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  On 4/1/2023 at 3:40 PM, normandale97 said:

I’m honestly stunned at some of the Cupps takes. Comparing him to JHS is just insane…or even Yogi. Again…I’ve seen little of him…but why is he only a fringe top 100 kid if he is this good? Why do IU fans seem to think he is much better than the scouts do? I’ll say it again, he seems very small, slow and not terribly athletic. 

Maybe I missed some posts on previous pages, but the ones I've seen haven't been saying that Cupps is comparable to Yogi or JHS. The ones I've seen have been saying that he's not like them.

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  On 4/1/2023 at 4:31 PM, go iu bb said:

Maybe I missed some posts on previous pages, but the ones I've seen haven't been saying that Cupps is comparable to Yogi or JHS. The ones I've seen have been saying that he's not like them.

You missed some posts. 
:)

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  On 4/1/2023 at 3:56 PM, Tasmanian Devil said:

I’ve seen both. Gabe is much better than Hulls. He’s not the shooter Jordan was but he’s a much better overall player..

That’s promising.

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  On 4/1/2023 at 4:42 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

You missed some posts. 
:)

In that case, he's right because saying Cupps is anything like those two is insane on a number of levels.

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  On 4/1/2023 at 3:49 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

 

I guess we get to find out. I’m hoping Cupps has another gear or 2. Defensively he’s smart but not at all a lockdown guy. Decent athleticism. Luckily the B1G isn’t packed with tremendous point guards with elite athleticism but I’m curious to see how he does against the stronger, faster ones. Smith defends with a different tenacity. Although with his size he has no choice. Cupps is going to be an intriguing follow to see how it translates.


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You also have to consider who Smith had down low when assessing his defense. When you have Edey backing you up you can afford to play more aggressively on the perimeter. 

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I don't recall Hulls being a point guard in high school or at IU. I remember him as a shooting guard. From the limited games I've watched with Cupps I don't see much common ground with Hulls. Cupps is as true of a point guard as I have seen in some time. He knows who is and stays in that role.

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My hope is Cupps ends up in his junior and senior season being a better shooting version of Aaron Craft. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 6:42 PM, cthomas said:

I don't recall Hulls being a point guard in high school or at IU. I remember him as a shooting guard. From the limited games I've watched with Cupps I don't see much common ground with Hulls. Cupps is as true of a point guard as I have seen in some time. He knows who is and stays in that role.

He played both on and off ball. That was Crean’s dual ball handler approach 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 7:33 PM, cchuntsman said:

My hope is Cupps ends up in his junior and senior season being a better shooting version of Aaron Craft. 

Isn’t the dog or defender that Craft was.  I guess he could become that but it’s not his comp. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 6:42 PM, cthomas said:

I don't recall Hulls being a point guard in high school or at IU. I remember him as a shooting guard. From the limited games I've watched with Cupps I don't see much common ground with Hulls. Cupps is as true of a point guard as I have seen in some time. He knows who is and stays in that role.

Bingo

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  On 4/1/2023 at 7:46 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Isn’t the dog or defender that Craft was.  I guess he could become that but it’s not his comp. 

Agree he’s not the defender - at least at this point.

Not sure how you define “dog”, but the kid doesn’t run away from the spotlight and embraces challenges. As an 8th grader he had the balls to go after Lebron in a shooting match. Yeah, he lost, but how many junior high kids would do that?

His body needs to catch up to his game. But before it’s all said and done he’s going to be an all-time Hoosier fan favorite.

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  On 4/1/2023 at 3:56 PM, Tasmanian Devil said:

I’ve seen both. Gabe is much better than Hulls. He’s not the shooter Jordan was but he’s a much better overall player..

I haven't seen Cupps enough to know, but everything I've read and heard says he's a much better athlete than Hulls. Not much really of a comparison between the two. 

Also in terms of style, Hulls, who was great, was a shooting guard in a point guards body. Cupps is a point guard. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 3:47 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

He’s not NBA athletic. Think someone said it best above, he’s not unathletic, but that’s not the same as a guy like Yogi, different body type, completely different level of speed - Yogi had NBA speed as a frosh and was ranked a 5 star for it

Which, I accounted for.. I mentioned Yogi had more of a burst? Or I thought. I certainly think so. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 10:24 PM, btownqb said:

Which, I accounted for.. I mentioned Yogi had more of a burst? Or I thought. I certainly think so. 

Think you said to the effect of maybe a little more burst. Yogi was NBA quick. There’s really no legit comparison between the two at this point (imo), other than their playing the 1. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 7:35 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

He played both on and off ball. That was Crean’s dual ball handler approach 

But Hulls did not play the point in HS. Dee Davis did, and Colt Ryan in AAU. 

Gabe is the guy on the ball. They just aren't that similar. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 10:27 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

Think you said to the effect of maybe a little more burst. Yogi was NBA quick. There’s really no legit comparison between the two at this point (imo), other than their playing the 1. 

Well.. Yogi and Gabe share a lot of similarities in their game, that would be how. Outside of the whole Yogi is quicker thing, but Gabe accounts for some of that with his length. 

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What did Yogi do well offensively? Defensively? 

Gabe does those same things. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 10:29 PM, btownqb said:

Well.. Yogi and Gabe share a lot of similarities in their game, that would be how. Outside of the whole Yogi is quicker thing, but Gabe accounts for some of that with his length. 

I’m looking forward to seeing him, and watching him develop at IU - good that he has (we think) X to practice against and learn from. He looks good, I am not saying otherwise, just don’t think he’s similar to Yogi.

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I really feel like the rest of the B1G will hate Cupps as much as I hated Aaron Craft. 

I'm glad he's ours. 

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  On 4/1/2023 at 10:31 PM, btownqb said:

What did Yogi do well offensively? Defensively? 
Gabe does those same things. 

Is this real life?


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