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Two Free Basketball Articles From First Practice

Casey Bartley

Staff Writer
Staff
Oct 25, 2022
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"The lines seem to blur with Painter. What are lessons for inside the court and outside? Even during drills, the Painterisms flow like poetry, punctuated and ready to be printed off and put up on your walls. His team is quiet, playing defense without voices, and even though it's early, Painter is pissed."


"At the co-rec, the rules are simple. Two teams play to 15 by ones and twos, win by two, pass the ball in up top, and the winning team keeps the court. Offense calls fouls and normally those calls are respected, but this stuff happens. It's not the old days, the courts are refreshingly air-conditioned, but the games can still get heated.

Especially when the two teams look over and see who is waiting for next. One is a familiar face around the Co-Rec of late, Braden Smith, starting point guard for the #2 Purdue Boilermakers. Next to him, his newest teammate, Southern Illinois transfer, Lance Jones."

 
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