Most of the time I hear Morton didn’t guard so and so it’s an offense player nobody on the team can stop. The player does blow by Morton sometimes but he also gets stopped, multiple times, shot blocked or turned over. Great offensive players are hard to shut down, Painter knows that. They can be slowed down, taken out of their rhythm , that’s what Morton does most of the time. That’s what Painter is looking for. Tonight, Morton was even better, he shut Christie down.
Not true , his defense is pretty good for a frosh. He will be in NBA next year.
sure, find something to bitch about after another win...........
We all also know your views about Painter, and how it’s absolutely killing you that Purdue’ continues to win.
Lol as someone not afraid to criticize Painter, that's just kinda silly. Ivey didn't play great defense. I'm not sure Carson did either. You get players like that, Painter is playing em because of course he is. He's not a moron who is going to sit that level of talent.
His time will come when he plays his first ounce of defense. I honestly have no clue why CMP plays him at all.
Yeah…that first half tho…
Scoring plays in the first half:
The “so called onslaught” was not due to ineffective defense by Colvin. Twice Christie hit two 3 ptrs against Heide and a jumper on Loyer. Garcia scored 5 pts, once due to TKR not playing any defense. TKR decided to leave Garcia alone and camped in the lane. Another time Garcia hit a 3 ptr against TKR. The one time that Colvin was scored on was on a secondary break and Mitchell hit a three. Prior, Smith threw a crap pass for a turnover, forcing Colvin to guard Minn PG who was jumping out of bounds and threw a pass to Mitchell. Mitchell was being guarded by Smith and hit a 3. Colvin did not struggle on defense.
I mean technically no on the "onslaught" but I can easily point out three plays where Colvin wasn't where he should be on help defense.
Morton destroyed Christie who was scoring at will against everyone else. Period.
Colvin actually made a nice pass into the post ( Edey) may be a first for him. If he wants to play when Edey is in the game he needs to do that sometimes. And surprise, that pass may come back to him as a wide open shot.
I mean Jaden Ivey averaged 11 as a frosh.
No. He just shut down the player that no one else could stop when they were beating us. And it's not the first time this year.
You might want to watch the game before posting.
Yep. Morton struggles against smaller, quick guys. But guys who are more savvy than quick, he does well against.
Nope, just shut down the college kid that killed us in the 1st half. The word you're neglecting is "appreciation".
True he does better against slower guys. Of course he struggles against smaller quick players, they are usually the best quickest scorer on that team who are killing every boiler ( except Jones) who plays against them. So he will get blown by a few times, but sometimes they get a step, but his height allows him to still disrupt, get a block or force a turnover. Early in the year he did that to Sears, getting a few stops and also getting blown by, blocked a potential winning three by Tennessee etc. The key is getting a few stops while Jones is out, but as Mark Jackson used to say great offense players are going to get their scores.
There are players on every team that some Purdue players can't guard. Every Purdue player has a weak area. I thought Cam was well ahead on D versus his O, but not sure he never gave up more baskets to Christie than Fletcher. Been there and done that experienc, sometimes makes up for less physical attributes IMO. Lance provides a bit more versatility as does Ethan on D, but each has players they will have difficulty with, but they may be the best on that side of the ball that Matt can choose...
