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Purvis with his first NBA bucket!

boog204 said:
Choking on the crow... Is it me or did he look really small out there?
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He really did. I think it was probably just the couple guys around him were tall for the position. Put him on Kyrie or IT to get a good scale.
I have to eat a huge amount of crow on this one. I usually don't say never with guys, because some guys keep getting better every year, but I'm impressed by this one.
 
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deedougie said:
Seeing Purvis grow after leaving UConn is great. But also reminds me how he didn't under Ollie.
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Are you sure about this? Because he was lighting it up all summer long. I mean, I guess you can go from bust to NBA from May until June, but it would be very hard to do.
 
Rodney will be the first to credit Ollie with his development. Purvis got the 2nd contract because he was a lock down defender. This was what Ollie was emphasizing with him. His basketball IQ, three point and free throw shooting all improve at UCONN. The NBA is a wide open system. Purvis thrive on that
 
Whtdmd said:
Rodney will be the first to credit Ollie with his development. Purvis got the 2nd contract because he was a lock down defender. This was what Ollie was emphasizing with him. His basketball IQ, three point and free throw shooting all improve at UCONN. The NBA is a wide open system. Purvis thrive on that
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Exactly what is it that you have against the past tense?
 
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Huskybass said:
Exactly what is it that you have against the past tense?
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dude just put him on ignore already. he/she is a diehard member of the kevin ollie friends & family fan club
 
JMick said:
it's the worst cover story of all time. the dude blames his grammar "because iphone"
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Well, he was writing in the past tense--left a 'd' and then an 's' off 2 verbs.

Even more plausible: his belief that Rodney would credit Ollie, a lot more plausible than whatever your opinion is on this.
 
Purvis is on a 10 day contract right? It must be up today or tomorrow, hoping he gets to play the rest of the season.
 
JMick said:
dude just put him on ignore already. he/she is a diehard member of the kevin ollie friends & family fan club
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He's not wrong in this instance.

At all.

Kevin Ollie had a lot of fails on the player development front.

Rodney purvis is not one of them.
 
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JMick said:
it's the worst cover story of all time. the dude blames his grammar "because iphone"
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Guys he's on the exact opposite end of where you 2 have been for a year. Not a bad thing to like someone and support them from what I've learned.

Rodney did get better under KO, like it or not he wasn't the Ferrari we all expected but he did a lot things we'll when he left including being a solid defender. He's not saying anything that isn't true.
 
mauconnfan said:
Guys he's on the exact opposite end of where you 2 have been for a year. Not a bad thing to like someone and support them from what I've learned.

Rodney did get better under KO, like it or not he wasn't the Ferrari we all expected but he did a lot things we'll when he left including being a solid defender. He's not saying anything that isn't true.
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What Rodney had trouble with on the Uconn teams was purely on Rodney and Rodney is the first one to say that. Ollie put him positions to succeed repeatedly and Rodney just couldn't get over the hump.

The other part of that was simply team make up. Rodney obviously thrives on open court, and to start every season here Ollie paid lip service to being an open court team but then the items needed to actually be an open court team didn't materialize as expected, eg rebounds and good outlet passers.

Rodney also became an excellent defender on Uconn.

It happens .


It's like 22. I blame Ollie for not getting the kid to engage properly on defense. But does anyone blame Ollie for 22's handle which was worse than hasheem thabeets?

I don't and no one should. That one is purely on 22.
 
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August_West said:
What Rodney had trouble with on the Uconn teams was purely on Rodney and Rodney is the first one to say that. Ollie put him positions to succeed repeatedly and Rodney just couldn't get over the hump.

The other part of that was simply team make up. Rodney obviously thrives on open court, and to start every season here Ollie paid lip service to being an open court team but then the items needed to actually be an open court team didn't materialize as expected, eg rebounds and good outlet passers.

Rodney also became an excellent defender on Uconn.

It happens .


It's like larrier. I blame Ollie for not getting the kid to engage properly on defense. But does anyone blame Ollie for larriers handle which was worse than hasheem thabeets?

I don't and no one should. That one is purely on larrier.
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You’re referring to Larrier by his name again?
 
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