I spoke about such a lot back when Matt said Trey would start. I have always wanted to people that could go to the blocks and pop out far enough that they were effective interchanging spots and opposition dictated.
Question for those clamoring for more minutes for Colvin
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I hear you. Not sure what consistently is. But what if he could hit a few at a decent clip and now Braden is even more open for a drive or shot and hits more? What if that possibility makes Zach’s roll to the hoop even more effective? What if he hit enough to do a shot fake ( which would be ignored now) to gain that 1/10 of a second advantage to pass, roll or shoot? Lots of other bigs who shoot a higher percentage from two feet do this, but yes most are not as dominant as Zach inside. He literally has no competition in there except for a few blocks and the refs allowing hacks. So yes destroying my own point, but thinking out loud, spitballing a bit.
Hate? There's that overused word when one doesn't have a thought process that works. I simply think he's a liability at this time.
How is it that you came to believe you have psychic powers? I'd love for the young man to be a team first stud, but have seen nothing that would indicate that now?
I have no problem going 10 deep, if it wins. But Purdue doesn't have UK's roster. None of Purdue players came in NBA ready. Few came in B1G ready.
Purdue has an elite offense and an above average defense. Sacrificing more defense for more offense doesn't make a lot of sense.
Could not disagree more about getting 20 without breaking a sweat. Aren’t Arizona and Tennessee the only games this year where he scored over 20?
Arizona and Tennessee - yes. He did have 19 @ Indiana. First game in double figures since Wisconsin.
I really hate to tell you this, but Edwards played better defense than Colvin so far.
So he has been on twice this year then? He’s a decent player, but I think those couple of games gave some people an over inflated view of his talent. Those games don’t reflect his true talent level imo. Even Brandon Newman scored 30 in a big ten game before, but that didn’t reflect the type of player he normally is.
I for one never had an inflated opinion of Newman, had disagreements with many who thought he was the savior of the program if he only played. Like Colvin this year. On Loyer ,he is capable of having big games. This year he did it against two great teams. He kept Purdue in the game early tonight. But as Matt said, even when he is not on, he spaces the floor for Smith, Jones and Edey.
Bring capable of scoring 20+ easily when on doesn't literally mean having to score 20. He was capable of doing it tonight pretty easily he simply didn't force anything and he was a central reason we won the game.
He's had a lot more of those games than Heide or Colvin has had which is I believe one between them (and Heide didn't even do it although it was a game he was capable of doing with a few more shots).
You literally said he could put up 20 or more without breaking a sweat. Fact: he has only scored 20 or more two times the entire year. Guess we’re just going to have to agree disagree.
I think Heide had 18 pts in 19 mins and both Colvin and Heide have had games where they were capable of scoring 20. 9 pts in 7 mins, 11 pts in 17 mins, 8 pts in 12 mins. I wouldn't say that they aren't capable of scoring 20+, but rather that they haven't been given the opportunity to (one could say that they haven't earned the opportunity to). Loyer had 36 mins in both of the games in which he scored 20+. The other 2 haven't logged 20 mins in a game yet.
Someone needs to teach you the definition of the word "could."
I don't think hitting a few threes in garbage time against bench players in Colvins case is quite the same as doing it in the heat of the game.
Heide has only scored double figures I believe twice. I don't think they've quite shown it like Loyer has although Heide seems closer than Colvin to me.
Everyone else seems to have figured it out bud. Not my fault your gears turn more slowly.
You have the ability to write your thoughts out equivalent to that of an 8 year old but my gears are the ones turning slowly. Yeah, ok kid.
Cool story. It's a school night bud. Keep the closet door open and the night light on.
I would suggest you sit them out as well, kid. Try learning how to write a coherent thought sometime.
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Minor spelling errors happen from time to time, not a big deal. But only one of us can coherently articulate our thoughts, and it’s not you, kid.
LOL Are you still jawing little one? Embarrassment must be a buzz for you. Wait, you'll probably understand it better if I type it as "embarassment."
I’m not sure what’s worse, your elementary insults or your sad attempt at analyzing basketball? Ehh, probably a tie. They’re both laughably pathetic, kid.
Listen kid, don’t be surprised when people respond back to your insults. You started with the personal attacks, and now I’ll go as far as you want to take it. Besides, it’s fun getting you riled up.
There are many players in the NCAA who have played in Euro leagues before playing in the NCAA. You don’t consider Euro leagues as pro leagues? There are many players who play in the G leagues out of high school. You don’t consider the G leagues as pro leagues? And almost every high school player plays in at least 2 AAU seasons in addition to his high school games.
My point is a simple one. The typical college freshman has played an average of 60 games in his previous year. And many 19 year olds have played a full NBA schedule against much older players.
They should not be tired out playing a college schedule of 32 games. If they can’t hack playing a college schedule and tire out easily and show signs of fatigue, they will probably always show signs of fatigue as they grow older. An 18 year old or 19 year old or 21 year old should be able to play against 25 year old college players without Having issues based on their age.
I recall many BYU athletes who went on Mormon missions and were much older than normal college athletes. I don’t recall many of them being much better than other college athletes just because they were older. There are always a couple of exceptions.
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