Deja Vu
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Baby Boilers were a little better I think, but the current trio definitely stayed healthier (sorry Robbie). Moore the best but Smith second best of the 6. Hummel more versatile than Loyer but Loyer more durable. TKR v JJ? Push?
Not my image so can't take credit for putting it together, still.. had to share.
Yep, he's at 706 right now and averaging 17.6 ppg. If Purdue plays 18 more games, he'd need to average 16.3 to get to 1,000.
TKR v JJ push is crazy talk. Please review the stats and awards.
Loyer is my least favorite penetrator in Purdue history. Mr OOC
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The most powerful and frustrating question in Purdue basketball history is: “what if that night in that POS Barn hadn’t happened?”
Those three were magic when they were together and healthy….
With all due respect —- JJ over TKR all day, every day.
I dunno about " a lot." They had the virtue of coming along when we'd had a period of crappiness followed by a scrappy overachieving team and then they pushed us to heights we hadn't seen since the 90s.
I'll agree as individual talents they were better but I'm not so sure about it being a wide gulf.
Hummel, Moore, Johnson were all drafted and played in the NBA.
Smith, Loyer, TKR likely won’t play in the G League.
The talent gap is extremely wide.
Smith is being talked about a lot for nba…Loyer will get a shot at the g league. And TKR as well.
You seem really high on Loyer. You want to know what happens to him against NBA talent? Take a look at the UConn box score. He couldn’t get off a jump shot because he’s too small and can’t dribble. Also he is a big defensive liability.
No it isn't. The gap between great college player and G league player ain't that wide. JJ played very little in the pros.
Hummel played more but he didn't do much. Moore had by far the best career of course.
The only reason Smith will struggle to get an NBA career is solely because he's six foot not because of talent. Loyer will struggle because he's too slender and simply doesn't have the strength or quickness to hang not because of talent. TKR probably has the best shot but he's going to have to get more consistent at a few things, primarily his shooting and develop more of an outside game. But it's not crazy talk to think that if he does that, he can't have the same cup of coffee time in the NBA that JJ did.
All three of them can make six figures overseas for years.
Again there's a gap but it's not this chasm you are portraying.
For the record, I hope so. I’m a big fan of his game. My favorite Purdue point guard I’ve personally watched. Just not sure it translates to the NBA.
If Miller Kopp can play in the g league. Fletcher absolutely has a shot.
And using one game to say he won’t be good, is quite something.
I don't know anything about Kopp but Loyer really does struggle against aggressive athletic defenders moreso than Smith does. He'd need to put on about 20 more pounds of muscle.
You are assuming I think he won’t be good based on one game. Your assumption is incorrect. I’ve formed my opinion on him being Mr OOC based on many games. He does have a hell of a jump shot though.
Got to be honest - thought this was gonna be about 2 reverse ally-oops.
Weird. I thought we were talking about their play at Purdue.
This. Nothing in that pic was about the NBA.. not even close really. It's more or less a mirror of 2 special groups of players and how that translated to NBA past and future is .. mind boggling.
But... people see what they want.... point of the pic and it being "deja Vu" is that we have a special group of 3 players as we did with the baby Boilers.. nothing more than that.
I think the Three Amigos is the better comp.
Not my image so can't take credit for putting it together, still.. had to share.
Being drafted to the NBA shows your talent level and the type of college player you were. This is relevant to the message I was responding to.
They wouldn’t have had JJ and Zach. And offense would have been diff.
Can say the same with this group, if they had Ivey stay with Zach all 4 years, it coulda been diff or if they had 3twaun or had Hummel, they’d have another F4.
Lolol woooow. Smith and Loyer just scored 1k points. TKR closing in. Smith is the best PG Purdue has had and he’s only a junior and going to break the all time assists record at Purdue…in 3 seasons and will have a shot to be the all time leading assists leader EVER in the nba.
Loyer is one of the best shooters we have ever had too.
There are many coaches out there and 2,700+ points between the 3 of them that disagree with this statement.
Smith is also my favorite Purdue PG I’ve seen play, but we are talking about the group.
I’ll bookmark this thread for the end of the season to review the season this “special group” had.
First of all, it’s a silly hypothetical based on a Spider-Man meme that someone made.
That said, who’s to say they wouldn’t have JJ if they had Zach? Zach at the 5 and JJ at power forward would have been crazy good.
Moore and this crew got to 2 sweet 16’s , Braden and his crew already beat that.
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