Colvin and Heide yikes

[BoilerDaddy]

Remember Myles last year? He was lost on defense and appeared to be completely focused on scoring.

Yesterday, we saw Myles doing all of the little things to help the team win. It may not show up in the box score, but he has bought in to his role and is playing winning basketball. The scoring will eventually come, but even with 1 point, Myles was a key contributor to Purdue’s win yesterday.

 

[purduedavie]

Care to make a gentlemen's bet on how many we lose to the portal this off-season?

I don’t think any of the Big 3 leave, I do think Purdue loses a few players, my guess would be two, Berg needs to move down a level to say a Loyola, he’s a decent player just in my opinion not one that plays a lot of minutes on a contending one, think Waddell with 1 more year likely with degree in hand goes elsewhere for an opportunity to play. That’s just a guess, might even see another leave, who knows? As for the portal, hope 1 frontcourt player is brought in.

 

[Boiler Buck]

This thread just won't die. LOL

 

[Gman544]

Remember Myles last year? He was lost on defense and appeared to be completely focused on scoring.

Yesterday, we saw Myles doing all of the little things to help the team win. It may not show up in the box score, but he has bought in to his role and is playing winning basketball. The scoring will eventually come, but even with 1 point, Myles was a key contributor to Purdue’s win yesterday.

He has matured and now he gets it on defense:

“The more you talk, the more you're engaged, so it's easier to be more connected on the defensive end,” Myles Colvin said. “It's also just having that mindset of playing defense. You're not going to be able to be a good defender if you're not willing to play defense, or be connected and run a string through your team."

 

[SKYDOG]

He has matured and now he gets it on defense:

“The more you talk, the more you're engaged, so it's easier to be more connected on the defensive end,” Myles Colvin said. “It's also just having that mindset of playing defense. You're not going to be able to be a good defender if you're not willing to play defense, or be connected and run a string through your team."

What the heck does that word salad mean?

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

What the heck does that word salad mean?

He has bought in to the defensive side after he understood he is not one of the 3 players that will be featured on offense. He understands this is how he gets to play more mins.

 

[urbanhack]

Listen myles will be fine he just needs to work on his shot and do the little things he did good on defense

Was at the game yesterday and he was making everything in warmups and looked great. I think it’s just matter of continuing to mature and get into the flow of games better. Both he and Heide played important minutes down the stretch because of defense and rebounding. It was great to see them be involved down the stretch of a big game on the road. This should be a great confidence builder for both of them.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Was at the game yesterday and he was making everything in warmups and looked great. I think it’s just matter of continuing to mature and get into the flow of games better. Both he and Heide played important minutes down the stretch because of defense and rebounding. It was great to see them be involved down the stretch of a big game on the road. This should be a great confidence builder for both of them.

He missed the first 3 at the 14.5 min mark first half and didnt shoot and didnt shoot again until 7 min left in second half (besides the flagrant foul that wasn’t called on bittle where he missed his dunk). It’s hard to get it going when you don’t get manufactured shots for you in the offense.

But I keep saying, as long as they ay their roles well, Purdue will be put in a very good position to win the game.

 

[proudopete]

He missed the first 3 at the 14.5 min mark first half and didnt shoot and didnt shoot again until 7 min left in second half (besides the flagrant foul that wasn’t called on bittle where he missed his dunk). It’s hard to get it going when you don’t get manufactured shots for you in the offense.

But I keep saying, as long as they ay their roles well, Purdue will be put in a very good position to win the game.

I wonder why Painter doesn’t run any plays for them. He ran two plays in a row yesterday for non big 3 players. Both were open looks from 3 for Burgess and Harris. I wish we ran more of that stuff for Loyer too.

 

[northside100]

I don’t think any of the Big 3 leave, I do think Purdue loses a few players, my guess would be two, Berg needs to move down a level to say a Loyola, he’s a decent player just in my opinion not one that plays a lot of minutes on a contending one, think Waddell with 1 more year likely with degree in hand goes elsewhere for an opportunity to play. That’s just a guess, might even see another leave, who knows? As for the portal, hope 1 frontcourt player is brought in.

I actually think Berg can play at a high major level but he needs game experience. It would probably help him to go down a level and then try to get a high major NIL deal his last year. Or just ride it out at Purdue.

