Can Peter Jurkin Contribute and is He Healthy?

[Stuhoo 84,995]

Can PJ contribute during game situations against higher-level competition?

 

I know what Jeff Howard can do: he will provide maximum effort and awareness and most importantly, will not turn the ball over or make many mistakes. However, Jeff is limited from a physical standpoint.

 

With Peter, those that want to see him get game minutes need to understand that he will make mistakes; moving screens, bringing the ball down to where guards can swipe at it, and at times lesser reaction in help-side defense.

 

Moreover, I have no idea whether Peter's legs have healed to the point that he is able to play without limitations.

 

So; I pose this question to the gallery:

Does anyone have any substantive info as to whether Peter is truly and finally healthy?

[Hwy 1 2,053]

I honestly don't think he's capable of helping. I also don't know if he's healthy. 

[Hovadipo 59,071]

Peter Jurkin is one of the biggest mysteries ever. No way he's logged over 15 career minutes. And no one really answers questions about him. I say let him play, stick him in the corner, and let him bust 3's. He might be our Jordan Hulls sniper that we've been missing. I saw him at Hysteria knocking them down.


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[FortWayneHoosier 6,437]

its hard to say because we havent seen much of him at all, all i know is he is tall and has long arms lol

[djsalway 4,161]

He looks healthy in warmups, if that's any sign at all. I think he's healthy enough to contribute, but I'm not sure he's GOOD enough to contribute. Maybe we'll see tomorrow?

[BlueDevil 9,256]

Time to give him a shot. Crean gives 13 other guys a shot in the games why not Peter?

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

I don't know, but he should be on the all hands team.

[djsalway 4,161]

I think Crean should give him a shot. Hey, if he ends up making even a little bit of an impact, it helps. It also makes us have another option at big man next year IF he happens to be decent at all.

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,307]

I don't think he's capable of doing anything on the court. Watching him for the minute or so at the end of the cupcake games was bad enough. Against Hammons this weekend? That would be brutal.

[Bk4life 190]

Does Crean have the heart to dump him? He should....Its not doing the kid or the team any good to have him there taking up a scholarship...let him go to a smalller school where he can actually land a few minutes...

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

This does bring up a bunch of questions actually... What is going on with Peter. Why doesn't he ever play? I'll be honest, I forgot we even had him on the team...


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[Buck Naked 451]

No and doesn't matter.


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[Naturalhoosier 15,467]

I've written Peter off as a failed experiment unfortunately. I would love to see him contribute but his athleticism far exceeds his BB skills.


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[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

I'm fairly certain that he'd have a lot of trouble just catching the ball and running up the court. So no, I don't see him ever contributing. 

[coonhounds 9,981]

I just want one thing answered does anybody remember last year when him and hanner had to sit out and crean would say on the radio show how much of a impact they could make if they were not suspended? I want to know can crean not tell by practice how well a kid id performing does he have to see them in game action to see there true level of play? I just wonder cause it seems that he has always bragged about guys in practice but never materializes in games.<br /><br />Sent from my SCH-I535 using BtownBanners mobile app<br /><br />

[All_Hoosiers 873]

[quote name="coonhounds" post="38772" timestamp="1392462573"]I just want one thing answered does anybody remember last year when him and hanner had to sit out and crean would say on the radio show how much of a impact they could make if they were not suspended? I want to know can crean not tell by practice how well a kid id performing does he have to see them in game action to see there true level of play? I just wonder cause it seems that he has always bragged about guys in practice but never materializes in games.

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I'm sure all Hanner did was dunk and look really cool. Easy to overhype that.


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[Rayl 527]

I just want one thing answered does anybody remember last year when him and hanner had to sit out and crean would say on the radio show how much of a impact they could make if they were not suspended? I want to know can crean not tell by practice how well a kid id performing does he have to see them in game action to see there true level of play? I just wonder cause it seems that he has always bragged about guys in practice but never materializes in games.<br /><br />Sent from my SCH-I535 using BtownBanners mobile app<br /><br />

 

To be fair to Crean, one of the national basketball writers watched a couple of practices before last season. He wrote about Hanner being an athletic beast who would provide an immediate impact on defense and the boards. I can't remember if that was Davis or Goodman. I do recall the same article discussing Peter as being extremely raw.

 

Anyway, practice is practice. The game usually gets faster and tougher under the bright lights.

[coonhounds 9,981]

I hanner mayby but the jurk cant even get on the floor cant see missing it that bad. I did see him at hoosier hysteria his freshman year and thought he may b decent certainly not how bad it is but I didn't see him everyday like crean. I guess in the first exhibition game he got in and did some positive things also <br /><br />Sent from my SCH-I535 using BtownBanners mobile app<br /><br />

[Hovadipo 59,071]

I'm not putting it past Crean to pick up a JUCO big out of the blue.


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[JSHoosier 21,464]

Can Peter Jurkin contribute?  No.  Which kind of makes it irrelevant if he's healthy or not.