Yes. Regardless, he is not more athletic than the average PG, yet he has developed skills that makes him better! Showing that he (or other shorter guards like him) can finish around the rim without having Ja Morant's vertical or Andrew Harrison's height.
Get to know this guy. He could be our next pg
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Money was the only reason I could think of also but then I seen where he has a NIL valuation of 1.9 mil (per On 3)making him top 10 in CBB this season.
Wheeler could have been good, IF HE COULD SHOOT. But he couldn't. So teams didn't guard him until he got inside 15'.
Oh yeah, being a QUITTER was also a big flaw of his.
Only a fool would pass on this guy GREAT player, winner!
People would be excited but so far there's no reason to be
Not true, Kaufman-Renn is a massive reason for their success this year. He averages 20ppg and 6rpg.
Fletcher Loyer is also another reason why they are a decent team.
Honestly, I don't think they're all that good away from home.
Anyone else think this is a really odd time for a deal like this to go down? I mean, Purdue is about to start playing NCAA Tournament games, something like this would crush team chemistry
Probably no deal ever existed.
Just a figment of some guy on Twitter's imagination.
If Smith, TKR and Loyer all return they'll have a nice squad.
How about this scenario:
Smith (Purdue) replaces Butler.
Saunders (BYU) replaces Robinson.
Elim (F$U) replaces Williams.
Stillwell (Milwaukee) replaces Carr.
MaGee (Drexel) replaces Brea.
Green (Holy Cross) replaces Almonor.
I put Saunders in there because he almost came with Pope last year and they are very close. I would love to see him come on board with these other guys that have been mentioned.
Just wanted to see what people would think of that scenario.
Smith (Purdue) replaces Butler.
Saunders (BYU) replaces Robinson.
Elim (F$U) replaces Williams.
Stillwell (Milwaukee) replaces Carr.
MaGee (Drexel) replaces Brea.
Green (Holy Cross) replaces Almonor.
I put Saunders in there because he almost came with Pope last year and they are very close. I would love to see him come on board with these other guys that have been mentioned.
Just wanted to see what people would think of that scenario.
Zz at ut ia short and conssidered an outstanding defensive player
Braden has 17 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists against that special player in Mark Sears when they played Alabama this year.
He had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists vs Ole Miss.
His one bad game was against Auburn--and even that was 8 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists
In 3 games vs tournament teams from the SEC, he averaged 14 points, 4.7 rebounds, 9 assists.
Why exactly do we not think he can play vs the SEC?
Per guys that follow Purdue the rumor is Bama has been in on him since before Xmas.
Just in the SEC alone, 5-9 Zakai Zeigler, 5-11 Josh Hubbard, 6-1 Mark Sears, 6-1 Aden Holloway, and 6-1 Jason Edwards thinks you do not know what you are talking about. There is 5 PG's who do just fine in the SEC.
First team AA and some on here act like we could do better than landing Smith
I literally walked it back and said I would be a fan and support him if he came to UK, let it go. I just prefer longer, thicker guards.
Damn, 3 of the 5 from SEC!
And all 3 of those started out at mid-majors!
Seems you feel your basketball knowledge and coaching skills do put you on par with UK’s basketball coach. You must be an absolute insufferable bore. You will probably never learn.
Scared to ask. Feels like it's the Wild Wild West out there right now.
You won't get any kind of definite answer to this. The question is who will give him the most.
Too.muxh yo be worth it. He's high IQ n a very good gaurd. He's not fast He's not athletic He's not a great defender . I want a better version of Butler not a better version of Kerr.
According to On 3 he was one of the 10 highest paid college players last season.
Maybe he's shooting for #1.