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Moore Primed for Breakout



The word circulating, in the vernacular, has been that E'Twaun Moore has been "blowin' up" this summer.

And while Purdue coach Matt Painter wouldn't necessarily use those exact terms -- well, OK, he absolutely wouldn't -- he fully agrees with the general notion that Moore is poised for a special season, after two very good ones.

"He's just a basketball player," Painter said. "You put the ball in his hands and let him make plays, passing and shooting. He's really getting it that he can affect the game as a distributor, not just by scoring, and that's going to make him more dangerous. It's just nice to see a player of his caliber continue to have that hunger to get better."

After last season, Painter said if Moore could continue to learn to pick his spots and let the game come to him, the East Chicago Central graduate could develop into one of the best guards in the country. A typical line for him could be, say, 18 points, six assists, a handful of rebounds and only one or two turnovers.

Painter certainly didn't back off such comments as this season approaches.

"That's an easy statement -- he's one of the best guards in the country," he said. "In high school or college, something that's overlooked is wins. That's more important than a cross-over or a step-back. He makes others better, and he wins. Whether it's with (the AAU team) SYF (Players), East Chicago or Purdue, he wins. He strives as an individual to get better, but it's always within the team concept."

Moore realizes that he has crossed the threshold into his junior season, and that while there still is time left in his college career, it's beginning to run short. It has contributed to a sense of urgency.

"I've stayed more consistent in my workouts," Moore said. "Before, I was, like, OK, I'll do it now, and then the next day I wouldn't do it. I went every day. I just pushed myself to the limit."

Of course, Moore spent time on honing his skills -- ballhandling, in particular, as well as perimeter shooting, a pull-up game, penetrating and dishing. But, indeed, he made perhaps his biggest strides physically, taking to heart a main message the Boilermakers coaches have delivered both after the team's Sweet 16 loss to Connecticut last season and its second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Xavier in 2008.

Moore weighs around 190 pounds, gaining between five and 10 pounds on his long and lanky 6-foot-4 frame. He focused on strengthening his lower body.

"I've been getting around the court a lot easier," Moore said. "I want to have that extra gear at the end of games."

There's a four-week period when coaches can't have contact with the players, and Painter was struck by what he saw after that moratorium.

"With E'Twaun, right away you could tell he put in a lot of time in the weight room and really improved his body," said Painter, adding the increased strength should help Moore's 3-point shooting, as he hit 43.4 percent as a freshman and 33.7 as a sophomore, when the NCAA moved back the arc by a foot. "He's bigger, stronger, quicker."

To aid in remaining consistent with his workouts, Moore remained on campus for much of the summer. He did, however, attend the Nike-sponsored Paul Pierce Skills Academy, one of 10 elite guards invited to the three-day camp in late June in suburban Boston. Michigan's Manny Harris, Illinois' Demetri McCamey and Maryland's Greivis Vasquez also were among the players, after 2008's group included Davidson's Stephen Curry, Arizona State's James Harden, Memphis' Tyreke Evans and USC's DeMar DeRozan, all top-nine picks in the 2009 NBA Draft.

"It was a great experience for me, competing against some of the best players in the country," Moore said.

As a freshman, Moore led Purdue with 12.9 points per game -- the first true freshman to lead the program in scoring -- adding 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists. He made the All-Big Ten second team.

In a sometimes streaky sophomore season, he again led the team in scoring, at 13.8 points, with 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists. He again made the all-conference second team, after he had been a preseason first-team pick.

Nationally, too, there apparently is a belief that Moore is primed to elevate his game as a junior.

In mid-August, he was named among the 50 preseason candidates, along with fellow Purdue junior and Valparaiso graduate Rob Hummel, for the prestigious John R. Wooden Award, given annually to the player of the year.

"It just makes me want to work harder," Moore said. "Being nominated is a great honor; it would be better to win it. My goal is to be one of the best players in the country."

Said Painter: "I thought it was a deserving honor for him. He's worked hard to become a good basketball player in every sense of the word. He has such high expectations of himself. He wants to be the best guard in our league, he wants to be one of the best guards in the country. To acknowledge him for that award is great for him."

