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I.U.P.A.C. Feb 26 2008, 01:28 PM Post #1
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make or miss more 3's tonight? Have more points from the field or from the line?

Over the last few games EJ hasn't been hitting many 3's. Or at least it seems like it. At the beginning of the season almost every 3 that left his hand I thought was going to go in. Now I get the feeling he's going to miss like every 3 Stemler use to take. I would also like to see him pull up and take more mid range jumpers. He's hurting Taber's rebounding total with all these drives. I'm tired of all his points coming from the line lately. What do you guys think?
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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.
“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves."

"I’d take him to the ends of the earth — I’d want him playing for me.” - Bo Ryan on Robbie Hummel

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Hopefully the NBA sees it the way you do, dc, that way we can have him for another year.

But realistically, NBA teams are drooling at the chance to 'improve' his game.
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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team
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Hopefully the NBA sees it the way you do, dc, that way we can have him for another year.

But realistically, NBA teams are drooling at the chance to 'improve' his game.

They will see his athleticism and touch on his shot and have to excuse themselves to the bathroom to rub one off to him. Unfortunately, there is a lot more to basketball than those two things, but NBA executives and coaches think that they are masterminds who can mold these kids into a complete player.

My only concern would be that to me he hasn't really improved as a player this year. I know he has had the wrist injury, but everybody is injured at this time of the year. Bassett has bone chips in his heal, DJ has the knee, numerous Purdue players are banged up, yet they get through it. Same thing will happen in the NBA to him.

I think he will be in the NBA for a long time, but I just don't see him being an all-star, all-Pro type of player. There aren't many 6'4 shooting guards dominating the league these days. He is a tweener height wise, and strictly a 2 on offense skill wise. If he improves a lot of things, he can become a Michael Redd type player IMO, but even then, his size will cause problems.

I think he is as good as gone. His stock will never improve. He will get better coaching and guidance in the NBA than in college, and he will be a full time basketball player, not a full time student and basketball player. Plus, rumor around campus from people that I know down there is that he isn't exactly hitting the classroom very hard, but thats just what I've heard, nothing concrete so take it for what its worth. I'd be surprised to see him in a Hoosier jersey past March.
“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves."

"I’d take him to the ends of the earth — I’d want him playing for me.” - Bo Ryan on Robbie Hummel

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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.
“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves."

"I’d take him to the ends of the earth — I’d want him playing for me.” - Bo Ryan on Robbie Hummel

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Did EJ even declare a major? Probably general studies like several other players we have. Business or Sociology are two other popular majors for for ball players across the country.
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I also think it's funny how rumors get started about players not attending classes. I've had several classes with athletes and even taught labs with athletes in them and when they were in season they missed a ton of classes.
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Did EJ even declare a major? Probably general studies like several other players we have. Business or Sociology are two other popular majors for for ball players across the country.

Doesn't matter if you declare a major or not, you still have to go to class and get your grades. DJ White is still a General Studies major (you can really graduate with that from IU), and as I've heard he is on pace to get his degree which is awesome. He shouldn't have to worry about it since I think he will be playing pro basketball for awhile, but its still an accomplishment and says something about his character that he has worked to get it. He doesn't seemed to be the sharpest tool in the shed, so a college degree shows hard work and caring.
“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves."

"I’d take him to the ends of the earth — I’d want him playing for me.” - Bo Ryan on Robbie Hummel

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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.

LMAO\


guess you didn't want G-Rob either.


Guess you would rather drive your 'ol reliable shit box than a Mercedes


You turdue fans never fail to make me laugh
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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.

LMAO\


guess you didn't want G-Rob either.


Guess you would rather drive your 'ol reliable shit box than a Mercedes


You turdue fans never fail to make me laugh

It still kills you that Purdue fans aren't amazed by the "5 stars" next to a guys name than you are.........

Or that we get pumped by good defense (blocks, steals, etc) than an uncontested dunk.

Or prefer to watch a team run an offense and spread the wealth, instead of one player chucking up NBA range three's that are worth the same amount as the three's right behind the line.

I don't know why it is so hard to believe that people might have a different opinion from yours.......when practically everyone on this board (PU and IU) does.

Why don't you check how many of EJ's points against powerhouse Northwestern were NOT from the FT line.

Everytime I watch gordon play, I more and more think, IU has him for another year.
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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.

You are on drugs if you wouldn't want Eric Gordon on your team at Purdue. He doesn't shoot 50% from three, but that probably has a lot to do with the defensive attention he receives. I'm assuming you would call J.J. Redick a good three-point shooter, but he only shot .406 in his career, and he stayed 4 years. I'm sure both him and Gordon would shoot better if they had a lot of clean looks from college range. But shooting .393 isn't exactly unacceptable.

Gordon gets a lot of fouls called because he is very explosive and a great finisher. He is the beneficiary of some calls that shouldn't get called, but he also doesn't get a lot of calls that he should. He gets bodied, grabbed, etc. all the time with no calls. He'll drive to hole and have an opponent slide under him and draw the charge.

