Fletcher Loyer Reminds me of a young…

[SLoopBoiler]

…Larry Bird.

Not physically big, but plays bigger than he is now, versatile shooter, good passer, better defender than most realize, deftly moves well and understands position, wants the ball crunch time, makes those around him better, and will surprise you. Going to be fun to watch him develop…

 

[Boiler Buck]

He's just a scorer. Imagine when he starts shooting 3s & foul shots better. The most impactful frosh since the baby Boilers?

Does not have LBs assist game amoung other things...bit much

 

[creichr]

I actually told my son Jeff Hornacek. Similar body build and game. I might as well told myself as my son is 18 .

 

[Chi-Boiler]

I actually told my son Jeff Hornacek. Similar body build and game. I might as well told myself as my son is 18 .

I like that comp better than Larry Legend.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

I feel like he is a cross between E’Twaun Moore and Ryan Cline.

 

[BoilerFan#35]

Larry averaged 33 a game as a freshman lol. Fletcher is great but lets not get that far lmao.

 

[Roeder]

I feel like he is a cross between E’Twaun Moore and Ryan Cline.

He's got more Etwaun than Cline too. Everyone kept pigeonholing him into the Cline/Sasha role, but if you payed attention to his HS and AAU highlights he was a crafty 3 level scorer who was very comfortable making plays off the dribble.

Props to the poster who said he'd average 14ppg before the season. He might not get there, but they were spot on with the impact he is making.

 

[Wolegib]

I was thinking kyle macy. Macy was a scoring machine in high school. he sort of started at Purdue as a freshman and ended up having a nice college career and did ok in the nba.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

…Larry Bird.

Not physically big, but plays bigger than he is now, versatile shooter, good passer, better defender than most realize, deftly moves well and understands position, wants the ball crunch time, makes those around him better, and will surprise you. Going to be fun to watch him develop…

I’m sticking with my Troy Lewis comp.

 

[seminolesboilers]

Ryan Cline was an outstanding shooter...but he could not drive with the ball to the basket and definitely not dunk like Loyer did today. Loyer gets to the free throw line much more than Cline did...due to Loyer's ability to take the ball to the basket. Cline was a catch and shoot player...Loyer has more of a game than Cline.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Ryan Cline was an outstanding shooter...but he could not drive with the ball to the basket and definitely not dunk like Loyer did today. Loyer gets to the free throw line much more than Cline did...due to Loyer's ability to take the ball to the basket. Cline was a catch and shoot player...Loyer has more of a game than Cline.

I wonder what's better, 5 Ryan Cline's or 5 Fletcher Loyer's?

 

[Roeder]

I wonder what's better, 5 Ryan Cline's or 5 Fletcher Loyer's?

Until Fletch puts the team into E8 with a performance like Clines against Tenn, it's 5 Clines alllllllll day.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

I wonder what's better, 5 Ryan Cline's or 5 Fletcher Loyer's?

Haha,,,,,Where is Bulldog6969 when you need him? This MUST be resolved!

 

[oldboiler52]

He's got more Etwaun than Cline too. Everyone kept pigeonholing him into the Cline/Sasha role, but if you payed attention to his HS and AAU highlights he was a crafty 3 level scorer who was very comfortable making plays off the dribble.

Props to the poster who said he'd average 14ppg before the season. He might not get there, but they were spot on with the impact he is making.

Averaging 13.1 so not 14 LOL

 

[Professor Emeritus]

The only thing Loyer did yesterday that reminded me of Cline was foul a shooter on a made 3.

 

[PaBoiler78]

The only thing Loyer did yesterday that reminded me of Cline was foul a shooter on a made 3.

never touched the guy, the ball went in and it was one of those automatic calls, now Morton's on the 3 shot was a foul.

 

[PaBoiler78]

I actually told my son Jeff Hornacek. Similar body build and game. I might as well told myself as my son is 18 .

Couple weeks ago, I posted here he reminds me of Jeff Hornacek, esp his shooting form

 

[Professor Emeritus]

never touched the guy, the ball went in and it was one of those automatic calls, now Morton's on the 3 shot was a foul.

Can't argue with that.

Loyer is going to end up as an all-time great here.

 

[TX4GB]

Can't argue with that.

Loyer is going to end up as an all-time great here.

Larry, I mean Fletcher Legend.

 

[TX4GB]

If he grows a fro, we will have a 6’9” guard.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

If he grows a fro, we will have a 6’9” guard.

purdue AD needs to make Fletch the next social media star… maybe over at the Purdue airport in coveralls, “it’s all ball bearings nowadays!”

 

[BoilerDaddy]

Ryan Cline was an outstanding shooter...but he could not drive with the ball to the basket and definitely not dunk like Loyer did today. Loyer gets to the free throw line much more than Cline did...due to Loyer's ability to take the ball to the basket. Cline was a catch and shoot player...Loyer has more of a game than Cline.

That’s why I see him as a cross between Moore and Cline. Cline could handle the ball and drive when the opportunity was there, but he wasn’t as good of an athlete as Fletcher so he really had to pick his spots. Moore was a little more athletic than Fletcher and would have made that dunk yesterday look a little easier. Fletcher is somewhere in the middle.

What Cline did great and I see some of this in Fletcher, is create his own three point shot. He could take over a game from the outside and I think that we will see Loyer do that as well, many times, over his career at Purdue.

 

[TX4GB]

I wonder what's better, 5 Ryan Cline's or 5 Fletcher Loyer's?

Freshmen Loyers by 20 over Freshmen Clines.

 

[BoilerAndy]

He's just a scorer. Imagine when he starts shooting 3s & foul shots better. The most impactful frosh since the baby Boilers?

Does not have LBs assist game amoung other things...bit much

Loyer is getting >3 assists/game, but Larry Bird was truly gifted at passing.