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The pessimists, afraid of getting hurt are COWARDS!!
Let go. Get excited. Don't you know that it's better to have loved & lost...........;)
 
Stairmaster said:
You didn't watch Purvis the second half of the season.

And I'm beyond excited for JA's career here, but can the ridiculous worship please be taken down a notch? For Pete's sake, Kemba was our 6th man his freshman year and he turned out just fine.
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It wouldn't surprise me if Adams gets more minutes than Purvis by the end of the year. I'm not convinced Purvis can bring it consistently.

And the Kemba argument is a little disingenuous -- yes, he came off the bench. But that was on a team that was Top 5 wire to wire, a #1 seed, and went to the Final Four. Even with Gibbs, next year's team is maybe fringe Top 25/Sweet 16 caliber.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
It wouldn't surprise me if Adams gets more minutes than Purvis by the end of the year. I'm not convinced Purvis can bring it consistently.

And the Kemba argument is a little disingenuous -- yes, he came off the bench. But that was on a team that was Top 5 wire to wire, a #1 seed, and went to the Final Four. Even with Gibbs, next year's team is maybe fringe Top 25/Sweet 16 caliber.
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I definitely wouldn't say fringe top 25, id say fringe top 10/15 honestly. Now, the Sweet 16 is plausible because anything could happen in the big dance, but adding Gibbs would arguably make our starting lineup 3-5 legit star players.
 
champs99and04 said:
Purvis (and also Hamilton, to some degree) really killed the offense at times last year with his indecisiveness with the ball, and his inability to consistently read and react to the help defense. I think some people on this board under-sell how vital court vision is when discussing our guards, particularly in Kevin Ollie's offense. Ball movement is imperative to sustaining a highly-efficient offense in this day and age, so if Adams is ahead of the curve in that regard - and I would no doubt it - I would not be surprised to see him play crunch time minutes ahead of Purvis.
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I think Purvis will get the crunch time minutes no matter what, but the first part of your post still stands. So often last year we would move the ball well, pull the defense out of alignment, and then it would get to Rodney or DHam and they'd just stop and let the D reset. It was infuriating to watch. I definitely broke some s*** in my house.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
It wouldn't surprise me if Adams gets more minutes than Purvis by the end of the year. I'm not convinced Purvis can bring it consistently. And the Kemba argument is a little disingenuous -- yes, he came off the bench. But that was on a team that was Top 5 wire to wire, a #1 seed, and went to the Final Four. Even with Gibbs, next year's team is maybe fringe Top 25/Sweet 16 caliber.
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The Kemba argument would be disingenuous if Craig Austrie didn't start over him (7 ppg, 2 apg, 35 percent shooting). If Kemba was ready for starters minutes, Austrie would have moved into the Rash Jones role off the bench in a heartbeat (would be different if Dyson and Sticks were both there all year)..

If Gibbs comes and Adams is good enough to force his way into the starting lineup ahead of someone in the Gibbs-Purvis-Hamilton-Miller quartet, we are a lot better than fringe top 25. Because that means Adams is a stud from day one and someone is coming off our bench who clearly has starter's talent. More likely, Adams will be in Kemba's change of pace role off the bench.

But of course we first have to get Gibbs to come. If not, Adams gets the keys and we hope he can drive the car from day one.
 
If Gibbs comes (hate saying or thinking but...) I wouldn't doubt against certain teams you could see a line up of Adams, Gibbs, Purvis, Hamilton and Miller at times. Would be fast and athletic as hell.
 
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mauconnfan said:
If Gibbs comes (hate saying or thinking but...) I wouldn't doubt against certain teams you could see a line up of Adams, Gibbs, Purvis, Hamilton and Miller at times. Would be fast and athletic as hell.
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Now our Mau is starting to believe! Look, Tinker Bell is coming back to life. We need everyone out there to believe!
 
Purvis may see his crunch time minutes diminish if he's still hovering around 50% at the line.

(May???)
 
Pudge said:
Purvis may see his crunch time minutes diminish if he's still hovering around 50% at the line.

(May???)
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Hopefully he brings is percentage up to a level where this is moot (though I'm skeptical he will).

But either way, I have a hard time seeing Purvis on the bench in crunch time. He was probably UConn's best or second best crunch-time scorer and had a knack for hitting clutch 3s...even in games where he couldn't seem to hit anything.
 
