RP had a nice freshman season and he played with basically a broken hand. Your bias blinds all of you. He’s a very good player and only going to get better. In the NBA teams won’t be able to clog the paint against him and if they do they’ll pay as his shooting will only get better. His defense got better as the season went on too. He’ll end up a very good defender in the nba.
Brandon Newman
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All your aliases blind me. I heard there were 3-4 pro scouts at a few of the NIT games.
Newmans putting up 800 shots in 60 minutes a day for practice. No wonder he can shoot.
Oh no, you are wrong. I understand there were so many scouts there that they were lined up out the door. Maybe hundreds of scouts.
Wait, you meant boy scouts, right?
I love this..."Never doubt the mind of a warrior he will come into next season with a different mindset mamba mentality shooting that thang as well being a leader while still making his teammates better still locking dudes up." I have no doubt that "shooting" can be improved...and a warrior can do it as well as lead teams. Carsen had a certain mindset...Biggie had a certain mindset and sometimes it had them do things perhaps they shouldn't, but they were warriors and THAT attitude led to their success. Best wishes that Nojel gets where he wants.
I'm sure he'll be a stupendous defender on the practice squad where he is liable to end up.
LOL. Your bias didn't even let you read my words. But you supported my statement.
Looks smooth. I just have a good feeling that Nojel is going to be a monster next season.
The first bad game he has you’ll be the first to trash him. He is a good player but he’s missing something. If he finds a jumper and averages 18 next year and is efficient he’ll prove me wrong. But I’ve never seen someone that can’t putt suddenly become a very good putter. If he goes from a guy that can’t shoot to a guy that is a very good shooter then he needs to go number 1 in the draft as he’s capable of anything then.
What the h*ll... is this forum being infested with idiocy this week?
I have never seen tj "trash" anyone on this forum.
What part of "improved" do you not understand?
Yes, Phinessee is going to be a nice player. He will be a starter on a BIG team, so that validates some of this noise I read here. I think there are maybe 4-6 better point guards in the BiG, so I figure him to be roughly an average PG. now that's not bad, but it is not going to propel IU into contention. To some degree, some of the IU trolls here are just attempting to turn a Purdue related thread into one about IU just to screw with us, under the pretext of having a "basketball discussion". I am done with the topic of Phinny and IU in this thread.
Besides, the OP and topic of this thread is Brandon Newman, who will be at best, an average BIG wing his freshman year. That speaks volumes for how good he will be at the end of the year, and going forward. He might even lead the team in scoring his sophomore year. He is one player I am really looking forward to seeing.
Besides, the OP and topic of this thread is Brandon Newman, who will be at best, an average BIG wing his freshman year. That speaks volumes for how good he will be at the end of the year, and going forward. He might even lead the team in scoring his sophomore year. He is one player I am really looking forward to seeing.
Sir he won’t be perfect like all players they all have bad games now and than at every level however he did not forget how to shoot he just didn’t never really got many opportunities to do so not much offensive sets were tailored around him like some others he played his role to facilitate and run the offense up and put his teammates in position to score he did that while taking a backseat to his offense bcuz his mind was on winning games which they did now he’ll have opportunities on offense to do what he do well just hoop score the ball and shoot the ball while still doing everything else for the team. Sir never underestimate the mind of a Warrior who now has his confidence back and ready to get back to doing what he did in HS everything including shooting the ball. He got a plan he gone put in that work he gone come into season with a different mentality and mindset and ball the he’ll out. You haven’t really seen the real NE wait you will come next season
Now we're getting down to the real reason he's here.
Crapper, you have creepy-levels of obsession about Nojel and his mom. Crapper da Creeper
I don't think you know me. You are not qualified to have any idea what I know and what I don't know. I have never trashed Nojel as I don't believe in trashing Purdue players and other players on other teams that don't bring it upon themselves. I don't live and die with a ball player or team having a degree of success. I know for a fact that kids can improve their shooting and I can get into a gym during warmups and pretty much tell you who you have to guard and who you don't. Now, I'm not going to say that you can teach a player to hit a FT with a lot of pressure on, but you can improve that player's shot. You will have more success telling the forum that Phinisee will be a star defensive player than me on people NOT becoming better shooters or ....basketball in general based upon your continuous phinisee being a star in the NBA "BASED" upon what you saw this year. He did a good job as a freshman, but nothing to indicate NBA today.
This is pretty exciting if true. I never made it to see him play but guys who work like that usually "overachieve"
He craves attention. He's been banned from all the other boards, and he was banned from this one. But we are more patient, so he keeps coming back.
A little self-awareness would be a huge benefit to this sociopath.
So is it consensus on this board that Brandon Newman is underrated in terms of ESPN/247/Rivals rankings. I've only seen youtube clips. Certainly looks the part as a high school senior. Usually guys who look the part and dominant get ranked pretty high. Any legitimate reason(s) he's not ranked higher (top 40-50 range)? Perhaps a late bloomer?
He didn't really breakout until Peach Jam last year. I do believe the Rivals ranking is more accurate. We need him to have a pretty big role on this year's team. Physically he is ready, so hopefully he picks up offensive and defensive concepts quickly during the summer/fall. He is considered a 3 and D guy, and that's exactly what we need.
He also has some explosive ability at the rim. If he can tighten his handles and be ready for contact going to the rim, he will be a great player by Soph/Jr year.
I think Phinisee ends up being a pro...but not after a full four years at IU. He can guard well and facilitates really well...his issue is that the NBA wants scoring from all 5 positions and if he doesn't improve that scoring, he won't get a sniff. His problem may end up being more coaching than skill as Archie has proven he isn't really an offensive guru when it comes to offense.
That is what I was told by someone who knows. I live in Valparaiso so I hear some things. He has things to work on but he has the right work ethic.
When a lot of people say "pro" I take it to mean "NBA."
There's ZERO to think he's NBA material.
He's small (6'0", 180-ish).
He isn't a scoring threat (to your point).
He doesn't possess elite quickness.
He might prove me wrong, but there's nothing he showed as a FR that leads any objective observer to think he'll break into the NBA.
I think it's only trolling when you're on the other's board.
Eh.. seemed like he was trying to start an argument. Either way, I'm not going to take his bait.