Moore's inclusion on the Wooden list came after he was not invited to the June tryouts for the World University Games, unlike teammates Hummel and junior JaJuan Johnson, something of a disappointment for him. Hummel was part of the United States team that took the bronze medal in July in Belgrade, Serbia.

Painter spoke with Moore about the situation, as well as with members of USA Basketball.

"They didn't want to bring a lot of numbers to the trials," Painter said. "I called them, and talked about all of his positives, but there were other guys in front of him. I told them, if you invite him to the tryout, he'll make your team -- that's just the way he is. He gets the job done. But like I told him, you have to use it for motivation to keep working. There are always going to be doubters out there.

"It's motivation with JaJuan being the last guy cut, and E'Twaun not getting selected to go to the trials. It's a carrot in front of them."

Moore, in fact, has taken that approach.

"I definitely should've been invited," he said. "But I'm looking at it as a benefit. I wasn't good enough to go, and that means I have to get a lot better. It's another motivation point. I have to show some of the other guards who made it I'm just as good."

If Moore does play to the level that most anticipate, it will enhance the Boilermakers' position to have the type of season people both inside and outside the program are envisioning -- actually, realistically, they need him to fulfill his potential in order for them to fulfill theirs.

"Indianapolis, that's definitely on our mind," Moore said. "That's our goal, the Final Four. That's why you work hard every day."

Including over the summer.
“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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While I hope this is true, I have heard the "poised for a breakout season" several times in my college basketball fandom without it netting any major improvement in the player. I may just be a skeptic, but I am gonna have to see it first before I get excited.
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While I hope this is true, I have heard the "poised for a breakout season" several times in my college basketball fandom without it netting any major improvement in the player. I may just be a skeptic, but I am gonna have to see it first before I get excited.
Let me get excited!!!!!

Just kidding, and I agree. Gotta wait until it happens on the court, but I think the encouraging words, especially from Painter, are exciting. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy that gives glowing remarks about players in the papers just to be doing it. Seems they'd have to earn it.
“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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Moore Primed for Breakout



The word circulating, in the vernacular, has been that E'Twaun Moore has been "blowin' up" this summer.

And while Purdue coach Matt Painter wouldn't necessarily use those exact terms -- well, OK, he absolutely wouldn't -- he fully agrees with the general notion that Moore is poised for a special season, after two very good ones.

"He's just a basketball player," Painter said. "You put the ball in his hands and let him make plays, passing and shooting. He's really getting it that he can affect the game as a distributor, not just by scoring, and that's going to make him more dangerous. It's just nice to see a player of his caliber continue to have that hunger to get better."

After last season, Painter said if Moore could continue to learn to pick his spots and let the game come to him, the East Chicago Central graduate could develop into one of the best guards in the country. A typical line for him could be, say, 18 points, six assists, a handful of rebounds and only one or two turnovers.

Painter certainly didn't back off such comments as this season approaches.

"That's an easy statement -- he's one of the best guards in the country," he said. "In high school or college, something that's overlooked is wins. That's more important than a cross-over or a step-back. He makes others better, and he wins. Whether it's with (the AAU team) SYF (Players), East Chicago or Purdue, he wins. He strives as an individual to get better, but it's always within the team concept."

Moore realizes that he has crossed the threshold into his junior season, and that while there still is time left in his college career, it's beginning to run short. It has contributed to a sense of urgency.

"I've stayed more consistent in my workouts," Moore said. "Before, I was, like, OK, I'll do it now, and then the next day I wouldn't do it. I went every day. I just pushed myself to the limit."

Of course, Moore spent time on honing his skills -- ballhandling, in particular, as well as perimeter shooting, a pull-up game, penetrating and dishing. But, indeed, he made perhaps his biggest strides physically, taking to heart a main message the Boilermakers coaches have delivered both after the team's Sweet 16 loss to Connecticut last season and its second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Xavier in 2008.

Moore weighs around 190 pounds, gaining between five and 10 pounds on his long and lanky 6-foot-4 frame. He focused on strengthening his lower body.

"I've been getting around the court a lot easier," Moore said. "I want to have that extra gear at the end of games."

There's a four-week period when coaches can't have contact with the players, and Painter was struck by what he saw after that moratorium.