 

[Lineman1968]

I actually think Berg can play at a high major level but he needs game experience. It would probably help him to go down a level and then try to get a high major NIL deal his last year. Or just ride it out at Purdue.

Not saying that are teams that he couldn’t help but he is too slow footed to fit into most Division 1 schemes. I think he fit better at a lower level.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

I wonder why Painter doesn’t run any plays for them. He ran two plays in a row yesterday for non big 3 players. Both were open looks from 3 for Burgess and Harris. I wish we ran more of that stuff for Loyer too.

They didn’t run plays specifically for those 2. Burgess was open off a pick and pop but he as def not the first or 2nd option. Same with Harris.

 

[proudopete]

They didn’t run plays specifically for those 2. Burgess was open off a pick and pop but he as def not the first or 2nd option. Same with Harris.

I’ll watch the game again and let you know but I’m pretty sure they ran those two plays for the benefactor on each one.

 

[bonefish1]

Remember Myles last year? He was lost on defense and appeared to be completely focused on scoring.

Yesterday, we saw Myles doing all of the little things to help the team win. It may not show up in the box score, but he has bought in to his role and is playing winning basketball. The scoring will eventually come, but even with 1 point, Myles was a key contributor to Purdue’s win yesterday.

I think it would help Myles to get an easy bucket to start his shift instead of coming in and jacking up the first 3 look he gets. Get a sweat going, get warm, get some flow. it's probably psychological but getting a bucket, any bucket, takes the pressure off.

 

[bonefish1]

I actually think Berg can play at a high major level but he needs game experience. It would probably help him to go down a level and then try to get a high major NIL deal his last year. Or just ride it out at Purdue.

I was expecting to see a lot more of a Euro style game from Berg based on his early videos.

It also looks to me like he's put on a lot of bulk (not confirmed) and I'm wondering if that impacted his mobility.

 

[bonefish1]

They didn’t run plays specifically for those 2. Burgess was open off a pick and pop but he as def not the first or 2nd option. Same with Harris.

Did either of those 3's by Burgess get tipped or where they both just way way off?

 

[New Pal Boiler]

I was expecting to see a lot more of a Euro style game from Berg based on his early videos.

It also looks to me like he's put on a lot of bulk (not confirmed) and I'm wondering if that impacted his mobility.

He’s definitely slower than I remember him being in those workout videos. Maybe the foot injury contributed to that ?

 

[northside100]

I was expecting to see a lot more of a Euro style game from Berg based on his early videos.

It also looks to me like he's put on a lot of bulk (not confirmed) and I'm wondering if that impacted his mobility.

Yeah, it looks like he has some skills but it doesn't seem to be translating into a game environment. Maybe he just doesn't have 'it', but I think getting some real playing time would help. He's certainly doesn't have elite mobility, even for his size, but IMO he looks more mobile than Haas and some other functional bigs we've seen in the Big Ten. The problem is he's not providing any of the upside benefits you need from those bigs to offset the lack of mobility relative to smaller fives.

 

[urbanhack]

I’ll watch the game again and let you know but I’m pretty sure they ran those two plays for the benefactor on each one.

No...not for Burgess. OR purposefully didn't guard him. He just shot because he was wide open.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Did either of those 3's by Burgess get tipped or where they both just way way off?

Way off. PJ was LIVID after he took the second one….but tbh I love the kid’s confidence to shoot another 3, on the road.

 

[bonefish1]

Yeah, it looks like he has some skills but it doesn't seem to be translating into a game environment. Maybe he just doesn't have 'it', but I think getting some real playing time would help. He's certainly doesn't have elite mobility, even for his size, but IMO he looks more mobile than Haas and some other functional bigs we've seen in the Big Ten. The problem is he's not providing any of the upside benefits you need from those bigs to offset the lack of mobility relative to smaller fives.

I agree. He's not a stiff. This level of competition still seems fast for him, It's hard to find 7'2 guys who can move. Would love to know if Brantly thinks he can build him into a solid player.

 

[bonefish1]

Way off. PJ was LIVID after he took the second one….but tbh I love the kid’s confidence to shoot another 3, on the road.

it's hard to completely airball 2 wide open looks like that.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

it's hard to completely airball 2 wide open looks like that.

Haha he was excited I guess

 

[northside100]

it's hard to completely airball 2 wide open looks like that.

I mean, I could do it pretty easily, but was surprised to see RB do it.