Whatchu talkin bout Purvis

1/5/2013 11:17:15 PM

this kid is fun to watch out there, damn he is fast

1/9/2013 11:36:50 PM

MAKE YOUR DAME FREE THROWS

other than That kid is smoke

1/10/2013 12:08:25 AM

Love Purvis' attitude. On a team that often looks nonchalant, he brings a ton of enthusiasm, and its contagious. Looks to be the fan-favorite and face of this team next year on.

[Edited on January 10, 2013 at 12:49 AM. Reason : sp]

1/10/2013 12:48:33 AM

He is fire but the dude sometimes needs to learn to pass the ball. IE at the end when fouled he saw Scott open and still didn't pass.

1/10/2013 1:42:34 AM

^i noticed that and thought the same at first. However, at that point, the game was in hand...Get yourself on the free throw line, where you've been struggling, and get some work in. Not a bad idea...

1/10/2013 1:59:59 AM

1/10/2013 11:26:20 AM

He was pissing me off last night, getting the ball and running a break and then taking a bad shot that had very little chance of making it. He eventually started making baskets later on but early on he was frustrating me... oh well, he's definitely a great player.

1/10/2013 11:34:49 AM

Purvis is great, but Warren is better.

He does seem to have a one-track mind sometimes about "I'm getting to the basket and no one is going to stop me" when he's on the break. And people do stop him...but I think every team needs a guy with that mentality.

He seems to share the ball pretty well in the half-court...but he's balls to the wall on the break.

1/10/2013 11:36:58 AM

and we haven't really had a guy like that, at least since I've been a fan.

I love it. Throw the ball up to him and let him do his thing. He's only gonna get better.

1/10/2013 1:02:16 PM

^^His major attribute is being a slasher, so I wouldn't be surprised if the coaches encourage him to do that.

I noticed he was pushing too hard in a half-court set in the first half, and lowered his shoulder into the guy and the dude fell down. Easily could have been called an offensive foul. But he grabbed his own board and got the put back. Bottom line, I will take the aggression, even if it means he's a little out of control sometimes.

[Edited on January 10, 2013 at 1:07 PM. Reason : ^^]

1/10/2013 1:06:54 PM

^^^meh, warren has his arms superglued to his sides when he's playing defense. drives me nuts. probably wouldn't challenge a shot if a midget was shooting right in front of him.

1/10/2013 2:10:48 PM

Purvis is scoring in transition, hitting clutch 3s, and matching up against the other teams best perimeter player on defense. Could not possibly ask for anything more from a freshman replacing a senior in a starting role.

1/10/2013 2:14:55 PM

and forcing them to foul him.

1/10/2013 2:20:24 PM

^^We could ask him to make more of his free throws. j/k, I love Purvis. Such a great talent and I really like his attitude/body language.

[Edited on January 10, 2013 at 2:24 PM. Reason : ^'s]

1/10/2013 2:23:54 PM

attitude and body language... glad others are appreciating the way they should.

free throws, yep, thats all. MAKE EM! he shoots 3s better than free throws

1/10/2013 6:49:05 PM

i think he would shoot better if he didn't squat in the air.

1/10/2013 7:03:28 PM

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/72494/video-rodney-purvis-one-handed-dunk

1/12/2013 3:06:37 PM

^most exciting play of the season so far, right there

1/12/2013 6:19:52 PM

Love this kid

1/13/2013 8:13:25 PM

I'm having trouble recalling, is that Purvis's first actual dunk of the year? I know I have to be forgetting at least another one, probably more.

1/13/2013 8:19:57 PM

He has had at least one other. Similar to the Duke dunk. Maybe another but he mostly goes with the layup

1/13/2013 8:33:25 PM

He's thunder dunked a few times in scrub games. But, like ^ said, he mostly a layup guy.

1/13/2013 8:35:19 PM

he's tickling the fuck out of the twine

1/20/2013 6:13:26 PM

Bump

2/2/2013 4:51:30 PM

That put back dunk ranks up there with the Damon Thornton gnutsac dunk on the sickness scale

2/2/2013 5:13:44 PM

did he even dunk it though?

2/2/2013 5:16:57 PM

Now the refs are fucking with the game

2/2/2013 5:20:33 PM

anything above the rim is a fuckin dunk

2/2/2013 5:20:44 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjX2fek_qxo

2/3/2013 11:57:56 AM

remove the running floater from your arsenal

2/7/2013 9:48:07 PM

pass the ball, shoot less

2/7/2013 9:49:02 PM

I appreciate the effort. Needs to pass in transition when dribbling into a 3 on 1. This kid will be great, but needs to be more unselfish in transition.

2/20/2013 11:01:40 AM

I bet he's told to bring it hard to the rim. That's his game, it just hasn't been falling for him for the last few weeks.

2/20/2013 11:02:47 AM

great hustle play though to save the ball from going out of bounds. Led to a pass to a wide open Scott Wood for 3.

2/20/2013 11:57:13 AM

what are the odds of him transferring?

minutes over the past 5 games have slipped from 33 -> 20 -> 16 -> 12 -> 10

2/23/2013 5:56:45 PM

At this point who gives a shit

I dont want a slashing SG that cant shoot 50% from the FT line

2/23/2013 6:07:48 PM

I wouldn't think he is thinking about transferring. He got good playing time all year when he was playing decent, now that he is slumping his playing time is dropping. Hopefully he just picks up his play to get his playing time back.

2/23/2013 11:16:11 PM

yeah i dont think he'll transfer but man we were sorely misled on this kid.

He was supposed to be the total package and he showed up not even ACC ready.

I hope he shows something next year or we are in for a really tough year.

He was labelled a combo guard too. Not sure how anyone thinks he can run point, he struggles in halfcourt as a SG. Now his transition game has fallen apart too.

2/23/2013 11:22:04 PM

way to step your game up, young man

2/27/2013 9:19:17 PM

Definitely. Nice to see him bouncing back after a slump.

[Edited on February 27, 2013 at 9:23 PM. Reason : d]

2/27/2013 9:23:18 PM

Quote :

"way to step your game up, young man"

Take that junk to packpride homie

2/27/2013 9:25:25 PM

All you chicken little motherfuckers can gtfo now

2/27/2013 9:32:42 PM

Take THAT junk back to inside carolina

2/27/2013 9:36:18 PM

take what junk to packpride?

2/27/2013 9:38:26 PM

young man

2/27/2013 9:39:58 PM

um, ok?

2/27/2013 9:40:35 PM

Come on guys we're in our 20s

[Edited on February 27, 2013 at 9:41 PM. Reason : ^maybe 30s]

2/27/2013 9:41:05 PM

come on guys, we're in our teens, purvis is our age

2/27/2013 9:41:55 PM

boy reading this thread go back and forth on how he sucks how he doesn't makes me laugh.

2/27/2013 11:59:55 PM