"With E'Twaun, right away you could tell he put in a lot of time in the weight room and really improved his body," said Painter, adding the increased strength should help Moore's 3-point shooting, as he hit 43.4 percent as a freshman and 33.7 as a sophomore, when the NCAA moved back the arc by a foot. "He's bigger, stronger, quicker."

To aid in remaining consistent with his workouts, Moore remained on campus for much of the summer. He did, however, attend the Nike-sponsored Paul Pierce Skills Academy, one of 10 elite guards invited to the three-day camp in late June in suburban Boston. Michigan's Manny Harris, Illinois' Demetri McCamey and Maryland's Greivis Vasquez also were among the players, after 2008's group included Davidson's Stephen Curry, Arizona State's James Harden, Memphis' Tyreke Evans and USC's DeMar DeRozan, all top-nine picks in the 2009 NBA Draft.

"It was a great experience for me, competing against some of the best players in the country," Moore said.

As a freshman, Moore led Purdue with 12.9 points per game -- the first true freshman to lead the program in scoring -- adding 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists. He made the All-Big Ten second team.

In a sometimes streaky sophomore season, he again led the team in scoring, at 13.8 points, with 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists. He again made the all-conference second team, after he had been a preseason first-team pick.

Nationally, too, there apparently is a belief that Moore is primed to elevate his game as a junior.

In mid-August, he was named among the 50 preseason candidates, along with fellow Purdue junior and Valparaiso graduate Rob Hummel, for the prestigious John R. Wooden Award, given annually to the player of the year.

"It just makes me want to work harder," Moore said. "Being nominated is a great honor; it would be better to win it. My goal is to be one of the best players in the country."

Said Painter: "I thought it was a deserving honor for him. He's worked hard to become a good basketball player in every sense of the word. He has such high expectations of himself. He wants to be the best guard in our league, he wants to be one of the best guards in the country. To acknowledge him for that award is great for him."

Moore's inclusion on the Wooden list came after he was not invited to the June tryouts for the World University Games, unlike teammates Hummel and junior JaJuan Johnson, something of a disappointment for him. Hummel was part of the United States team that took the bronze medal in July in Belgrade, Serbia.

Painter spoke with Moore about the situation, as well as with members of USA Basketball.

"They didn't want to bring a lot of numbers to the trials," Painter said. "I called them, and talked about all of his positives, but there were other guys in front of him. I told them, if you invite him to the tryout, he'll make your team -- that's just the way he is. He gets the job done. But like I told him, you have to use it for motivation to keep working. There are always going to be doubters out there.

"It's motivation with JaJuan being the last guy cut, and E'Twaun not getting selected to go to the trials. It's a carrot in front of them."

Moore, in fact, has taken that approach.

"I definitely should've been invited," he said. "But I'm looking at it as a benefit. I wasn't good enough to go, and that means I have to get a lot better. It's another motivation point. I have to show some of the other guards who made it I'm just as good."

If Moore does play to the level that most anticipate, it will enhance the Boilermakers' position to have the type of season people both inside and outside the program are envisioning -- actually, realistically, they need him to fulfill his potential in order for them to fulfill theirs.

"Indianapolis, that's definitely on our mind," Moore said. "That's our goal, the Final Four. That's why you work hard every day."

Including over the summer.
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That wasn't written by a Purdue writer.
“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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That wasn't written by a Purdue writer.
You're right, it wasn't. It was a Gary Post Tribune article, which unfortunately is a rag that only writes about the silver linings of any player from the region.

I'm not saying Moore won't have a breakout season, just that the Post Tribune I've never seen the Post put up anything but positive slanted articles on former NW Indiana players.
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the gary In area sucks any area players cock. and Stooge is right from that 'hood.

Biased as hell
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That wasn't written by a Purdue writer.
You're right, it wasn't. It was a Gary Post Tribune article, which unfortunately is a rag that only writes about the silver linings of any player from the region.

I'm not saying Moore won't have a breakout season, just that the Post Tribune I've never seen the Post put up anything but positive slanted articles on former NW Indiana players.
Well, I specifically pointed out the quotes from Painter, not the opinions of the writer.
“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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