Purvis with his first NBA bucket!
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So under Ollie that makes it three guys to the league: Napier, Hamilton and now Rodney?
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Great stuff! I'm happy for Rodney, and I hope he sticks in the league for a long, long time...
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6 points on 2-2 shooting in the first half tonight
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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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Purvis will probably clear $200k in pay from his first year of pro basketball, along with having fulfilled his dream of playing in the NBA. That is so awesome
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After this 10 game contract is over, by rule he either has to be signed or released. Fingers crossed.
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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.
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Development under someone else
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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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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 is an Ivy League grad. I can learn from him.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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