Big Ten Discussion

Matthew McQuaid is Liam McPoyle

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Insane that Purdue isnā€™t pick and popping against Ward

Feel like Cassius has just figured out how lethal his hesitation move is in the last few games

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Carsen Edwards is actually shooting like Tum Tum :frowning:

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Nigel Eastern is just painful to watch. Did we seriously recruit him?

I understand Edwards has a green light and normally needs to score to give Purdue a chance to win, but he literally shot Purdue out of that game. The shots he was taking were terrible. Even for a high degree of difficulty shot maker like him. He shouldā€™ve been patient and swung the ball for teammates, or fed Tre Williams inside because Williams was pretty darn good tonight.

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He played a horrible game.

Was it Eli Brooks who people were mad we spurned him for? Iā€™ll take Brooks on this roster any day over Eastern.

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Idk about that. Having elite size in our backup PG would be pretty nice. For all of the talk about being an elite shooter, Eli certainly hasnā€™t shown it. Heā€™s also a below average finisher.

Maryland with two road wins with a really young team.

ā€˜ā€˜We just keep getting better. Donā€™t sleep on the fact that when we made our run we had four freshmen on the floor,ā€™ā€™ Turgeon said.

UMā€™s Jordan Poole adjusting to life as marked man

Always leaned toward John Cera.

Nojel Eastern is below average at both.And he definitely couldnā€™t play off the ball with Simpson.

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Nojel Eastern is a PF tbh. Zavier Simpson has no jump shot to speak of, but Eastern somehow is a step below him at shooting. Heā€™s 40% at free throws. He has an assist rate of 12.8 and a turnover rate of 23.1. Brooksā€™ are both at 17. I donā€™t think Eastern works with this roster at all.

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Eli is shooting 54% from 2 this year, Eastern 56%. Eli might not be an elite 3pt shooter, but Nojel is shooting 0% from 3 and 41% from FT ā€“ heā€™d be unplayable next to X ā€“ while also having a lower assist rate and a higher TO rate. Who knows what heā€™d have looked like here, and maybe playing next to Edwards is changing things, but watch him play, I donā€™t really think PG either. Certainly doesnā€™t seem like a Darius Morris type that might have been contemplated.

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Didnā€™t know that Eli Brooks had so many haters.

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He does seem to draw a lot of criticism. Somewhat surprising when you consider the lack of expectations he had coming in, and that heā€™s surpassed them to become one of the few trusted enough to participate in the rotation. Maybe itā€™s the hair.

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His shot is there, he just needs to settle/slow down when he shoots it.

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