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Gonna go ahead and disagree. They can choose on their time. No one is on the pot.

Just read about little Ender a couple weeks ago! That was a good one

Awesome. I just put a hold for the audio version through my Libby app

I’m looking for a sci-fi author I like as much as Andy Weir. There’s a ton of it out there, but few hit the story-telling plus geeky stuff well like him. Didnt you say your handle (Brass Cannon) is from a sci fi book?

Thanks for sharing, Hinny. The family thing is real. It feels like you’re stealing time from your kids and not helping your partner when you run off to exercise. if you’ve got a lifetime history of working out, I’m guessing you’ll come back to it and enjoy it. Your age, 37, is tricky. It feels old, but your body is really still primed to do work. It will respond when you start up again. I’ve been there before too. I’ve learned 25 minute workouts are where it’s at. Hit the major lifts, keep the intensity up, and be done with it. That’s only 1.7% of a day. Lift 3x a week, go on walks or jogs if you want and you’ll be a fit human. I’m 43. I can still do 5 miles at 7 minute pace, or deadlift 2x body weight for reps. Neither are elite or anything, but good. After my own life rough patch getting back to fitness was a part of reclaiming identity. Working out gives great mental health gainz too. Feel better, sleep better, more confident in interactions with people. Most of the people I really respect take fitness as just a necessary part of having your ish together, without making it their entire life.

Bro you’re one of the more active posters. This is the second sanctimonious and hypocritical post in 3 days. Why do you feel like putting down the people who (like you) enjoy this? Here’s the deal. Alllll we fanatics on sites like this create the market. We sit here and consume it. The market (of blogs and insiders and forums) will fill up to saturation. Same as recruits posting their top 10 or whatever, and some fanatics have the flippin audacity to vilify them for it in the same moment they consume the content. Like it or not your views are getting sold. You are the product, and you’re not some victim. You’ve personally created this dynamic. Just enjoy it without simultaneously acting like you’re above it.

Heck yes. That team was incendiary. Get hot and just pour it in. I think Hova agrees, totally under-appreciated team. Glad we’ve shored up the 5 spot. Now let’s get some wings and change the look of this team

Yes. According to my (Urban Dictionary) research, we are “pushing P.” I understand this to be a good thing, in the parlance of our times. Let’s GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

It's a nice twist on the pizza threads these normally evolve into when we're waiting on news. And Stuhoo has awful taste in strombolis, for the record. On topic... not sure when this was last posted. Bates made it, no mention of Jordan. https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-Basketball-Transfer-Portal-Rankings-247Sports-Top-75-Hunter-Dickinson-Kelel-Ware-Taran-Armstrong-LJ-Cryer-207923553/

How many times this year did TJD win the tip, then just sprint to the hoop for a quick pass and easy layup? You knew it was coming every game, and it still worked more often than not. And I'm with you all. We won't replicate TJD. Especially his passing. Shoot, how many times did we see someone back off a drive after Trayce had already blocked him once? BUT, major props to the staff if they can land Ware. Pretty aggressively addressing the need. I am concerned that Malik at the 4 puts us back in the position of playing too big/two bigs.

Mmmmm y'all talking breakfast?? Inkwell and Runcible Spoon are my go-to breakfast spots these days. Back when I was on campus, there was a diner just a few spots to the west of Uptown, I can't remember the name. Best biscuits and gravy in town, but they shut down. Also you all have me refreshing this page a little too much this morning. Real excited to see what this team will look like next year.

Yeah I love this take. To me so often Point Guard just means Best Guard. The John Stockton model is really an anachronistic view of basketball, as is the old PG/SG/SF/PF/C designation that ruled for way too long. I think passing is still massively undervalued. Every player should see the floor and be able to set up a high percentage shot. No reason that is a skill that needs to be limited to the PG. Pretty sure I posted this before, but I still love it and feel like it helps to understand what’s going on in basketball. https://www.wired.com/2012/04/analytics-basketball/ So really in this discussion we’re looking for talented basketball players, not necessarily filling antiquated positions. Shoot, 5 out play can win against a good center and PF. Trayce was extraordinary this year because his game was an integral part of the perimeter game through passing. Purdue showed everyone what a POTY center means without perimeter play.

He went 0-13 in the tournament. No consistency. I still think about Damezi missing his last 18? 21? field goal attempts. This isn’t far off. Tamar was better this year, but still so far from contributing in a winning way. I think we all hope good things for Tamar. And also hope for roster upgrades.

I like the transfer portal optimism, but man I hope we aren’t playing two bigs again. Also hoping to see Banks compete for starter minutes. We’ll see what he does with more opportunity.

I moseyed over to a Purdue board. They compared their team to the 1980 Soviet hockey team. …no. Purdue wasn’t even the best college team, and had a real bad couple months aside from the tourney. They also threw around potential coaching replacements of Bill Self and Nate Oates. That’s just not happening, either from the University, or the draw of the program. The best shot would be Shrewsberry, but he’s already got a good thing going and has a big contract coming. He may already be out of Purdue’s reach. Painter has the program doing better than ever, even with the tourney disappointments. The unmet expectations were put in place by this coach, not the program’s prestige. As others have said, it’s more likely Painter dumps Purdue than Purdue dumps Painter.

Well you got me before I edited because Olivia already posted the graphic… Gonna disagree with you, Scott! TJD has regressed from sensational to pretty good. He wasn’t running the floor and fighting for position for high percentage shots. We didn’t see that electric first step or series of emphatic dunks. Maybe he’s fatigued in some way? I don’t know. I’d just love to see the return of dominant Trayce. If it doesn’t re-emerge until NCAA tourney, fine. But the dude deserves a good ending.

An X sighting would be awesome but I’m not banking on it. I’d like to see a get-right game for TJD. For his own confidence and mindset moving into the postseason. As we’ve struggled somewhat to find our other scorers, getting another good game out of Kopp and Galloway would be great. Kinda galvanize that starting lineup.

I’ve hated Vanderbilt since Romeo’s recruitment. Acting like there was no way he could say no to “memorial magic.” Then you watch a game and there are kids doing homework in the 3rd row. Place doubles as a study hall.

I'd like to introduce my new agent, Brass Cannon. I've never been a math guy

My guy! Yeah I told Stuhoo that HSN offered to double what I'm getting here. He's playing hard ball. Nooo I've just been trying to, erm, be more efficient with my time... It's a losing battle.

They're ruining the sub. Even threads that have nothing to do with them, they come in and remind everyone that Purdue exists. On Maryland, I'm with everyone else. I hope we see this team we've seen in the past few weeks. If that team shows up, we will win. Or we may lose? It's going to happen at least a handful more times, I'm not going to freak out if we lose a game we're supposed to lose. ...I'd love a win though. Avenge Coverdale and the boys for 2002.

Watching an Izzo presser after a loss is one of life’s great pleasures. So glad the rest of you enjoy it too. Trayce has leveled up. Adding passing/playmaking to his repertoire has put him in superstar status. And… it has nothing to do with him developing an outside shot. The dude is spectacular at what he does. Outside of the TJD highlight reel game, the Kopp dunk and Bates long 3 off the bad pass were high points. Fun game to watch.

It’s awesome watching this with some higher production value

I like JHS and all. But this is an upgrade. I follow the PORPUGATU stat on Torvik, kinda a comparison how a player fares versus the average player. JHS hasn’t been a plus player yet, either by eye test or analytics.

“…stupidest s#!+ ever.”