Purdue must watch thanks to Biggie
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That's great for Caleb. I know he wants to go pro badly to help support his family financially. I'd love to keep him for another year or two, selfishly, but if he's leaving early, love seeing him get go out like this. He's a special talent that you don't see very often.
Yet, nowhere to be found here.....
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...a-wildcats-senior-josh-hart-lead-wooden-watch
Yet, nowhere to be found here.....
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...a-wildcats-senior-josh-hart-lead-wooden-watch
No doubt that he is very much under the radar still...from a recognition standpoint and a respect standpoint (even within the Purdue community for that matter).
To his credit, that does not matter to him at all, and he just keeps doing what he does...a great player, and an even better person...Purdue is fortunate to have had him in both regards.
If he keeps putting up 20-20's in conference play I'll have to agree that maybe he should go no matter where NBA Drafts have him projected because while he can improve some he won't be able to top that type of production significantly by coming back. The Minnesota game was one of the better individual efforts I've seen in the Painter era. The other one that comes to mind is E'twaun against OSU his senior season.
I think if he keeps up the 20-20s the draft people will catch up to his value someday soon. Surely someone will se first round value for a Charles Oakley type player on their team?
I was trying to think of a maginally-successful, recent NBA player he'd be comparable to and the best I could come up with was DeJuan Blair from Pitt who hung around the NBA for a few seasons before going overseas. He was 6'7" tall and averaged 16/12 as a sophomore before turning pro. Looks like he spent 7 seasons in the NBA, most notably with the Spurs who drafted him 37th overall (2nd round) and averaged about 7/5 in those 7 seasons while starting 179 of 424 games. I also see that there are some references to problems he had with his knees that might have kept his draft status lower than it otherwise might have been.
Yes....Blair had some knee injuries that kept him lower on the draft boards. Besides the Oakley comparison, which I believe one of the announcers mentioned, there's also a little resemblance to Corliss Williamson to me.
However, with the way the NBA game is constantly changing, I'm not 100% sure if Oakley would be a lottery pick today or Keith Lee for that matter, for whom Cleveland traded Oakley.....back in the days of the "Cadaverliers."
Hard for me to put down the Gold & Black glasses, but I still think CS could do well with the right team.....especially with his attitude and propensity to rebound.....but he may still have to end up proving some GM's wrong.....if anybody can, I think he can.
On a side note, TC, if you keep commenting on this subject, people are going to think you actually watch/follow/secretly like the NBA.
Yes....Blair had some knee injuries that kept him lower on the draft boards. Besides the Oakley comparison, which I believe one of the announcers mentioned, there's also a little resemblance to Corliss Williamson to me.
However, with the way the NBA game is constantly changing, I'm not 100% sure if Oakley would be a lottery pick today or Keith Lee for that matter, for whom Cleveland traded Oakley.....back in the days of the "Cadaverliers."
Hard for me to put down the Gold & Black glasses, but I still think CS could do well with the right team.....especially with his attitude and propensity to rebound.....but he may still have to end up proving some GM's wrong.....if anybody can, I think he can.
On a side note, TC, if you keep commenting on this subject, people are going to think you actually watch/follow/secretly like the NBA.
I remember Blair from Pitt and happened to know he was in the NBA from one year when I was at someone's house while they were watching the Spurs in the Finals (not watching by choice). The rest I learned from googling his name. I want to assure you that by no means is this an endorsement of the NBA by me. I still haven't watched an NBA game on tv by choice in probably close to a decade. My only interest in it is for Purdue players to play and do well and for what it means for a player like Swanigan.
If Biggie puts up 20-20 average in conference play someone will draft him. I cant help but see (some) parallels to a young Dancing Bear, Draymond Green. Incredible work ethic and obvious talent but questions about his body and athleticism etc. Maybe a bit of black and old gold-colored glasses in my opinion here but he seems so determined to continue improving. Either way, happy for us (and him) to get more national exposure.
Not so recent comparison: Larry Smith from the 80's and early 90's with GSW, Hou, and SA.
6' 8" PF/C averaged 6.7 pt/9.2 reb over a 13 year career.
Swanigan has more offensive upside.
6' 8" PF/C averaged 6.7 pt/9.2 reb over a 13 year career.
Swanigan has more offensive upside.
Larry Smith was a true lunch-pail/hard hat guy, and I agree that CS has more offensive upside. Going even further back.....maybe a slightly shorter Jim Chones of the Cavaliers in 70's who also played on the Lakers championship team in Magic's rookie year.
Nice clip. Ouch. With three straight losses, that's unnecessary roughness. Good job.
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