The turnovers and sloppy ballhandling are the only downfalls I see. Occasionally he will drive or fast break out of control, resulting in a charge or turnover. But I'd say he does far more positive for the team than negative. Purdue would take him in a heart beat.

Oh, and he's a pretty solid defender too.

And what's wrong with scoring from the free throw line? Points are points, I don't care where they come from.
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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.

LMAO\


guess you didn't want G-Rob either.


Guess you would rather drive your 'ol reliable shit box than a Mercedes


You turdue fans never fail to make me laugh

Those teams NEEDED Glenn Robinson. Plus, you cannot even put Eric Gordon in the same league as Robinson. When Gordon AVERAGES 30 and 10, carries a horribly under talented team to the Elite 8, is the #1 pick in the draft, averages 20 points a game in the NBA, come talk to me.

I would not take an Eric Gordon type of player on THIS year's Purdue team. He would ruin team chemistry, team defense, and take away minutes from players that will be here much after he is gone. He ruins flow to an offense, turns the ball over, and doesn't really do anything but score. I'll pass.
“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves."

"I’d take him to the ends of the earth — I’d want him playing for me.” - Bo Ryan on Robbie Hummel

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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

good one corky



Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.

LMAO\


guess you didn't want G-Rob either.


Guess you would rather drive your 'ol reliable shit box than a Mercedes


You turdue fans never fail to make me laugh

It still kills you that Purdue fans aren't amazed by the "5 stars" next to a guys name than you are.........

Or that we get pumped by good defense (blocks, steals, etc) than an uncontested dunk.

Or prefer to watch a team run an offense and spread the wealth, instead of one player chucking up NBA range three's that are worth the same amount as the three's right behind the line.

I don't know why it is so hard to believe that people might have a different opinion from yours.......when practically everyone on this board (PU and IU) does.

Why don't you check how many of EJ's points against powerhouse Northwestern were NOT from the FT line.

Everytime I watch gordon play, I more and more think, IU has him for another year.

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I know some of his deep threes look pretty and its amazing when he shoots from WAY out, but he isn't exactly a great three point shooter. He is very streaky. He is now under 40% from 3 on the season and down to 35% in conference play.

People see 20 points and think he has to be better than everyone else, but he has a lot of flaws in his game and just turns into a running back with his down trying to get to the basket sometimes. Luckily for him, college referees give an aggressive offensive player the advantage over an aggressive defensive player. Its pretty disgusting what he and players like Hansborough get away with. It makes a lot of games nearly unwatchable.

He has had some great games, but there have been nearly 10 games where he has more turnovers than baskets made, which is astonishing given the amount of shots that he takes. There have also been games where he shoots more three throws than field goals attempted. He draws contact well, but also gets more calls than any player that I've seen in college basketball in some time. Then on the other end of the court, the same thing isn't called. More of a knock on the officiating than than Gordon.

He is a good player, but he is extremely inefficient, turns it over at a high rate, doesn't shoot it particularly well from 3, and doesn't do much if the ball isn't in his hands. He doesn't make it very easy for his teammates to get him the ball. With his minutes, and the amount of shots and free throws that he takes, 20 points per game isn't as impressive as one wold think.

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Turdue would KILL to have gordon on their greasy hair team

I would NEVER want Eric Gordon on my team at Purdue. Especially considering the situation that we are in now with the way we play together as a team. Solid player, but he doesn't take care of the ball enough, move in an offense enough, or play as part of a team enough for me to ever want Eric Gordon on my team. Give me Bassett and White any day of the week, and twice on Sunday over Eric Gordon.

You are on drugs if you wouldn't want Eric Gordon on your team at Purdue. He doesn't shoot 50% from three, but that probably has a lot to do with the defensive attention he receives. I'm assuming you would call J.J. Redick a good three-point shooter, but he only shot .406 in his career, and he stayed 4 years. I'm sure both him and Gordon would shoot better if they had a lot of clean looks from college range. But shooting .393 isn't exactly unacceptable.

Gordon gets a lot of fouls called because he is very explosive and a great finisher. He is the beneficiary of some calls that shouldn't get called, but he also doesn't get a lot of calls that he should. He gets bodied, grabbed, etc. all the time with no calls. He'll drive to hole and have an opponent slide under him and draw the charge.

The turnovers and sloppy ballhandling are the only downfalls I see. Occasionally he will drive or fast break out of control, resulting in a charge or turnover. But I'd say he does far more positive for the team than negative. Purdue would take him in a heart beat.

Oh, and he's a pretty solid defender too.

And what's wrong with scoring from the free throw line? Points are points, I don't care where they come from.

OK, I understand you don't not watch Purdue games......but Eric Gordon would kill Purdue's team. They would not want him on the current team. The whole team is unselfish to the point where even the fans are like "WTF? take THAT shot" They spread the ball around and try to get a really nice shot. Gordon is not that type of player, on our team, with no post presence, he would be chucking NBA three's all game and totally ruin team chemistry.
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