UConn990411 said:
Hopefully he brings is percentage up to a level where this is moot (though I'm skeptical he will).

But either way, I have a hard time seeing Purvis on the bench in crunch time. He was probably UConn's best or second best crunch-time scorer and had a knack for hitting clutch 3s...even in games where he couldn't seem to hit anything.
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Even when he was having high scoring games, Rodney was up and down with his decision-making and ball handling. I think that his ability to keep himself calm and focused will determine how good he plays next year. If we were to sign Gibbs and he is as good as people say, I can see there being a lot more competition between our players about who is in the game down the stretch. FTs will be big for RP as well. To me, the biggest thing is that we will need players who can handle the ball and handle pressure with few mistakes. I am hoping that RP and Dan Hurley both improve a great deal in that area by next season.
 
mauconnfan said:
If Gibbs comes (hate saying or thinking but...) I wouldn't doubt against certain teams you could see a line up of Adams, Gibbs, Purvis, Hamilton and Miller at times. Would be fast and athletic as hell.
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I'm salivating. :)
 
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huskiesNhoos said:
His FT shooting improved dramatically at the end of the season so I wouldn't expect that to continue to be an issue
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Agreed. Purvis is a good shooter and has a good-looking stroke. His poor FT shooting seemed to be all mental. Towards the end of the year he had a noticeably faster routine at the line and that definitely helped him. He got to the line, got set, took 1 dribble and put up the shot. The faster routine didn't allow him the time to over-think at the line and let his natural mechanics take over.
Hopefully he can keep it up because he will be at the line a lot with his style of play. Needs to knock em down for easy points.
 
UChusky916 said:
Agreed. Purvis is a good shooter and has a good-looking stroke. His poor FT shooting seemed to be all mental. Towards the end of the year he had a noticeably faster routine at the line and that definitely helped him. He got to the line, got set, took 1 dribble and put up the shot. The faster routine didn't allow him the time to over-think at the line and let his natural mechanics take over.
Hopefully he can keep it up because he will be at the line a lot with his style of play. Needs to knock em down for easy points.
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Yes, his FT% improved dramatically the last 10-12 games.
 
huskiesNhoos said:
His FT shooting improved dramatically at the end of the season so I wouldn't expect that to continue to be an issue
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He went 17-for-24 from the line over the final month of the season. His best game was 7-for-7, his worst was 2-for-5.

The big issue was that he wasn't consistent in attacking the paint and actually getting to the line. Half his games over the final 12 were 0-for-0.
 
UConn990411 said:
But either way, I have a hard time seeing Purvis on the bench in crunch time. He was probably UConn's best or second best crunch-time scorer and had a knack for hitting clutch 3s...even in games where he couldn't seem to hit anything.
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OK, we can break down "crunch time" a little finer that than.

If we're losing, you have Purvis in the game, so he can hit the clutch 3 we need to tie or take the lead.

If we're winning, you have him on the bench, replaced by Sam Cassell, who's a better FT shooter for the inevitable fouling.
 
UChusky916 said:
Agreed. Purvis is a good shooter and has a good-looking stroke. His poor FT shooting seemed to be all mental. Towards the end of the year he had a noticeably faster routine at the line and that definitely helped him. He got to the line, got set, took 1 dribble and put up the shot. The faster routine didn't allow him the time to over-think at the line and let his natural mechanics take over.
Hopefully he can keep it up because he will be at the line a lot with his style of play. Needs to knock em down for easy points.
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I hope the end of the season success continues, but I don't think people should bank on it just yet.

Rodney's played almost 70 collegiate games and taken 160 free throws. At the moment, he's hitting just 52.5% of them.

Hopefully his struggles are behind him, but I think we'll need more than a month to draw that conclusion.
 
