then coached:
Landry (NBA) 1 year
Johnson (NBA) 4 years
AJ Hammons (future NBA) 3 years
That is 8 of his 10 years he's been starting a big that is in the NBA. He will have AJ back for this year & Haas for the next 2 years (not to mention Swanigan who will probably end up in the NBA & Hummel who played the 4 at Purdue & is in the NBA). Just because we don't have a list of 5 or 6 guys that are in the NBA doesn't mean we didn't have an NBA center, they were just here 4 years developing into that NBA player.
Landry (NBA) 1 year
Johnson (NBA) 4 years
AJ Hammons (future NBA) 3 years
That is 8 of his 10 years he's been starting a big that is in the NBA. He will have AJ back for this year & Haas for the next 2 years (not to mention Swanigan who will probably end up in the NBA & Hummel who played the 4 at Purdue & is in the NBA). Just because we don't have a list of 5 or 6 guys that are in the NBA doesn't mean we didn't have an NBA center, they were just here 4 years developing into that NBA player.