DP....I have a serious question and an honest one. Why is it you believe Colvin will be so special? What have you seen that guarantee's that he starts this year? What does he have that will allow him to advance that much over last season when he was a spot reliever and couldn't oust any of the starters?
I hope I'm wrong and that he's what you think he'll be, but my guess is that a couple of the new kids will beat him out because they'll work harder, be basketball smarter, and play better defense. And he can't beat out Smith or Loyer, nor will he beat out TKR nor Furst, or whomever is the fifth starter, whether that be or Jacobson or Berg.
JMHO based on the sum of the team.
In no particular order of reasons:
1. Myles will see time at the 2 and 3. Not sure if he will start. Never said he’d start, but wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t. I can see him being our sixth man with 20-25 min off the bench.
2. Myles came in to a team that was very experienced. So he wasn’t going to ever start over Loyer or Lance. He came from a high school that wasn’t that great and he didn’t play the best competition in aau. So it was expected he’d be behind with defense, as so many freshman are.
3. He is super young for his class (I believe he re-classed?) and his body is just now starting to fill out. He’s grown an inch and added 10 lbs of muscle already.
4. Prior to his body getting up to D1 level, his athleticism was/is ELITE. Kid can do whatever dunk you can think of and floats in the air. That kind of athleticism he has obviously can’t be taught and is definitely due to his family’s dna. It’s still to be seen how quick he is, not Ivey like—not many are, but I am looking forward to seeing him use that gift after having a whole offseason to train.
5. He has one of the smoothest jumpers around and shot 41% from 3 as a Frosh. He has the mindset of Carsen Edwards as a scorer and a DGAF if the last one went in or not.
6. He has shown he can score from 3 and at the rim, but I’m willing to guess with the sophomore jump that’s expected after being in a system for a year, he will be able to get whatever shot he wants and will be good from mid range, just like he was able to score at all 3 levels in high school.
7. Painter believes in him. He played him earlier in the year in Maui and in Canada vs bama. He then had to trust the process as Myles had to navigate through a long season and also learn the defensive schemes and also, how to play with edey. Once those things clicked, we all saw the progression of Myles on both sides of the ball (I know you don’t believe that). So much so, painter played him as our 8th man through the whole last month and half of the season.
8. He wants to be great and is always putting in work. Example, he was super pissed off they lost and was in the gym the next day after the NC. So not sure why you think the freshman will outwork him, but him and his dad have a plan, and that’s to get to the nba, so Myles for damn sure is making sure he is working his ass off. So, I don’t see how a freshman takes his mins. Harris and cox will see time at the 1. Harris will help fill time at the 2 and 3 too, but his role is different than Myles.
9. If he had come into a situation like Jaden, Carsen, Smith or Loyer where Purdue wasn’t established/guys that weren’t that good at the position he plays, he would have played as much as those guys. He didn’t play that much this last year cuz painter didn’t have to play him.
10. If any of the Frosh get more time than him at the 2 or 3 that means they’re going to be really good.