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sledog said:
Slight reprise:

Stayin' alive, Stayin' alive

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As someone who played that song the other night, I just want to put it out there for any other aging musician whores for hire the above chart is incorrect for guitar.
 
sledog said:
Slight reprise:

Stayin' alive, Stayin' alive

Fm7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7 Fm7
A h h a h a h a, S tayin' alive, Stayin' alive

Fm7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7 Fm Eb/F Fm Cm7
A h h a h a h a, S tayin' ali ---- ---- ve
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August_West said:
As someone who played that song the other night, I just want to put it out there for any other aging musician whores for hire the above chart is incorrect for guitar.
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Here you go:

 
gtcam said:
Completely different players in that JA is a more complete offensive package with a court vision beyond what RP could offer. RP may be more physical but that also comes with more years on this earth. IF Gibbs comes to UConn, by December, it will be RP looking at a 6th man role due to his tendency to take plays off, lapse of concentration and shot selection. By bo means is this an anti RP stance BUT JA comes with so much talent and the fact that he has played with great talent at Brewster he has, I feel, a foot up.
4 star complete unknown? wow is that a plain ridiculous statement IF meant seriously.
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Adams hasn't set foot on campus yet, let alone play a college game. Let's hold off on saying he is a "more complete offensive packaged with a court vision beyond what RP could offer". Purvis started 20+ games in the ACC two years ago. He scored 12 points a game, shot the 3 ball well, and showed an ability to get to the rim and finish. He's not a great distributor, but he wasn't asked to be.
Let's temper our expectations for Adams just a bit.
 
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ChrisSmith said:
Adams hasn't set foot on campus yet, let alone play a college game. Let's hold off on saying he is a "more complete offensive packaged with a court vision beyond what RP could offer". Purvis started 20+ games in the ACC two years ago. He scored 12 points a game, shot the 3 ball well, and showed an ability to get to the rim and finish. He's not a great distributor, but he wasn't asked to be.
Let's temper our expectations for Adams just a bit.
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Just thought I would point out that this does not make sense in a logical sort of sense. You admit he has better "court vision" and passing ability I would guess as part of the fact that JA has played the point on one of the most talented teams in the country. Who has the better handle? Let's not anoint RP as some kind of star or team leader when he has not come close to being a mature leader or heady/steady player as yet. I would suggest we temper our expectations for Rodney just a bit. I believe that he will get better, but I do not know that he can make the jump to a "go to" type of guy on this club. Same with Daniel on the offensive end -- I think his shooting will improve, but I don't know that he will become the great shooter we all desperately want him to be. It's up to them and the limits of their ability. I hope that they both make junior year Kemba-type jumps, but how many players do that?
 
Dogbreath2U said:
Just thought I would point out that this does not make sense in a logical sort of sense. You admit he has better "court vision" and passing ability I would guess as part of the fact that JA has played the point on one of the most talented teams in the country. Who has the better handle? Let's not anoint RP as some kind of star or team leader when he has not come close to being a mature leader or heady/steady player as yet. I would suggest we temper our expectations for Rodney just a bit. I believe that he will get better, but I do not know that he can make the jump to a "go to" type of guy on this club. Same with Daniel on the offensive end -- I think his shooting will improve, but I don't know that he will become the great shooter we all desperately want him to be. It's up to them and the limits of their ability. I hope that they both make junior year Kemba-type jumps, but how many players do that?
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No I don't admit Adams has better court vision than Purivs. I haven't seen Adams play in a game, let alone a college game. So I have no idea. Your logic is "Adams is highly rated, we've seen nothing of him, and fans like overhyping incoming players". Literally, that is your logic (whether or not you want to admit it).

And I'm not appointing Purvis the team star. I just think he will start over a true freshman. I don't think Purvis has to improve to be better than Adams next year. Purivs was a pretty good starter last year. Plenty of room for improvement, but still pretty good.
 
ChrisSmith said:
No I don't admit Adams has better court vision than Purivs. I haven't seen Adams play in a game, let alone a college game. So I have no idea. Your logic is "Adams is highly rated, we've seen nothing of him, and fans like overhyping incoming players". Literally, that is your logic (whether or not you want to admit it).

And I'm not appointing Purvis the team star. I just think he will start over a true freshman. I don't think Purvis has to improve to be better than Adams next year. Purivs was a pretty good starter last year. Plenty of room for improvement, but still pretty good.
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No, that is not my logic. We have seen a lot of video of Jalen and even in the selective world of highlight videos, you can see the skills and athleticism that he has. He may not be ready to jump in and play at a consistently high level when he arrives, but he could be pretty darn good by January or February. I want them both to play well and I expect Rodney will be a productive player. Most of last year he was error prone and very inconsistent. I want to see him be steadier and more focused on both sides of the ball.
 
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