Finally, a legit conversation…. My argument would be that against Carr, teams have to defend both dribble penetration (which always seems to kill Purdue) while also trying to defend the 3 point line.
If you have a guy who can break down the D and dribble penetrate, it forces help D, which then gets the D into rotations and that’s what frees up shooters or your bigs underneath.
Carr and Ivey would have been the best backcourt tandem in the country. But alas…
I agree with most of what you are saying, but I think that Purdue is already better at creating good scoring opportunities than possibly any team in the country, as the offense is constructed. The primary scoring options are at the 2, 3, and especially 5, so having high efficiency, space creating, role players at the 1 and 4 is ideal.
Regardless, I see your point and it makes logical sense. We just have different views about how it would play out in practice, but we will never know for sure.
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