****Official B1G Off Season Thread****
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Yesterday, Kaleb Banks was, and I quote, "a decent pickup." Today he is OG Annunoby 2.0. Tomorrow he is the next Kawhi Leonard.
I think a bunch of you are mistaking my OG 2.0 comment to saying that he will have as much success and be a first round draft pick. That’s not the case at all. He has the same build and skillset OG did coming into college. He is athletic with high upside. He could flop, but he could also pop off.Yesterday, Kaleb Banks was, and I quote, "a decent pickup." Today he is OG Annunoby 2.0. Tomorrow he is the next Kawhi Leonard.
He is no guarantee like Clowney or JHS.
Why would anyone assume that you're not implying he'll have the same amount of success as the person you're saying he's the second coming of?
It’s no different than other similar comparisons in the past. Nerlens Noel - AD 2.0, Trevion Williams - Biggie 2.0, etc.
You guys were raving about Wheeler after his freshman year. Many Purdue fans were expecting him to leave early for the NBA.
Wheeler was fvcking awesome as a freshman in his limited minutes and was a key contributor on an elite 8 team. He just forgot how to shoot the ball after his freshman year. I don’t recall any pre-freshman expectations for him at all though. But I was excited for his sophomore to senior years.
I don’t remember anyone thinking he was leaving early for the NBA.
If the search function worked, I would gladly pull some of those leaving early comments. At a minimum, you will agree that Purdue fans thought he would be better than Vince Edwards after his freshman season.
Ivey>Curbelo
Frazier>McGowens
I wouldn’t put Akins on this list yet. There are other more deserving guards out there. Like Fatts Russel from Maryland. Or Geo Baker. I’d also have both of those guys ahead of Bohannon.
Good lord that’s awful. Bufkin over Eli Brooks? No. Not this year.
And this sentence:
“the piece that raises Michigan’s ceiling from Big Ten contender to National contender. For Michigan to get there, Bufkin would almost certainly have to rank as one of the top ten guards in the conference, his inclusion on this list is a bet that he gets there a year earlier than expected.”
Bufkin is a nice wildcard that could be a rotation player for us. But that take is ridiculous.
Davante Jones/Eli Brooks/Frankie Collins / Zeb Jackson
Caleb Houstan / Brandon Johns / Terrance Williams / Will Tschetter
Hunter Dickinson / Mousa Diabate
That’s a pretty loaded roasted even without Bufkin so the idea Bufkin needs to be a top 10 guard for us to be a top tier team is a odd.
And I’m not saying Brooks is a top 10 guard. Just that he’s going to get 30mpg for us and Bufkin might get 10-20.
I mean you thought McBob=Cline lol and cited percentages to make it seem like they were similar players. Everybody has bad takes.
Yep, and I own that being a dumb take. Doesn’t at all take away from the point being Purdue fans expected Aaron Wheeler to be great at Purdue.
I don’t see Ivey putting up better numbers than 15, 5, and 6 like Curbelo is expected to be at. I’d put Ayala at 1 or 2 as well. He’s the most proven returning guard.
No I would not agree with that at all. Vince Edwards hit the ground running as a freshman and was a starter. Wheeler showed a lot of promise and had some huge games but he wasn’t starting over Grady Eifert as a redshirt freshman.
I can’t recall anyone predicting that, that would be bold as hell.
Vince Edwards was way better and more polished as a true freshman than Wheeler was as a redshirt freshman. Not to mention Edwards is probably the 2nd best “4” Purdue’s had in the last 20+ years. No one said Wheeler would be better than Edwards ya goofball.
Yes, they did. Again, it doesn’t matter because neither of us can prove the other wrong.
New Jersey isn't some fly over State like most of the B1G. We can handle our s--t. Roads are clear today. We are going to be fine to play tomorrow. You poor suckers would still be on your roof debating whether or not to eat your cat.
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The real story? If he is OG 2.0 the rest of the Big has no worries. OG wasn’t exactly dominating at the college level.
11 and 5 as a sophomore before he got hurt? I’d take that all day from Banks as a Junior and Senior.
Just backing up your 2.0 comment but I see you already walked that back to mean “ well maybe not OG”. WTF?
I said he has the same build and skillset as OG at the same age. He will be a solid contributor in time. He won’t need to play his first year and likely won’t get much time his second year.
Is it? Curbelo’s per 40 in conference 16 pts, 9 assists, and 8 rebounds vs 18 points, 4 assists, and 6 rebounds.
They’re both studs, but it’s going to come down to who fixed what in the off-season. Ivey is not a given ad the best guard no matter how much hype is put on him.
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